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20/12/2010 at 10:01am
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Can you tell me what it means if a caravan is advertised as fully winterised please,

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20/12/2010 at 11:39am
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Should be fully drained down, water dlown out of pipes, toilet cleaned and greased, battery removed and on trickle charge, soft furnishings removed\moved away from walls, cleaned and sealed on the outside.

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20/12/2010 at 12:10pm
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Thank you!!

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20/12/2010 at 12:21pm
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I thought the term mean't equipping caravan for use in winter, not for storage in winter. It would also apply to the grade of insulation & whether there was an inboard water tank. I would think most modern caravans are built to be used in the coldest weather.


20/12/2010 at 12:40pm
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Good point Tentz, I suppose the meaning depends on the context in which the term is used.

At the moment might include snow chains fitted 24



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20/12/2010 at 1:01pm
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Ah tentz - I don't feel so daft after all because thats what I thought it meant.  Its a caravan being sold through a dealer, with service & 3 month warranty which wouldnt be much good at his time of year because we wouldnt be able to try it out.

Homebird

I must stop looking at caravans!!



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It should mean that the caravan has grade 3 insulation. In the case of a motorhome this would include a double floor containing water tanks.


20/12/2010 at 2:13pm
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If you post the make model or ad details it should be clearer how they are using the term.

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20/12/2010 at 3:06pm
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I can't seem to copy & paste but the ad says

Fully winterised including heater with ducted ventiltion throughout the caravan

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20/12/2010 at 3:27pm
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Ok, from the context Tentz interpretation is correct here.

Does it say it's got blowair or Alde wet central heating? Most caravans in the last 12 years or so will have blowair heating but I would not describe then all as "winterised". It depends where the ducting runs, how long the runs are and how well insulated it is.

Also onboard water tanks and high spec insulation as mentioned before.



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20/12/2010 at 7:03pm
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Hi Homebird 2003,

 

You mention that the van comes with a three month warranty, and quite rightly comment that that is of no use just now as it could be more than three months before you can go out in it (especially if this winter is like the last!!).

 

Pretty pointless dealers giving a three month warranty in view of what the law actually says about the caravans they sell. This may be of assistance you.....

 

The Sale of Goods Act 1979 as amended by The Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002, requires the caravan to be of satisfactory quality, sufficiently durable, free from any defects. Section 48A (3) of the 1979 Act indicates that where a breach of the Act is found within six months of delivery of the caravan to you then the law deems that defect to have been in place on the date you contracted to buy it. The dealer has to proove otherwise e.g. that you deliberately damaged the van or improperly used it so causing damage.

 

With the law putting the burden on the dealer for the first six months of purchase a three month warranty should really be of six months duration.

 

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20/12/2010 at 7:22pm
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Phil, thats very useful, something to keep in mind. .Tony, questions I'd need to ask the seller.

Great input, once again from everyone here - I'm learning some very interesting  things - I think I need to print this thread.

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20/12/2010 at 9:03pm
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I would ask the dealer exactly what has been done to the standard van to warrant the term" fully winterized" sounds to me as if it is just an exercise in advertising .


21/12/2010 at 8:24am
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"questions I'd need to ask the seller. "

My post on page 2 at this link may assist (penultimate post on the thread)

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=8&TopicID=235084&PagePosition=1&ThreadPage=2&ReturnPage=Search&search=&searchIn=

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21/12/2010 at 9:36am
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Thanks Phil,

Another excellent post which I will print & keep

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21/12/2010 at 11:26am
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We bought a motohome and we had the "optional extra" costing £150 of water heaters put in both tanks as they are underslung and was told that they wouldnt freeze, well we have been out all this winter and the pipes has frozen so we have got no water as the pump will not work due to frozen water, luckily there was some ater in the system as we wouldnt be able to use the blown heating.

So unless they ARE onboard they are prone to freezing, we made a bad decision when we thought it was ok to have water heaters in the tanks rather than go fo a fully winterised van, which does mean as tentz says all the water tanks being within the double floors that the winterised van have, whether they are caravan or motorhomes




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