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I think the problem is most likely to be the case of the fire squeaking. They are quite flimsy and are held on by two bits of bent wire and possible a screw if you are lucky. Our fire was always squeaking when we walked anywhere near it - plus it fell off the wall regularly. Our service agent has now added extra screws to make the fixing a bit more secure and it doesn't squeak anywhere near as much.

I would be very surprised if it was delamination in a van of that age. If it is then it is easily fixed and I'm sure the dealer will see you right.

Hi , Our first avondale had delamination in front of the fire and the dealer sorted it out no problem but our fire regularly fell off while we were towing lol we told the dealer and he added 2 new screws and that was the end of that problem. When we bought our new van (brand new ) we had to have a new fridge, new water heater, in fill strip on side of van fell off on way home, slight leak on front window. Both me and the OH thought we were the unluckiest caravanners going till we saw on here some of the problems others had had. Touching wood we haven't had any problems in the last 3 years . everything has been put right by the dealers even though Avondale had ceased trading when we bought our Van and have been brilliant if i needed advice about anything. I wouldn't worry too much about your dealer bodging your van , It's not in his best interest to bodge jobs ... he may know you would post on here if he did. hope this helps.

                                                           atb Bill