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18/10/2015 at 6:31pm
Location: Whitchurch shrops
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I have just come back from the NEC . While I was there I went straight to the bailey caravans and spoke to one of the bosses or who ever in a suit .
I asked him what if anything has improved with their water ingress problem .
He did not say that there was not a problem but said they have solved it now by doing . This or that . I said that in three years I have had stress leaks and problems . He said they have solved them now .
NOW . So what about the fools like me and hundreds of others with the same vans
I also said I know you are still having problems after speaking to people with 18 month old vans and until they are solved I shall never buy
another. I will be following reviews . If I can't sell mine I shall take it to a bailey dealer they will take it . They have to . Yet they knew there was a problem but no compensation or recall just have a free repair . ( not good enough ) .
If you don't like these posts then you have never or not yet had any problems . Also it may stop us being able to sell or stop people wanting these van maybe that's what readers don't like about these depressing posts . They know it's going to devalue the second hand baileys .
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15/3/2016 at 1:42pm
Location: West Midlands
Outfit: Coachman Amara 570 6 + Shogun SG4
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i wonder if people who claim to have bone dry caravans actually own a damp meter and regularly use it?
there was a guy on here, who has done his own, really good repair of a bailey series 5 caravan. he didnt know about the damp until his window blind fell off. when he stripped back the wall board the timbers behind were black and rotten. this must have been leaking from day 1 surely on an 8 year old caravan? my garden fence is 20 years old and not that rotten.
i found damp under the front window of my recently purchased 2010 coachman caravan, 1 week after i collected it, however, i can only tell with a damp meter, the dealer showed me his damp check which didn't show this damp (so he either didn't check it or lied) the wall board is not spongy and it doesn't feel wet but at its worst its 40% damp in a very small area.
so do you guys with bone dry vans check them regularly?
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15/3/2016 at 6:02pm
Location: Ilkeston. Derbyshire
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the senators are the same, am lucky really even though i had 30% below the joint of the roof at the front on RHS.
Caught it early and sorted. But the front and rear panels GRP are prone to cracking and letting water in. Mines still ok but do keep an eye on it.
I know this is not the same as the ALU-TECH and sorry to push into this thread, but may help people looking at the senator range as well.
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15/3/2016 at 7:23pm
Location: Sheffield
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And Coachman, my best mate has a 1 year old model which cracked front and back. Back was repaired but front was so bad they had to replace the entire front panel.
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18/6/2016 at 10:53pm
Location: Teesside
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Quote: Originally posted by Wilson294 on 18/6/2016
Caravan manufactures won't build a caravan that won't leak because they'd go out of business in 10 years time if all you had to do was update the doctor and keep the appliances working
Sorry for going on folks
Really? The average car these days lasts for about 13 years. That's why 7 or 5 year warranties are quite common. How many car manufacturers are going out of business as a result?
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19/6/2016 at 6:50am
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Quote: Originally posted by Compressorman on 19/6/2016
Remember, there is every chance you will be next to complain.
It certainly will not be me... I have been reading these sort of threads on caravan forums for the last 15yrs so I have learned plenty & take heed of the useful information contained in this & similar threads.
The value of these & similar threads will be mostly to those that avoid the financial hit the thread contributors have taken by making use of the information contained in the thread.
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