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Personarcticfox
06/10/2013 at 1:43pm
 Location: Rochdale
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Well with all this reading of leaky vans well looks like im gonna have to spend a few days resealing mine and repairing sooner than I had wish.

Looks like the PREVIOUSLY repaired leak that the previous owner had sorted when he bought looks like its leaking again, Noticed this after about 4 weeks of owning as I saw last service report and was all ok bar one area of 40% which he stated had been sorted and resealed. It had but with silicon which obv not doing the job.

Its only in one section but gonna reseal all the rails of the van as im gonna be keeping this van for a few years so want a proper job done "ME" hhmm not sure if that's classed as a proper job LOL.
Then onto fixing the damage inside with looks like a new roof panel and new side panel + and bits that are knacker, Just hope this does not show any BIG gremlins.

Once this is done im going to be installing a CD player and speakers for when were on EHU ;) as im a big lover of my music "Don't like silence, Even when sleeping"

Then onto fitting a new break away cable that due to me rushing forgot to un hook and broke "WOOPS" and also damaged the A frame plasic cover, Could have been a lot worse ;-(

Pretty sure there's other stuff I wanna get done as well LOL


Personplasticnut
06/10/2013 at 2:04pm
 Location: St Helens Merseyside
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Good luck, plenty of advice on here. hope you takur e pics so we can see your progress


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Personarcticfox
06/10/2013 at 2:15pm
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Will be doing as I love this type of thing and does not look like its to hard to do, Im more worried about dismantling stuff inside the van LOL.

As for a sealant on rails, Everyone seams to like sikaflex, Is this stuff from Screwfix ok Linky


PersonJax365
09/10/2013 at 9:35am
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Sikaflex 512 is the better one, according to most repairers, be sure to order it just before you start, as it goes off quickly and make sure it has a long date stamp.

sikaflex 512

A lot of people like Soudall fix-all, but that has a slightly lower waterproofing rating.

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Personarcticfox
09/10/2013 at 12:55pm
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Yeah ill prob try the 512 and see how i get on with the stuff ;)


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PersonFrannyvan
09/10/2013 at 7:33pm
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Artic - we used Sikaflex on the outside where the durability mattered and the PU18 that wizard recommends on the inside which was half the price and pleased with both results.
Also Soudall is about £5 in screwfix and would also be good on the inside.

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Personarcticfox
10/10/2013 at 8:43am
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Sealant on the inside ?? u mean like the shower area ??


PersonFrannyvan
10/10/2013 at 8:55am
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Yes for sticking the wallboards, wood and insulation. It's an adhesive too and a really blooming strong one too + solvent free. I decided against stuff like Gripfill etc, as some people have reported it not going off properly. A lot of the grab adhesives are not suitable for external use and although the inside of the caravan is not external, I felt it was subject to a lot more extremes in temp than a house, so wanted something that can be used externally.
I went for Al+mel's theory of "belt and Braces"

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PersonFrannyvan
10/10/2013 at 8:57am
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Just go for it, it isn't anywhere as hard as you would expect - I did a lot of the dismantling and have never done any diy before and it was fine!

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Personarcticfox
10/10/2013 at 12:27pm
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Yeah gonna crack on next week i think



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