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Hi,

We posted yesterday because we are attempting to repair a very damp caravan.

We are trying to convince ourselves that we are doing the right thing, if we had more money I suspect we wouldn't be doing the right thing but since its our only option to have a family caravan here we go!!!.

Couple of questions, to the fix it club in  light of the fact that we have very little cash.

We have started stripping walls and found the struts at each side of the door either very soft or gone, this has forced us to remove the kitchen so that we can access both sides of the door.

Is there any tips ect.. that we should do with the kitchen area whilst it is out.

The other areas letting in the water are the rails on the outside of the van, we plan to do these as per fix it clubs instructions a.s.a.p. on a dry day, but do we have to replace all the rubber, in places it is shrunk.

Same goes for the windows, we know we will need to reseal but is it generally okay not to use new seals.

Beginning to have regrets now, the van looks a terrible mess and we keep adding up all the sealants ect.. to buy, plus wood then decoration arrggghh, all for an old CI Europa - Please tell me it will be worth it in the end.

Thanks

Thanks That does make us feel a little better.

We finally managed to get the kitchen our yesterday, it was sooooo fiddly, so we feel a little better now because we can just get on with stripping the walls.

We are doing 1/2 left hand side with door, and the front end, then we will move around the van clockwise.

Thanks for your support, we are taking photos.