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Feel for you, all owners nightmare! One thing I was taught when looking for a van was to use my nose, did they load it with scent diffusers as I would of imagined that volume of mould would be nosed out? Oh and a damp meter, one van I looked at I pushed the prongs through the inside wall it was so wet, I didnt make an offer and left sharply 😂. I bought a 1992 Bessacar 20 years old, and she's still going strong, it didnt matter too much about any damp for £1,000 all in, but didnt have any. I was lucky I'm sure. Good luck.

Sorry but there is no such thing as a solid caravan. You have rights but it’s best to report within first 3 months. Give the dealer the chance to fix the issues. Then you have 6years after that if problem returns. I’m not sure what your rights are if 12 months have elapsed. The area that has the plastic area is for damp boots etc. To be honest Caravans are standard for water ingress and poor build quality. They look cosmetically lovely but that’s where the joy ends. Every Caravan out of the 4 we had , had issues all of the sink drainage pipes came loose and flooded the kitchen area.Some we caught before a flood. I suggest a jubilee clip over the pipe to hold it in place.You defo need a new floor. Never ever purchase a Caravan without checking the floors and walls with a good damp meter. Always check online for reviews, faults and recalls. Your story is heartbreaking but all too familiar. Remember to report any issues within the first 3 months and film everything just incase you need to take them to court.Ps we also had problems with the showers, jokey wheel disengaging and squealing breaks. All on a brand New Caravan. Not the dealers fault but defo poor care taken on the build quality in the factories. All the best to both of you. Sending a big 🤗

Never buy without a full service history. All caravans will have some damp at some point. The point is you have a full workshop history, and you can quickly find it and repair it.

What do you expect when it’s parked outside all year round? Store it inside when not in use = no damp

first: thank you for your slow speaking - my school english is many years ago, but so I could understand you second: Thank you very much for this Video! same lock, same problem - you helped me a lot! third: excuse my english will the weather be with you! greetings from Bavaria

I had a van that had the damp covered over on a Bailey ,it’s was purchased through a dealer

Going to pick some of these up, looking good.

It's not damp It's water ingress

Don't get back into caravanning at all. The situation with damp is getting worse. It may appear just weeks after getting a clean bill of health.

There’s no excuse for this shoddy workmanship.Hope you get it sorted.I bought a new Avondale in 1998 and damp was found at its first service.Manufacturers obviously don’t care unfortunately.

Hi , Sorry I wouldn’t call that damp that is rot.

I didn't have a filter on my van when I bought it, so I fitted the Aqua source directly to the tank outlet which has very simple and generous access.

hi, this is a great light weight awning, just used it this weekend. i noticed there is 2 brass rings on the front flap, is there any way of using these to hold up the front flap like a canopy

i think you just put me off buying a caravan

We have in summer 2-3 times hail in my country ,it makes caravan look like swiss chees ,i can live with that even its ugly but bigger problem is that polycarbonate windows are to weak for hail so every time both skylight get broken and some from side depends on where wind blows .And exact spare parts at least for Hobby caravan is impossible to find or even i find one is so ridiculously expensive like is made off gold and not from plastic that will just broken on next hail. I also had dumb inside on front off caravan ,and i could not find where water could come in so i just used water proof type and typed on every jointin front and on roof ,it does not look nice but it stoped the dumb

You do realise you set the awning up to high, right? The bottom flaps are supposed to be ON the ground and the pegs go through the rings at each corner.

Looking for a 400 x400 we’re did you get yours thanks

Sorry to hear of your problems. we have encountered damp issues with a second hand Elddis Xplore 304 - cracks and damp on front and rear plastic panels that we only discovered on the first serviceb y our independent service engineer. I have learned like you to only buy a caravan after getting an independent service. I would rather buy from Europe but that will bring its own problems!

All caravans have a percentage of damp so buy your self a damp meter and check it for yourself mainly by windows doors and definitely under the sink area 😊

I bought a 2011 sterling eccles quartz and after 11 months we found damp at the rear of the caravan on both sides in the bedroom. Out dealer took the caravan in a month or so after we told him and asked us to seal where we could until we brought the caravan in. He is now repairing it under the year warranty he gave us at purchase and that repair when it is completed will be covered for another year, at no extra cost to me. The leakagecwas from the awning rails on both sides from where it was initially connected at manufacture and small micro cracks have propagated with the natural movement of the caravan in transit. I haven't got the caravan back yet, but so far he seems to be fair and equitable, obviously trying to preserve his good reputation.

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What type of hole saw drill bit is this ?

Hope you weren’t too disappointed when you got to North Wales and found out the Coronation was in London 😉

Thanks Charlie, great video. I need to replace the exact same door, do you know what the replacement part on Primia Leisure is called please?

I've had an elddis 840 supreme from new now five years old. For the past three years the annual service has found damp. Each year its been sorted under warranty but I'd never buy another elddis. I felt for you as you were pealing back the floor. You are dam right. Get any secondhand van checked independently before purchasing.

Were caravans of old 70s 80s 90s not marine ply based floors ? They did eventually go in my experiance but at 15 years + i reckon thats pretty reasonable unlike more newer UNFIT FOR PURPOSE CARAVANS !!!

We know 2 people that had alutec Baileys both had major damp problems meanwhile we were sitting cosy in our Lunar dry as a bone

Would like to see the lock extraction and insertion

Surely wood is the worst material to have underside the caravan. Why can’t the floor be one sheet of plastic or fibreglass?

Thank you for sharing, sorry for your experience ,what is supposed to be a happy time for you and your family, has turned in to a nightmare.im was thinking of buying a bailey not so sure i will now, i think there are so many people in your situation i do hope caravan manufacturers are watching!

Why do you need that just get a mobile phone booster and you don't need a sim card because you use your phone sim card.

I've got bailey caravan from 1992 looked good in the picture but soon find the roof is aluminium and full of pin holes so for years been getting wet inside which the previous owner didn't realise that it was rotting the whole thing which now I am in the middle of restoring it to live in it full time

I thought the weight was given on the aluminum disc on the neck of the cylinder.

There is an industry wide conspiracy to hide the inevitability of damp ingress in caravans and it runs through the clubs and caravan magazines too. Caravans are now phenomenally expensive but are sold on the assumption that they are an investment that will last for decades. That may be true of motorcaravans but not caravans which are poorly engineered using sub-standard materials. Unlike motorcaravans, Caravans twist and shear when driven on the road. This opens up the seams and lets in water which pools down at the edges of the floor. This floor should be made from Marine Ply but is actually the type of cheapo plywood used to batten down doors and windows on building sites. If Marine Ply was used and the end grain protected then even if water got onto it it would not cause delamination of the wood and be eminiently repairable but even though you may be paying 30K for your caravan the mfgs only expect it to last for the life of your hire-purchase agreement. In 1984 we purchaed a 10 year old Lunar Clubman caravan and I resealed all the joints and capings. I also checked under the van for the floor which was at that time very sound. I could no ttell whether it was made from Marine Ply but just in case I coated the entire surface of the underfloor with waxoyl as well as the chassis etc. Ten years later I discovered that water from wheel spray had been pushed to the back of the van and started delaminating the plywood floor. The Waxoyl had worked on all the flat bits but the rainwater had seeped into the end grain and moved along inside delaminating the floor above into a spongy mess. This would not happen with Marine Ply. I don't suppose we can expect a caravan to last for ever but we should expect that regular professional engineering is used to fabricate them, it would perhaps add an extra couple of hundred pounds to the cost - a pittance compared with the astronomical costs of caravans today. The NCC should be calling this out and demanding thicker topside marine ply veneers to strengthen all caravan floors, as part of their specifications but they refuse to do so. It is a scandal. I made some temporary repairs to our beloved Lunar Clubman which gave us a couple of seasons reprieve but when the floor went spongy as you stepped through the entrance door it went to the caravan graveyard.

If you buy a caravan buy an old one in good condition no damp problems new caravans are made of crap materials even if they look good a wolf in sheep’s clothing as they say.

Very Interesting We've a Bailey Pegasus 524 and we've only had it7 months and I wound the legs down at the rear of the van and one came loose Unfortunately it was a private purchase. But I've taken it to be assessed and its going to cost us 2k to put right. Front of the van is the same but not as bad as the rear of the van.

When you pulled back the floor covering there was an air vent that has been taped over??? That for ventilation.

We were told the caravan needs ventilation and a tube heater especially when the caravan is not being used. Seems to be good advice.

Our first Caravan was a 1997 Eldis when we traded it in the salesman was astonished that there wasn't a bit of damp in any parts of our old van, In hindsight wish we never got rid of it. Our Swift Caravan soon got damp problems. Which I found fairly quickly and sorted out myself. Good dealer are few and far between. And by the looks of the ply they used in your floor of the bailey it's not even marine grade ply just cheap as you can get.

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check in you high level cupboards beneath where the roof joint is,does not apply to alutech although they have another set of problems , the short of it is don,t buy a bailey caravan and we have two .

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Wow, I had a similar report from my mobile service guy on my old bailey yet when i came to trade it in shortly after the dealer didn't find anything wrong with it lol, the same dealer i bought it from.

we have a bailey pursuit 430 2017 guess what i am doing this weekend !!!

Just what I needed to know. Much cheaper to buy new water connector and adapt old one as drain down kit. Only a third of the price of a Flo drain down kit.

We purchased a brand new Unicorn Valencia back in 2011, the Alu-tech was brand new that year so was ‘innovative’ as it apparently meant that this new design wouldn’t let wet in as previous designs. We had the same issue with the damp floor after only a few years. It went back to Bailey to be repaired and when we got it back they had damaged other bits in the van, a chunk out of the toilet and a scrape where they pushed a cupboard unit back in. We exchanged that for a brand new Valencia in 2016. This one wasn’t too bad, the only problem this time was the roof strap leaked but we could see the water running down the wall and, as it wasn’t hidden, we noticed it straightaway and got it fixed. We decided to trade this one in 2022 to a brand new Vigo. What a mistake! We have had this one 18 months and had the specified service done. In October we looked under the front seats and lo and behold! a floor, black with mould and visible water ingress, which has also blown the front drawer unit. Bailey have already agreed to replace the front blinds under warranty, which are absolute rubbish, unfortunately with the same blinds, they have improved the blinds in the 2024 models. Now back at dealers for a damp assessment. We will be interested in the outcome.

An 11 year old caravan is, on average, nearing the end of its life. Around 50% don't make it past 14 years old, so you need to be very wary when buying at that sort of age. As to the dealer buying it back or you rejecting it and him making an adjustment for the period you've owned it the amount you got isn't too bad, given that 2011 Seville's have a current dealer asking price of around £9,500. Talk of Continental vans not getting damp is to some extent true but their build standards have reduced dramatically in recent years. The last year of Hymer Nova GL 2 berth production in 2019 their van cost a smidge under £40k and had an MTPLM of 1800kg. Compare that to a Seville of that period that cost about £23k and had a 1326kg MTPLM. So there's a reason Hymers didn't leak, they cost 75% more than their UK counterparts and weighed 35% more. The Nova GL if it was still made now in 2 berth form would cost more than £50K to buy, that's why Hymer have downgraded their structures because very, very few would be bought at those prices.