How to Completely Remove, Repair, Clean & Replace a Leaking Caravan Roof SkyLight Vent & Surround

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 32

  • @jormunganfan
    @jormunganfan 2 года назад +2

    thank you,you've provided me with an idea of what I need to do to diagnose and fix my leaky skylight. I also live in a caravan!

  • @JMc.D
    @JMc.D 2 года назад +2

    I use Sikaflex 292i marine sealant to reseal the hatches on boats. Just an alternative for people. It’s available in most good chandleries. It can be used above and below the waterline of a boat so it’s serious stuff.

  • @Michael.OJackson
    @Michael.OJackson 2 года назад +1

    This is litrally a job i had planned for today, Good timing!

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад +1

      Perfect! How did you get on?

    • @Michael.OJackson
      @Michael.OJackson 2 года назад

      @@TheMcNeillsonWheels i had planned it, but didnt execute it, i am thinking of replacing my dirty opaque one with a clear one to modernise it a bit

  • @SAXONWARLORD1000AD
    @SAXONWARLORD1000AD Год назад

    Great video - i think i have the same problem with both my sky lights - one seems quite serious

  • @martinfield1484
    @martinfield1484 2 года назад +1

    Great job done love videos like this well done

  • @margaretterris1925
    @margaretterris1925 2 года назад

    Very good.

  • @charlesdickinson7180
    @charlesdickinson7180 2 года назад +2

    Just found your channel and subscribed
    Do you live full time in your caravan?
    Looking forward to your next videos
    Thanks Charlie

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад +1

      Hi Charles,
      Thanks for subscribing and I am pleased to hear that you like the channel. Since 2018, we were living full-time in our caravan between March and November, and occasionally February also. This fitted in with the open season times of the campsite which we were working on. We tended to travel in the winter - working seasonally allowed us to do this. We also have family close by and we would spend Christmas with them. We have no house of our own any longer!
      The pandemic stuffed us quite a bit - my hours at the pub were obliterated due to closures in both the early summer as well as the winter and the campsite was closed for a large part of 2020. This meant that we took quite a hit on our finances, which is why in February 2021 I took a temporary job in the NHS and Stacey started her own business. We left the campsite in November 2021 and have been staying with family since - Stacey's business went mad over Christmas and has continued to be busy ever since, which is why getting back into the caravan has been more difficult. However, we plan to do a lot more touring this summer, visiting the numerous country fairs selling Stacey's products. A bit of a different year for us!

    • @charlesdickinson7180
      @charlesdickinson7180 2 года назад

      Thanks for your reply I wish you both well for the future and look forward to seeing your videos
      Thanks again Charles

  • @stephenmartin1253
    @stephenmartin1253 2 года назад +3

    You are right. 65 quid is absolutely scandalous. Maybe if they were cheaper, people would replace them.

    • @davidmbell
      @davidmbell 2 года назад

      The dome itself is nearer £45, £60 is for the whole thing inc frame etc But even £45 is a lot, they used to be about £25 but everything spares wise has shot up since covid.

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад +1

      I could've afforded to replace it, but I would rather spend the money saved on other things - namely pints of cask ale down the local 🍺

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад

      Yup, everything is going insane price-wise at the moment. I don't know how the manufacturers can even justify it. Perhaps making as much money as possible before a possible recession?

    • @stephenmartin1253
      @stephenmartin1253 2 года назад

      @@TheMcNeillsonWheels. 😂Real ale sounds like a good idea.

  • @bitokoio240
    @bitokoio240 Год назад

    Hello, I am new at caravanning, is the tape you put enough to prevent water from comming in? Puting some sealler on the eadges after was not better? Thank you so much for answering :)

  • @davidmbell
    @davidmbell 2 года назад +2

    Might have been easier just getting new dome. They’re about £40 on eBay.

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад +2

      Ha ha! Yes, but you forget that I am northern and adverse to spending money on such FRIVOLITIES like a NEW one!!!

    • @kevinjohn725
      @kevinjohn725 2 года назад +1

      You still saved yourself £30 doing your repair .Well done.

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад

      @@kevinjohn725 Thanks Kevin. We still owe you a diary. Drop your email address below and we'll get in touch.

  • @theellmersadventures
    @theellmersadventures 2 года назад +1

    Hello to you lovely pair how you doing hope your ok well not sure if you remember me but I have been subbed to you for quite some time now on my private RUclips Jamie Ellmers but this is now my new channel which I also just subbed to you with so you know who it is when this pops up lol well you all take care all the best

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад +1

      A double subber! That's what we like to hear! I'll go and give you a sub back now also!

  • @Bugs1953
    @Bugs1953 11 месяцев назад

    I would have chucked it out and fitted a maxfan

  • @SAXONWARLORD1000AD
    @SAXONWARLORD1000AD Год назад

    its always a pain in the ass not having your caravan where you live - backwards and forwards to storage yards is really annoying - especially with no electricity

  • @petergibson2318
    @petergibson2318 11 месяцев назад

    Solar UV damage weakens the plastic….endless repairs. I would bin the whole skylight and buy a brand new one.
    They are cheaper than the time you waste repairing.

  • @azzathorpe1384
    @azzathorpe1384 2 года назад +1

    It cheap just buying new skylight it need a new one

    • @TheMcNeillsonWheels
      @TheMcNeillsonWheels  2 года назад +1

      It's cheaper repairing, and saving means more money for 🍻

    • @SAXONWARLORD1000AD
      @SAXONWARLORD1000AD Год назад

      it might be ''cheap'' for you and for someone who has no idea how to do anything like a simple repair job