We have been staying in our Dandy for a few nights now and what with the cold weather, heating, breathing etc we have found that moisture is collecting after a night's sleep under the mattresses and sometimes under the sofa seats. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Does anyone know how to fix it?
So far we have bought a couple of moisture catchers, left the windows ajar a little through the night and placed some insulation under our beds. Although better, it's still happening ...
As moisture is a condensate ie hot air meeting cold, you have to minimise this somehow. I am about to try putting styro sheeting under our mattresses to stop any condensation forming hopefully this may work but if you look the aluminium bed frames are another possible problem area and as yet I have not given this much thought. If your unit is not a fully insulated one ie walls and roof then there is a probable problem in eary spring late winter camping, as this for obvious reasons does not happen when there is fine weather.
I forgot to add that the panels behind the beds are also prone to condensation, and I intend to remove the button where the bat wings fit fit the rear of the freme with strofoam sheet and then put another layer of ply over the back to make a sanwitch canstruction, finally refit the buttons. Note that I have as yet to try these out.
Looks like you may be on the right track, hubby put styro sheet's under the mattress's of our conway cruiser and we have some mouisture crystal container things (don't know what they are called) which also help
One source of moisture will be the underfloor heating..a by product of burning gas will be water..is your dandy insulated..roof and walls? ventilation will help but basicly any surface that is cold will cause condensation when it meets warmer air..a small fan heater or better still an oil filled rad would help in place of the gas fire..Georges idea of making a sandwich on the bed boards sounds worth a try
happens in all trailer tents here is my simple solution. cover your bed with a single duvet cover.. it exactly fits snugly like a fitted sheet. Every morning flip the mattress over so that the bottom becomes the top... and leave to air.. sleep on it this way for one night. Next night ... do opposite... and so on. Well it works for me
We tried putting slats of wood under the mattress and in the morning, where the wood was was dry! so last night we put a piece of ply on top of that - and now that whole area is dry! so now we are going to get a piece of ply to fit so hopefully the problem will be solved.
GC9987 - I think you are right about the bed frames - this seems to be the problem with the metal so close - hopefully by creating a gap between that and another piece of wood it should be ok.
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Topic: Damp in a Dandy????
