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Subject Topic: damp Meter ??? Damp
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25/3/2010 at 9:06am
 Location: Wales
 Outfit: Lunar
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Ive just repaired rear of caravan now it seems the front end is very bad as well, The boarding feels hard and not wet but when I place damp meter against the wall its reading damp.
Would the meter be picking up bad inner damp framing or maybe could it be just with the cold weather over winter months.


25/3/2010 at 11:07am
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My damp meter was doing that too about 2-3 weeks ago on an area I thought was OK. However when rechecking last night there was hardly any readings coming through and all appears to be well again.

I suspect that as I've been in there sorting out a few things and testing the heater and lights etc.. I may have dried out whatever condensation/winter moisture was there. Also the milder weather seems to agree with my van. Might be worth a recheck once you've fired up the heater, and used it a bit following a long winter?



25/3/2010 at 11:54am
 Location: Lancashire
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I know nowt about damp testing, but I do know that everything in Britain is damp in the winter unless it is being kept heated. One "positive" test at one time of the year (especially in winter) would not worry me overly, but a series of positives over several months (especially in summer) would.

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