Here are the photos of how my caravan is. Getting to enjoy the work, but problem is due to ill wife and 3 year old daughters its causing me a problem, wont cost more than £300 to repair, but it will take alot fo time to do, and with spending alot of time on this website i know i can do it and also enjoy it even though their would be some frustrations, so i have decided to let fate decide for me I have put it on ebay as it is for £1100 if i get it accept it, if not I must repair it, so lets see what happens
dont rush the job take your time and enjoy it,you will be pleased with yourself if it turns out a good job.
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Could not re seal anything due to the rain, but rewired some of the electrics.
Went to olreays got everything i needed except the ceiling board which they will have more of next week, but of on holiday on wednesday for 2 weeks so everything will have to wait now till i get back
Insulation put on roof, just waiting for delivery of the roof boards.
Cut out the wall boards and fixed in to place.
Re wiring done.
Started to sand all the units, found out that a small section of the wood shelf at the front had rot, so cut it out and filled with wood filler. Then to sand down all units and use the paint and grain stuff
Keep plodding on, you will be so frilled with the end result plus you won't know what to do with all the spare time you have on your hands, unless you fill it with weekends away
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we have to repair the damp around our front windows and would like to ask your advise on what to use on the interior around the windows and where do we buy it from.
When I renewed the surrounds of the front windows in our caravan earlier this year I used the partially rotted original frame surrounds as templates and constructed new frames using tanalised timber from Wickes. The timbers of the old frame were 19mm thick and Wickes had 19mm tanalised timber in stock. I also treated it with Waxoyl on completion.
I then used new caravan wallboarding to complete the job. The supplier of the wallboarding was local to me so wouldn't be relevant for the area where you live.
This was the end result and it looks good.
EDIT: Oh - and it doesn't leak either.
I got some treated wood from B and Q and matched it all up, used some insulation also from B and Q.
Then I got the new wall boards from Olearys in Hull.
On difficult sections of the walling instead of measuring and then cutting, I would make a paper template first then draw round the template on to boards, i think stuck the boards in to place and then behind the window seals that no one can see i stapled it as well. Also staplling were once everything was back in place you would not see the staples
Thanks colin, really dont know where to start... we have been told to take the windows out, if we use wood to replace the existing rotting mass do we need to put anything in between like jablite (or insulating board). what tools do we need
Thanks colin, really dont know where to start... we have been told to take the windows out, if we use wood to replace the existing rotting mass do we need to put anything in between like jablite (or insulating board). what tools do we need
Thanks Will
Hi Will,
I took the 3 front windows out of mine before the first picture above was taken.
The reason for that was that there had been multiple leaks at the window hinge rail and I needed to completely reseal it and replace the timber section that it screwed to. It was no more difficult than doing an awning rail but I chose the day carefully to avoid rain as the whole front of the van would be exposed. I started early and completed the frame the same day and was able to put the windows back. I then cut and fitted the wallboad over a couple of days IIRC. At that stage the windows were held shut only by the yellow tape in the photo.
On my caravan I replicated the original construction and there was no insulation fitted to the front panel as the front is fibreglass and curved. I did consider using expanding foam in the voids round the window frames before I installed the wallboard but that stuff can expand at an alarming rate and make a real mess so I didn't. Another factor in making that decision was that I didn't know whether the sealing would be ALL good and I might have had to dismantle again to fix it. There have been no leaks though.
I didn't need any special tools though, but I do have a good selection of standard tools.
My Mrs was very shocked when I had to remove all the front window surrounds and front shelves but it had to be done and so it's just a matter of setting your mind to it and planning carefully. Mostly it wasn't actually that difficult once I'd set my mind to it and it was well worth it in the end.
BTW - try to keep as much of the removed material as intact as you can so that it can be used for templates.
Hope this helps - Colin
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