Hi all, ive been searching internet for ideas on fixing my van. This site seens like it has alot of good diyers.
I picked up and 86 Swift Corniche 14/2E for £100, including flat screen tv, toilet/chems, bottle of gas, wing mirrors.
It has a few issues for for £100 am sure i can get money back if its to far gone.
Heres the main problems.
Offside floor is weak around the jack, floor moves up when jacked up, rest of floor on van seems solid.
Looking through the gas bottle compartment there is a gap in each lower corner between side of van and centre.
Nearside wall below window and up the side towards front has had damp for somtime, it looks like someone has remove some of the wood frame and placed a couple bits in and alot of silicone, and had put board over the old damp wall. The wall isnt my main concren, its the frame or lack of it? There is other smaller issues but ill leave them to later, if i can fix the main problems i can do the rest, id like to try takle this if it was repairable, ill add a couple pictures of the nearside, let me know your thoughts. Any help is appreciated.
I seems as if you have a similar problem to me, i put a post on here yesterday asking for help but nothing yet (check out my post lbwerve) maybe we should exchange notes, i have now removed all the kichen units it looks as if i will have to go it alone, lit me know what you think regards Len
Hi we have just bought a swift corniche 2 berth the person that we bought it from told us that he had found a problem with it had done some repair on it and we were quite happy we paid £500 for it but when we got it we found that they had done a botched job so we got a friend to help us we then thought that this was ok but we have found out another problem at the back of the van we have found a small bit of damp but the problem is how to get the sink and cooker out when we took the draining board out you could see right through it i have been quite emotional as we have had this happen to us in the past any advice would be good to see what can and cannot be done as we do not know how to get it dismanteled rant over look forward for any help thanks
Hi to all who have replied to my question many thanks as I did not know anybody had answered as we are still
getting stuff done and from who has got back to me can you send me pictures as I do not know where to go look as froggyribbit said I was to look at his project but don't know how if you need my email I will let you know it and thanks again janette
if you do a search on here for the fixed it club lots of advise on damp and how to repair it also weak floors good luck in your repairswizards caravan repair
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Topic: damp,damp, and bodge repairs :(
