Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question but we are new to caravanning having come from a folding camper.
What we want to know is what do people do with cushions, bedding and other fabrics during winter? With our old FC it was common practice to remove them all and store at home. We are planning on storing our van indoors if that makes any difference.
We take all bedding into the house for the winter and stand the cushions down the middle of the van (careful not to block the air vents)
Moisture traps are a waste, far better to air the van every now and then.
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Quote: Originally posted by arcticfox on 16/10/2013
Nothing wrong with moisture removal. Just a few bowls of calcium chloride in van and see how much moisture is collected. Better than it say in van
Thanks as we are leaving cushions in this winter and it is in storage so cannot get to it so often. We have 2 towers from tow-sure and the crystals. We put the two in big buckets just it case it overflows the towers. Better safe than sorry.But have also found moisture damp thingy's from ASDA for £1 each and some members last year used these spread around.
Quote: Originally posted by beanpark on 19/10/2013
Thanks as we are leaving cushions in this winter and it is in storage so cannot get to it so often. We have 2 towers from tow-sure and the crystals. We put the two in big buckets just it case it overflows the towers. Better safe than sorry.But have also found moisture damp thingy's from ASDA for £1 each and some members last year used these spread around.
Why not just leave the water in the air that circulates in & out of the caravan? It seems rather odd to extract it & store it inside the caravan. Its the last place you want water.
Plug it into the house mains and keep it warm! Uses very little electricity on a thermostat heater. anad you can have a cup of coffee in it. Look after it and it`ll look after you. Well worth the small cost involved.
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dehumidifiers / moisture traps in a caravan are a waste of time and money.
The vents (should) allow air to circulate in and out of the caravan. If you remove the moisture, all you are doing is allowing dry(er) air to leave the caravan and into the atmosphere to be replaced by damp air from outside.
Contrary to the above opinion, when people are using their caravan, a great deal of moisture is left in the fabric of the caravan by breathing, cooking and general condensation and it is better to get rid of this before you pack away the caravan contents for the winter.
Dehumidifiers can be set to "normal" which will only take the moisture in the van down to that of the ambient moisture level of the surrounding air and I usually take about 4 litres of water out of the van before it reaches normal level.
Now whether this is a waste of time and money or not, well on that one I will agree to differ, but common sense tells me that that 4 litres of moisture could cause a heck of a lot of damage before I got around to using the van again.
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Topic: Caravan fabrics over winter
