Recent content by Rich

The latest may be ABS and I did say what happens if you need to repair ABS. ABS plastics in general are distinguished by great toughness and high impact strength and the material is used in things like garden furniture. It has very good resistance to cracking I mean how many garden chairs just...

Stephen, I am not going to expect the manufacturer we buy from to go under soon but you never know what can happen so if you, me or anyone of us is stuck for parts which are not Thetford or Dometic what would you or I do? I have never relied on anyone to sort anything out for me and I will make...

Sorry to look like a stalker Stephen... Second post tonight following yours! Anyway. The panels are not ABS they are fibre glass and repairing is awkward as you really need to patch from the inside and use a good chemical cleaner to allow the epoxy to stick to the inner surface or use an...

Hi Stephen, OK now I get it....... I personally would have bought a new socket warranty or not. If they were posting one for you to fit or if you bought one. The person fitting it would have to be approved by Bailey to make sure the warranty is still covered anyway. So buying a new socket and...

Do you think dealers will pass on the extra cost? Or give you an even better deal by not passing it on? If they have 10 vans in stock which they bought before the price went up they will only charge the extra if you don't haggle and daft enough to pay the extra. Even 2 years ago deals were to be...

Stephen, Sorry I still dont understand why using a 4 way extention is not possible unless you are already using more than 4 plugs in two sets of extensions...... The socket problem could have been sorted by going to Towsure as they have sockets which are as used in our van and the same as our...

John.. You have a point. I know as devils advocate someone will say wear flip flops but they will still not stop atheletes foot. I used to when I left school work in the mines and I caught it and we had to wear flip flops anyway! We use ours all the time. Love the convenience as we can have a...

I do not want to sound dumb so please pardon my ignorance. I do not understand how a manufacturer can supply a warranty but not have parts available to honour the warranty promptly yet they can build vans!! The mind boggles. I had called Bailey last week and found them un-helpful and unaware of...

Sadie, Having a van which suits our needs is important to use all. A compromise in design is OK as we can work round that. Having a shower is one of the most important things to many of us and not having an option to customise means we just have to shop round to buy the best compromise we can...

Obviously the answer is to change what you want to eat to something else which is not what you want but what the cooker manufacturers want you to eat! Don't use both at the same time and/or cook another way..... Just don't do what you want as it upsets what they have "designed" for you as they...

Thank you Bill. I am shocked at the attitude of the manufacturers to their own products and the inflexability of it all. If we as customers find issue with a product they use and it gives them negative feedback they basically say tough! We are about to spend

The new Bailey has an almost unusable fridge with a salad draw which has a flip up lid. When this is used the two shelves mean you cannot have the lowest one just above the salad draw as it will not open and the gap between the top and second shelf os so small you cannot get your hand between...

Bill. I think the biggest problem with "customisable" vans is the production side. We want a new van and if we bought a new Abbey then the new wheels would mean our Alko lock wouldn't fit so we asked if we can have a set of GTS wheels if the Alko fitted into the spokes. I was told quite bluntly...

I think if you search the forum about showers you will find a thread which asked who uses the van shower. The overall opinion was most do! For us a good shower is important as we use mostly CL's and with no on site shower facility we would probably stink to high heaven by the end of the...