Recent content by wends64

Does anyone know if a park is allowed to charge rent on an electric bollard. I have been at this seasonal park for 30 months, initially the electric was included in the pitch fee of £1400 per year. Two years ago that went up to £1500 per annum and meters were installed on all pitches. I think it...

It's a few months since you made this post so you may have the information you need. I bought one of these as a cheaper and easier to use awning. Our full awning and caravan were destroyed in a fire a year ago so had limited funds from insurance for replacement van and equipment. Also my...

Our insurance only requires us to have 1 fixed device and an alarm, but I agree it's what others choose to put on that affects everyone on a storage compound and pitched on site. If a fire breaks out near to you, you can drag or push your van away if it doesn't have a wheel lock. A lot of sites...

In 6 years we have never used wheel locks for this reason, only hitch locks. If on a site and a caravan near you goes up in flames you can drag or push your van off even with a hitch lock if you can't get it off quickly. Site warden will do this to make a fire break if needed, if you are not at...

Last time I looked it wasn't legal to tow a caravan with a body length (not including the drawbar and coupling head) over 7m on uk roads unless you have a tow vehicle with GVW of over 3500kg. Commercial vehicles. Width limits were due to change earlier this year but not lengths. If you do tow...

Earlier this year we took ownership of a 9 year old caravan as a replacement for one we lost in a storage compound fire. Although it had been thoroughly cleaned I still went through it until it was spotless, cleaned and sterilised all inlet and outlet pipes. We used it for a long weekend and...

Once you have them adjusted right, don't leave them down when you are not using the caravan. some people do so that their neighbours cant see into the van, but this affects the springs.

i did quite a large area of floor in front of sink on our last caravan about 3 years ago, bought the ready mix option off ebay, it came with a srynge, easy to follow instructions, plastic plug and dowels. Its easy to do but messy and the fumes are really bad. I was going to use the plastic plugs...

i did quite a large area of floor in front of sink on our last caravan about 3 years ago, bought the ready mix option off ebay, it came with a srynge, easy to follow instructions, plastic plug and dowels. Its easy to do but messy and the fumes are really bad. I was going to use the plastic plugs...

i did quite a large area of floor in front of sink on our last caravan about 3 years ago, bought the ready mix option off ebay, it came with a srynge, easy to follow instructions, plastic plug and dowels. Its easy to do but messy and the fumes are really bad. I was going to use the plastic plugs...

I have read the dft/vosa/towbar document and it says 'Towbars with a quick release mechanism will be checked for excessive play between the detachable tow ball and its receiver socket. Free play in the tapered swan neck fitting of up to 3mm movement measured at the ball end is acceptable. The...

long wheel base is so much easier to reverse than short wheel base.

In our last van we always used the cushion face down as it made it less bumpy, now with our Avondale it actually says to use them the right way up, with a sheet or blanket underneath to avoid condensation and after use each morning to stand the cushions upright to air them. We do use them the...

we put up with ours doing this for nearly 2 years and tried everything possible to avoid spending too much money. Last August, whilst on site and fed up of noisy pipes and taps we finally gave in and spent about

usually 6 of us in the van 4 children 17, 17, 15 and 9 as well as 3 dogs, we have 1 x 50l water hog, upgraded from aqua roll. We do all cooking, hot drinks, diluted squash drinks, teeth cleaning, hand washing and washing up in van but no showers. We fill ours twice a day. Kids have to fill it as...