Door swelling

[Geoff_374553061]

The washroom door in our caravan has expanded so much that it won't fit in the doorframe. Is this common? It is less than a year old. We have never experienced this with any of our previous vans. Dealer says it will shrink back when van warms up and it is nothing to be concerned about.

 

[catherine2]

Funny, that happened to us this year - perhaps the extreme weather had something to do with it. Anyway, the dealer is probably correct - after a couple of days away our door was back to normal

 

[Rabfaetheblae]

After my van had been standing all winter i went away and had the same problem, but i actually think its the way the van had been sitting because all the doors were a bit dodgy to close or open, if the van is not totally level maybe this would cause the whole structure to buckle a bit and the doors to go out of line and then when you tow everything goes back into its proper shape, im probally wrong just my thoughts.

Rab

 

[Bluebird1]

Also happened to me a few weeks ago and it did shrink back after the heater had warmed the caravan up for a day

 

[Heethers]

Are we talking about the door to the wet room on fixed bed models, if so mine was stiff after the cold weather, seems to have improved since we last went away and had some heat in it last weekend, was going to ask Andy Spacey at Swift about it as it has one of those ball type catches and if l remember you used to be able to slacken them off by screwing them in a little further if that makes sense.

NigelH