Good morning all,
I am new here and am posting for advice, hopefully reassurance or, failing that a hand hold and a large glass of wine!
This weekend after a long search we bought our first caravan from a private seller. We are not new to touring as we previously had a motorhome which we sold in March having had a little boy at Christmas and sadly she just wasn't big enough anymore.
We didn't consider ourselves naive buyers as we were when we bought our motorhome and then spent a large amount making her roadworthy before tackling the internals!!
So for six months we searched and read up on what to look for until finally finding our perfect van this weekend. She is immaculate inside and out despite being 16yrs old, everything works. Checked as best we could for damp around windows etc and all looks marvellous, no signs of damp (although we didnt test with a damp meter). She towed home lovely and just feels perfect. A second home already.
However, on giving her a spruce up yesterday I have found damp around the toilet. I am gutted and tearful and feel so stupid! It's clearly coming in from the dodgy seal in the toilet cassette locker but the wall is spongy and I'd say rotten and as is about 2in sq of the floor immediately below the damp bit which itselfis about 2in wide x 4in long but probably goes behind the toilet too. I am so angry for not having spotted this particularly as it's where our motorhome had a damp problem and am dreading the cost of putting it right. It's taken the shine and excitement right off our new purchase.
Does this sound as horrendous and expensive situation as I fear? Is it fixable? We don't have a lot of DIY skill to do it ourselves and nor do we really have the time. We had hoped she'd last us a good 5 years but now I'm thinking we've wasted our 'holiday home fund'.
I hope to hear stories of hope but fear the worst.
Many thanks.
I am new here and am posting for advice, hopefully reassurance or, failing that a hand hold and a large glass of wine!
This weekend after a long search we bought our first caravan from a private seller. We are not new to touring as we previously had a motorhome which we sold in March having had a little boy at Christmas and sadly she just wasn't big enough anymore.
We didn't consider ourselves naive buyers as we were when we bought our motorhome and then spent a large amount making her roadworthy before tackling the internals!!
So for six months we searched and read up on what to look for until finally finding our perfect van this weekend. She is immaculate inside and out despite being 16yrs old, everything works. Checked as best we could for damp around windows etc and all looks marvellous, no signs of damp (although we didnt test with a damp meter). She towed home lovely and just feels perfect. A second home already.
However, on giving her a spruce up yesterday I have found damp around the toilet. I am gutted and tearful and feel so stupid! It's clearly coming in from the dodgy seal in the toilet cassette locker but the wall is spongy and I'd say rotten and as is about 2in sq of the floor immediately below the damp bit which itselfis about 2in wide x 4in long but probably goes behind the toilet too. I am so angry for not having spotted this particularly as it's where our motorhome had a damp problem and am dreading the cost of putting it right. It's taken the shine and excitement right off our new purchase.
Does this sound as horrendous and expensive situation as I fear? Is it fixable? We don't have a lot of DIY skill to do it ourselves and nor do we really have the time. We had hoped she'd last us a good 5 years but now I'm thinking we've wasted our 'holiday home fund'.
I hope to hear stories of hope but fear the worst.
Many thanks.