Hi everyone! I very impulsively purchased a Silverline Pegasus 1989 with absolutely no knowledge about caravans or caravanning and I'm very quickly learning I am *completely* out of my depth! I'm completely clueless but eager to learn and willing to turn my hand to DIY and tinkering. I bought her as a project... And a project I have indeed got!!!
We are willing and able to put in the graft to get her right but we have damp issues and holes galore, and inherited problems such as a broken heater, taps not working and the oven won't ignite.
Please bear with me on this line of thought and my query... I think our first job is getting her watertight. We have pin hole damage to the walls in the back nearside corner so we're thinking we need to rip out the kitchen as the walls are rotting. Possibly the floor too but we don't know til we get the kitchen cupboard/sink bit out and look. Our kitchen has a sink, hob/grill (apparently this is working and would be good to keep, fridge uses gas too I believe) and an oven (ignition apparently doesn't work but this was what I was told by previous owners).
As the kitchen taps don't work, I'm wondering whether to fully replace so we know we're all good, which then led me to think if we actually need the water heater...
Just to reiterate, I have absolutely no clue about these things but I've been reading some threads and watching youtube this morning, we have a cascade 2 and truma. I'm wondering that as we don't intend to use the shower in the van, we'd only really need hot water for a bit of washing up i.e. Either washing dishes or our hands/faces. We are thinking that if we can get her ready for adventures, it'd be more of a glamping pod than "luxury caravan with all the mod cons" and would use shared facilities on sites.
Also as the heater doesn't work (no idea why, old owners said it hasn't worked for a while) this would need replacing.
As it's all connected to the gas or each other in one way or other and the whole system (I'm assuming) is connected together, I guess what my query is, is it as simple as "just ripping out the kitchen" or do I need to factor in these other appliances before we start dismantling the kitchen?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, would love to hear from anyone who has completed a full renovation!
I've tried to attach images but they're too large and unsure how to resize... I do have some photos on my blog https://thepeggysuediaries.co.uk/
We are willing and able to put in the graft to get her right but we have damp issues and holes galore, and inherited problems such as a broken heater, taps not working and the oven won't ignite.
Please bear with me on this line of thought and my query... I think our first job is getting her watertight. We have pin hole damage to the walls in the back nearside corner so we're thinking we need to rip out the kitchen as the walls are rotting. Possibly the floor too but we don't know til we get the kitchen cupboard/sink bit out and look. Our kitchen has a sink, hob/grill (apparently this is working and would be good to keep, fridge uses gas too I believe) and an oven (ignition apparently doesn't work but this was what I was told by previous owners).
As the kitchen taps don't work, I'm wondering whether to fully replace so we know we're all good, which then led me to think if we actually need the water heater...
Just to reiterate, I have absolutely no clue about these things but I've been reading some threads and watching youtube this morning, we have a cascade 2 and truma. I'm wondering that as we don't intend to use the shower in the van, we'd only really need hot water for a bit of washing up i.e. Either washing dishes or our hands/faces. We are thinking that if we can get her ready for adventures, it'd be more of a glamping pod than "luxury caravan with all the mod cons" and would use shared facilities on sites.
Also as the heater doesn't work (no idea why, old owners said it hasn't worked for a while) this would need replacing.
As it's all connected to the gas or each other in one way or other and the whole system (I'm assuming) is connected together, I guess what my query is, is it as simple as "just ripping out the kitchen" or do I need to factor in these other appliances before we start dismantling the kitchen?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, would love to hear from anyone who has completed a full renovation!
I've tried to attach images but they're too large and unsure how to resize... I do have some photos on my blog https://thepeggysuediaries.co.uk/
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