Outer door frame water pool

[breeze1470]

Hi we have a Bailey Pegasus Grande 2023 and wondering about the water that pools(stays)in the bottom/foot of the door frame, is this normal? has anyone experienced this? cant see any drain holes or maybe i`m missing something.
Whilst in a bailey approved workshop for something else I posed this question they said it was normal.
What i dont want is it going into the floor surely it should drain away?any advice greatly received

 

[Jcloughie]

I think doors and frames tend to be nearly universal, just a few different designs. I have not found that on any of my vans over many years, even after heavy rain. I wonder how it gets there.

John

 

[breeze1470]

I think doors and frames tend to be nearly universal, just a few different designs. I have not found that on any of my vans over many years, even after heavy rain. I wonder how it gets there.

John

yes im wondering this too,will check the seal around the door but tbh im not sure if i could notice what is wrong anything i should be looking out for?

 

[birdman101]

I think doors and frames tend to be nearly universal, just a few different designs. I have not found that on any of my vans over many years, even after heavy rain. I wonder how it gets there.

John

Yes agree. We have had 11 Caravans over 50+ years and have never had water in the bottom of the frames

 

[toad a caravan]

Breeze,If the door seal is suspect and you decide to replace it I know of two suppliers of seals that may have it,1 ."COH Baines." and 2 ."Seals Direct"

 

[breeze1470]

Breeze,If the door seal is suspect and you decide to replace it I know of two suppliers of seals that may have it,1 ."COH Baines." and 2 ."Seals Direct"

thanks very much for the info,i just looked they seem ok theres 2 holes for drainage as well as a joint gap? I will get some pics asap to show

 

[JTQ]

Years back I had a little water lay on the top of the aluminium extrusion that forms the door frame but external of the inner seal.
It did this because the cross section of that extrusion featured slight, sub a mm, longitudinal ridge.
I cured it, more because I did not like it pooling a trace of water rather than it being but a cosmetic issue, simply by Swiss filing a draining break on the extrusion's ridge at each side.
Sorry no pictures as van long since sold on.

My more recent, 2007 van has no such ridges in the extrusion, and now a quick search seems to indicate that slight design flaw is not normally present.
However, bending even these more modern extrusions in forming the door frame, could induce a bit of localised depression that likewise might hold a bit of water. It will be external the the main inner seal therefore again not be anything but a cosmetic issue.

 

[breeze1470]

Years back I had a little water lay on the top of the aluminium extrusion that forms the door frame but external of the inner seal.
It did this because the cross section of that extrusion featured slight, sub a mm, longitudinal ridge.
I cured it, more because I did not like it pooling a trace of water rather than it being but a cosmetic issue, simply by Swiss filing a draining break on the extrusion's ridge at each side.
Sorry no pictures as van long since sold on.

My more recent, 2007 van has no such ridges in the extrusion, and now a quick search seems to indicate that slight design flaw is not normally present.
However, bending even these more modern extrusions in forming the door frame, could induce a bit of localised depression that likewise might hold a bit of water. It will be external the the main inner seal therefore again not be anything but a cosmetic issue.

thanks for replying but pardon my ignorance what do you mean by Swiss filing a draining break on the extrusion's ridge at each side? regards

 

[JTQ]

thanks for replying but pardon my ignorance what do you mean by Swiss filing a draining break on the extrusion's ridge at each side? regards

Filing a little rounded "gutter" through the ridge so the water dammed by the ridge can flow away.

Using, as an example the "half round" centre file of these jeweller's needle files LINK.
Quality ones were known as "Swiss files" where I did my practical training. They are ultra fine cut so will give a nice clean finish to making the required draining gutter across the ridge.

 

[Hutch]

Swiss files aka needle files, very small files with different shapes.