ANOTHER DEALER BITES THE DUST and DAMP UPDATE PT3 - the conclusion?! 29/01/25
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- This is the third update of the damp underneath our caravan after the first attempt to fix it under warranty.
I have just been told that Long Eaton caravans will take on the warranty work from Ryedale.
Part 1: • BAILEY DISCOVERY D4-4 ...
Part 2: • BAILEY DISCOVERY D4-4 ...
Video referred to in this video that shows how Atlantic caravans fixed a similar problem:
• Caravan rotted floor fix
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Oh my goodness, another dealer gone. Glad your damp issues are hopefully sorted - Kim and Andy xx
Cheers, guys, yes it's frightening the rate at which they're going,
It never ceases to amaze how the owners untrained eye can spot a leak into the van in seconds but professional dealer technicians can’t. 😡
I know, bonkers!
This is why dealers are closing, they are try to sell poor quality products at absolutely extortionate prices and then to crown it off the manufacturers nail the dealer to the floor on warranty work
I tried to buy a replacement moho over the winter. The number of dealers who were no more trustworthy than the stereotypical used car salesmen was unbelievable. Warranties are getting to be worthless.
Bought a Swift 580 2 years ago , took it in for a service, no sealant around the exterior plug socket , got damp in it now , being sorted under warranty, like most things these days , shoddy workmanship when building the van
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Sounds like they initially fobbed you off but eventually did a good job to ensure its integrity. Why Baileys alutech has so many damp to rotten floors still is a mystery as they should have identified manufacturing faults by now and got this sorted long ago. Don’t look for trouble that isn’t there or be a lot more careful with haphazard testing.
The warranty is provided by Bailey on the caravan (assume you’re talking manufacturer warranty).
Any authorised service centre can pick it up and claim, doesn’t need to be the original supplying dealer.
I did check a couple of sources for my information.
We bought a Bailey Unicorn Valencia in 2011 which had the ‘new’ Alutech body. Hurray, we thought, no more damp problems! Wrong! The floor developed damp! We had it repaired under warranty back at the Bailey factory but in doing so the fitters damaged some of the equipment inside the caravan (I’m assuming they had to remove all the fittings when they replaced the floor) which was really annoying. We replaced that caravan soon after with the 2015 model, the only thing wrong with that one was the roof strap which was repaired, successfully, again under warranty. We replaced this caravan with a 2022 Vigo, which, very quickly, developed damp problems under the front windows, again repaired under warranty. So it appears after all these years, the same old damp problems remain! We realise now we are gluttons for punishment!!
Crikey! Just as well we'll probably be staying with this one. Thanks for watching!
Will you be vlogging the holiday on the 13th?
You bet!!!
I have had two bailey caravans.a 2019 cadiz and a 2024 pheonix (both new) and both had exactly the same issue, wet floor. This is rain water running down the side of the van and getting behind the bottom skirt rail (their is a back moulding which holds the front moulding in position) this moulding is made to be removed to get acces to the low level side lights. This is a design fault which Bailey are fully aware and have done NOTHING to remedy. Water enters the floor edges and the design allows capillery action to draw water into the floor edges. I removed all moudings an siliconed tha back moulding ro the side walls (this was screwed only and NOT SEALED. I also created a 'drip strip ' pushing thin plastic between the floor and the exterior walls. I will stick my neck out and say virtually every bailey with alu-tech construction will suffer "wetfloor issues" (after heavy rain check under your floor). Could the the issue you had with your van afer repair be due to condensation, (the floor has been sealed wih some sort of bitumin finish and could be sweating)?.
Thanks for watching, Paul, yes the drip strip sounds like a great idea - Ryedale did seal the top of the skirting all round - hopefully they sealed the bits inside, too, anyhow, I'll keep an eye on it whenever it rains.
I was just going to say about ryedale is my local dealer aswell I live in Hugglescote .. I was told the owner just wants to sell up .. they haven't gone into administration or anything ..the market just isn't as strong as it was
Thanks for watching, the Mrs comes from Hugglescote.
@CaravanningwiththeMrs some body has to lol
ah hugglescote the epicentre of the universe ..just not the brambles estate
@timwright5466 Yeah, especially as it's got the Death Star! (Think that's what it's called!}
@CaravanningwiththeMrs it is apparently but don't gawp at it whilst negotiating it with your caravan otherwise you'll get more than some damp bits lol