david price
Free Member
Well the first 12 months is nearly over and this is how the motorhome as coped.
Water heating and blown air as been constantly on and not one single problem.Even in the very cold spell we had we were nice and warm.
Shower and toilet.Slight leak on toilet with urine getting under cassette but cured by taking large black gasket off cassette and cleaning and spraying with silicone grease.Shower as been used weekly,i rarely use the one in the van but at nearly 6ft 2 i have no problems but my wife uses it quite often.
We have 3 skylights and they have all leaked but took them out myself and fixed.Worktop to the r/h/s of sink has lifted with the heat from the truma combi unit under sink,have managed to fix but will look at ventilation in this area to dissipate heat better.
Habitation door,internal handle as broken.It is fixed to a plastic backplate which as cracked so i am looking to take apart and make a metal backplate.I would suggest swift look into this because being plastic it was going to break at some point and is not upto the job it is meant to do.This is our third hab door and there are obviously still issues.
Carpets are more or less ready for bin so not happy with how long they have lasted.They are not cheap and i do not wear footwear in side van so would have expected them to last alot longer.
Water gauges ,control panel etc have all worked well apart from the waste water sensor which says 3/4 full despite valve being open 24/7.
Overall very happy with how the van as coped would not have expected the skylights to have leaked so soon (van only 4 years old ) and would have expected a bit more ware from the carpets.Has said above the habition door internal handle backplate being plastic is a design fault and needs looking at.Will let you all know how i get on with making a metal backplate when i get time to do.
I sleep as well as i did at home so no problems there.
Overall 8 out of ten.
If swift ever need a van testing long time then feel free to give me a call :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:
Dave
Water heating and blown air as been constantly on and not one single problem.Even in the very cold spell we had we were nice and warm.
Shower and toilet.Slight leak on toilet with urine getting under cassette but cured by taking large black gasket off cassette and cleaning and spraying with silicone grease.Shower as been used weekly,i rarely use the one in the van but at nearly 6ft 2 i have no problems but my wife uses it quite often.
We have 3 skylights and they have all leaked but took them out myself and fixed.Worktop to the r/h/s of sink has lifted with the heat from the truma combi unit under sink,have managed to fix but will look at ventilation in this area to dissipate heat better.
Habitation door,internal handle as broken.It is fixed to a plastic backplate which as cracked so i am looking to take apart and make a metal backplate.I would suggest swift look into this because being plastic it was going to break at some point and is not upto the job it is meant to do.This is our third hab door and there are obviously still issues.
Carpets are more or less ready for bin so not happy with how long they have lasted.They are not cheap and i do not wear footwear in side van so would have expected them to last alot longer.
Water gauges ,control panel etc have all worked well apart from the waste water sensor which says 3/4 full despite valve being open 24/7.
Overall very happy with how the van as coped would not have expected the skylights to have leaked so soon (van only 4 years old ) and would have expected a bit more ware from the carpets.Has said above the habition door internal handle backplate being plastic is a design fault and needs looking at.Will let you all know how i get on with making a metal backplate when i get time to do.
I sleep as well as i did at home so no problems there.
Overall 8 out of ten.
If swift ever need a van testing long time then feel free to give me a call :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:
Dave