Damp (1 Viewer)

[Old Barrian]

I've just had a hab check done on my moho and the garage has reported an area of damp with a reading of 90%.Can this be right? Surely if it's that damp, the bodywork would be virtually liquid - or am I missing/misunderstanding something?

 

[tonka]

Autotrail ??? Not unheard of I'm afraid.

 

[138go]

It means that the wood is very wet and you should take action immediately to find the source of the problem and repair any damaged areas. Leaving it can lead to even more problems.

According to Google 100kg of wood with 50kg of water in it will give a reading of 100% .. Fresh sawn timber ranges from 40% to 200%

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[Minxy]

Where is the damp located?

 

[Four of us]

As I understand it from bitter experience The damp gets into the chipboard, Or whatever it is they have between the inner and outer layer. It can't escape so just turns the inside to a soggy mush. If its in the floor or something weight bearing it will eventually sag. As said above you will need to get it fixed so take advice and find someone reliable to fix it. I put a review on here for the company in Warrington that fixed ours. It cost a bit but the readings are now good and we have our pride and joy fully operational again.

Good luck!

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

I'm aware that when damp checks are done they don't actually do the doors on the gas locker and garage locker.
Why ?I don't know.

If you , or a prospective buyer do them , they often show up damp due to bad seals.
We found this out when selling our last van.
We honestly had no idea. The motorhome had had hab checks every year since we'd bought it.
The buyer went around prodding every where.
Leaving lots of holes .
Upshot they got it cheaper to repair the doors. Garage and gas. Whether they did or not we'll never know......
We were happy . We'd not lost much of the purchase price , though we'd had it reupholstered.
They were blissfully happy. Haven't a clue if they still have it .
But the money we got went towards Our pvc Pug !
The rest is history

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