New house on wheels!

disco stew wrote: Oh and many thanks to the scumbags who nicked the CD player last night.

 

I didn't think people stole CD players anymore!!!

 

 

Tis a pisser when things like that happen. I park my Gipo down the road and some twat bent my areial and put my wipers up. Nothing that bad but it does piss you off.

markeymagicbus wrote: shower looks like the inside of mine , stripping it all out at the moment have you found any wall board suppliers yet looks a nice bus by the way

There is a caravan repairers down the road, I'm going to see what they have.

jesus man! thats horendus!!!! never knew that was there until we ripped that one corner down! did you find where it was coming from?

that damage is not caused by the shower or the vent it is caused by the sealent breaking down on the roof corner cappings ,you will find the other side is probably the same ,if you ever go on the roof of your gipsy you will see where water always sit in the two corners just before the overcab,your really need to remove the outer side panels to effect a proper repair,you can then reseal the corner cappings properly and replace all the rotten wood not just what you can see there ,you will also find that rot has spread to the frame work behind the wardrobe and maybe the overcab frame work and the lower framework,have a good feel of the woodwork in the lower rear corners of your overcab, be prepered to get coverd in sealing goo

frame work aside it looks like a nice straight van to me

Tis always best gipsy /cheetah owners to park your van with the front in the air so all the water runs off the back of the van

Edited by mazz

Thanks Mazz, I think I will have to take the outer panels off. The roof does need doing too.

all of the skins on a gipsy are held on the same

basically once you have unscrews the corner capping's ,skylights and other bits the roof will just peel of ,it is also lightly glued on to with some kind of pink spray on glue ,it takes reasonable effort to break the glue contact but two people should be able to peel it back o.k.

if the roof is rotten than you will find the glue is long gone anyway

there is a big difference between the roof construction and the van sides and that the whole roof is covered in ply (cant remember how thick just pull your skylight out to find out)

as for sealants for the side capping's and windows you use a non setting mastic,dont use sikaflex on your windows,hook up point etc (anything plastic) as they will be a nightmare to remove again ,i normally just go round the edge of every thing with a thin bead of sikaflex 221 once its all back together ,you then need to leak test your hole van

PS me and graham hate that none setting mastic it gets on everything the thought of it makes me feel all sticky we have now affectionately named mastic sealing time as GOOWANG you'll see what i mean soon enough.

 Looking forward to the pix

I feel a bit like I've been run over - I don't think I've ever worked so hard! There's still quite a bit to do, I've still got to put the sealing strips back on the rear corners and to seal the windows in properly. We went to the caravan shop this afternoon and bought a gorgeous new Heki skylight. The old one didn't leak but this should really let some light in.

There are a few holes to seal up on the roof. It used to have a roof box and I'm also getting rid of the TV aerial and bathroom vent. I'm thinking about putting a sheet of chequer plate or something on the roof and sealing round it.

Also took the gearbox out today as it is noisy and needs a rebuild.

Fighting tin worm is one thing, fiting wood worm is another.

rather you than me!

Good work!