Leak- Worst than first thought

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Val A.
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Just a thought, and you might slap me down, but Why is it pink?  Are you sure it's not pink toilet flush, spilling from somewhere in your casette flush tank, and dripping down and through the floor? There's pink staining on the sealant around the wheel arch too, or are you just using a pink flash on your camera.  The reason I ask is that we did develop a leak from the flush tank of our casette toilet, which was easily repaired, but did cause some similar pink staining but in our case on the inside sealant in the bathroom.

Our dealer told us that it happened sometimes when people towed with their caravan toilet flush tank full - that flush fluid could spill out.

Now if all that sounds like baloney, sorry, and I do hope it's repairable whatever the cause. 

We had a similar problem with the wooden floor of our Swift, due to water not 'shedding' from the rear panel, but when the problem was rectified and and wood had dried we didn't need to do any more as it dried out well and hadn't lost strength at all.  I have some photos of the 'before' stage, but not the after stage which would have been reassuring. 

Sproket
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Sproket wrote:

For what it's worth........

I Would buy a dremel & cut through the outer wood to remove the bad piece if the insulation is ok remove half of the thickness, cut a new piece of wood to suit , attach some fixing blocks so that it can be screwed into from the top of the floor & then fill the void back up with some delamination glue ......when it has set you could do the same from above if needed.......

 

 

This is the type of Dremel I was thinking about, you would be able to use it & then re-sell it after you have fixed the van .......Laughing

 

Gagakev
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Val A. wrote:

Just a thought, and you might slap me down, but Why is it pink?  Are you sure it's not pink toilet flush, spilling from somewhere in your casette flush tank, and dripping down and through the floor? There's pink staining on the sealant around the wheel arch too, or are you just using a pink flash on your camera.  

Hi Val, thanks for the input and you are very observant, yes I am using something differant on my camera Embarassed

I pushed a button a couple of weeks ago and I'm darned if I can re-set it back to normalEmbarassedEmbarassed

Mind you wish it was the pink flush, but also as the loo is right at the rear of the van I always empty it so as it doesnt slosh around when travelling. Thanks again

Gagakev
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Sproket wrote:

This is the type of Dremel I was thinking about, you would be able to use it & then re-sell it after you have fixed the van .......Laughing

 

 

Nice bit of kit well worth thinking about and thanks for your idea Sprocket think I will have to bite the bullet get the wheel arch and trims off and see what I'm up against but it will have to wait untill after the PC rally at StowfolotSmile 

Dustydog
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Kev

I have a router and Multi tool you can borrow if you want to do the job at Stowfolot.

A while back Swift had a problem  with poor holes drilled their floors at the factory. They splintered all the floors where screws went through. Their fix was extra flooring material screwed and glued onto the underside and sealed.

What's this ; you've been showing your pinkey pictures to ValKiss . Best not take too many at Stowfolot or we'll look like pink rinsersWink  

Val A.
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I think  you should all get together at Stowfolot and sort out Gagakev's 'Pink Problems' - he's obviously got two, his camera and his caravan.  A few days of a PC work party should sort both out!

Dustydog
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Val A. wrote:

I think  you should all get together at Stowfolot and sort out Gagakev's 'Pink Problems' - he's obviously got two, his camera and his caravan.  A few days of a PC work party should sort both out!

 

Val

I have to confess I am a great Pink Floyd fan.

Gagakev
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Dustydog wrote:

Kev

I have a router and Multi tool you can borrow if you want to do the job at Stowfolot.

A while back Swift had a problem  with poor holes drilled their floors at the factory. They splintered all the floors where screws went through. Their fix was extra flooring material screwed and glued onto the underside and sealed.

What's this ; you've been showing your pinkey pictures to ValKiss . Best not take too many at Stowfolot or we'll look like pink rinsers

 

King DD thank you so kindly regards lending me the tools,

I have a router but wanted an excuse to have another tool in my tool boxSmile

But on that note the extra flooring added seems to be the simplist remedy so far, but will still have to take off the arch and trims to find the original source of the leak. This I think will be better done on the drive at home

Does any one know the name of the waterproof prouduct they use under the van to seal the floor?