ROTTEN Motorhome Floor & CRACKED Shower Tray!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- This weeks video is a flash back to my trip to @oaktree-motorhomes when I was having my lithium fitted. While there I had a few, what I thought were little problems but how wrong I was!
My floor under the shower was completely rotten so much so it looked like mulch and compost!
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Hi Darran thank you great video , I am flattered with your kind comments, I had forgot we did all that as well as the Lithium, seems ages ago now, glad we could help you out mate, hope it is still holding up well for you 👍
Cracking job 👌👌
You deserve all the praise you get Rob. I was let down by the motorhome company I bought from and when I met you and your your team it was a world away from I experienced. Such an honest and experienced team. Well done for helping Darren out of an awful situation 🥰
@@marionjorgensenpsychothera9033 Thanks Marion ❤
No way Darren... You inspired me to think about full time motorhoming - and I purchased my motorhome from oak tree last March.
The team there are amazingly helpful. My salesman was a big Nottingham Forest fan and really looked after me. My van has been faultless.
Top company!!!
Been looking at oak tree for a home, and after watching this, when the time is right they will get my business!
Good video Darren - isnt it great watching people at work who know what they are doing - and muttering the words " Don`t worry daz we got this"!
Wow a lot of work but good video I bought my 2002 timberland freedom from oaktree in September 2021 and have been very pleased before I bought it visited their premises on several occasions sitting in various models of Motorhomies and looking at different layouts etc Lee the salesman was very kind to me
can tell by your vlog footage how experienced and professional the guys at oaktree are superb job
Really good video, mate, and it's nice to find a good dealer that come recommended 👍
rob is such a top bloke , like oneof them guys you meet and he's just like you wished every one was like , and what a nightmare but great fix from them guys
Thanks Neil & Emma likewise you were a pleasure to deal with and great fun too ❤
Thumbs up oaktree for the openness. Shows a lot of confidence in your own work and services. I’m looking for a motorhome privately but wouldn’t think twice about purchasing from your company. Nice one Darren. Respect shown all round
It's good to see there are still a few good craftsmen out there who take a pride in their work.
As a joiner of 40 years and counting, it looks like they did your work correctly. Only thing I might have looked at doing is leaving an inspection hatch at the area where your t connector is, just so you can give it the once over every few months. No idea if that is possible once your insulation is back in but lack of access is why you didn’t see the rot before. Anyway, looks like a good company.
Actually i like that idea , and it makes an awful lot of sense . There are connections under there , and they're sealed . My own Hymer has twin shower traps under the tray , and flow can be a bit slow , makes me think a clean maybe needed . The traps are cleanable , but you just try and get access . Maybe i will add one , have to take a look , at whether that's feasible .
Thank you ! Love your channel, we don’t live on our motorhome, he lives with us ! , on the drive. But he’s much loved, and tweaked. was bought when we sold our caravan …. And was reasonably priced😳 watched your vid late last night …. Went out, poked entire underside of van , and jumped up and down on every inch of floor at first light. Your a star ! Xx
Also, so envious that you have such a brilliant company to trust ! Hard to find ! 😳
Ha ha. The thought of you jumping around at dawn tickled me. 😆
My neighbours are all old …. Collectively we wake up at at ….. about2.30 AM …. We all think everyone else is mad … now it’s a question of who’s madder. Sometimes ambulances turn up, or. A hedge gets to tall…. The drama never ends ! 😂😂… me plunking up and down on a shower try…. At midnight…. Bleh, quiet one 😂
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Absolutely fantastic job. What a great motorhome company. Thanks for sharing your video .
Fantastic work by Rob, wish I had known about oak tree when I was looking for my MH , well done ready for 2023
Awesome video thank you Darran. Oak tree did an amazing job on your motorhome
Wow if I was ever lucky enough to ever have a motor home I would for sure look at these guys can really see from just watching your video how much love and care got put into the work and it looks awesome I think I would of cried seeing that thanks was great to watch start to finish and of course must make the structure more sound nice one 🥰🥰
Mate, heartbreaking to find so much rot. You dealt emotionally with it really well. Like you said, the guys have seen it all before.
Want to echo everything you said.
Took my camper into Oaktree for a rewire and change my leaking batteries. I was given a five week leadtime for the work to be done
Rob was good enough to lend me a battery so i could take my Lake District holiday. On my return they installed a Lithium 216 and rewired the electrics. First class job.
Almost forgot Liam the Terrible and his dog was there and he showed me inside his van. Im now one of his followers he does amazing camper builds.
brilliant guys, impressive work!
Impressive work,very professional, properly done.so glad to see a company do it so it is better than new...💯👍💯👍💯👍💯
Great advert for those guys, and glad they sorted you out 👍 not sure I’d strip down your bog without gloves on though 😂
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I Shall definately call in at Oaktree on my travels to get acquainted with them as you never know. I am a retired tradesman but i dont know Everything about Motorhomes. 👍🏻
Darren, I think they are not well built from new, the wood they use, does not seem treated, and the push fit couplings they use, are cheap and nasty, with the price of these new, you would think that they are built to a good standard, and capable of lasting for many years without a problem, its a good job that Oak tree were able to assist you, they look a trustworthy and well run company, with a good reputation
They really only last 20-22 years and then they need resurrecting.
I find it so hard to believe a manufacturer thinks it is acceptable to put a joint in an inaccessible place. I know sometimes you have to run pipework (gas or water) behind panels or even under floors....but do it in one length so it cant leak without being punctured. A joint can always leak.
Its a good job you found some decent people who can fix problems like that.
“Arse like a cigar cutter” never heard that one before 🤣
That work looks amazing! You just know if you buy a camper off them it's gonna be spot on. If I ever buy one it would be off them
That guys a craftsman. Not many of them left now.
He will be very difficult to replace when he retires. Decades of experience and excellent work ethic
Hello Darren we had the same problem with our swift suntor 590pr back in 2006, we bought it brand new and had damp from the start, floor rooted out really bad like yours totally rotten, we took swift the court after a 2 year battle swift agreed to pay for the parts only, tbh we would never buy another swift, now we have autosleeper, glad to see you got it done
Wow. That's disgraceful of them 😔
Darren, you have received a first class customer service from Rob and his team of highly skilled tradesmen. Other companies should learn from a company like this! 👋👍👏
I have myself had personal dealings with Oaktree motorhomes and Yes Darren is correct customer service is excellent and well recommended
Just wondering how much all that work cost , can you give us a clue...
Blimey 😦, amazing to see what can be fixed . That wonky floor ….. it looked like the end of the Moho to my untrained eye 😂
Hi Darren we had the same problem with floor and shower. We had to have most of our floor done we had to have the whole floor done. If your group are looking for a guy who does all older motorhome then I would high recommend Costal caravans and motorhome north wales x
@@24k__J we had most of the floor replaced it was completely rotten
What an absolute nightmare for you. So great that you got it professionally sorted, thanks for sharing.
Top job done, brought back memories seeing him with his mcallister multi tool, mine lasted a good 3 years of utter abuse , prob one of the best cheapest tools i ever owned, does the resin really make a huge difference in the floor
That looked awful. That is why getting the motorhome hab checked every year is important. If you have been having it done thats terrible if the engineer not picked up that much damp. Glad it's sorted.
Wow this company looks amazing and the craftsmanship.
They get down to bare tacks and attack.
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What a great job they did, they sure know what their doing
Ahh nice going they got that sorted for you interesting watching the footage of it too, also ace done properly and happy with it.
ha obviously your well happy about that.
Nice one go steady Sam
That fella knew what he was doing. Look like a great company.
Another shout out to Rob and Oaktree. Although we haven’t bought a van from him as we already had ours he’s been super helpful with our battery and solar. Never selling us anything we don’t need and taking so much time with us. We aren’t ready for a new motorhome for a while as we love ours but when we are I’ll definitely be contacting Rob and giving him the business.
Darren I’m so glad you got this sorted as that must have been so scary.
Daz , brilliant vid , and hats off to Oak Tree for allowing you to film , what a first class firm ! , they deserve every bit of the great feedback , well done to all , 5*
kudos to the repair company indeed but omgosh, so much batten, untreated wood, polystyrene and plastic in campervans!
Glad i instead bought a Modular Ambulance…. aluminium and stainless steel supports and flooring with not a sight of wood below floor level anywhere (in fact the only wood is to support the foam padding so you don’t bang your head! (and my furniture lol)
I guess £150k gets you a better box…
An interesting video indeed Darren. Do you really want another Motorhome after seeing that? 😮
To be fair Darran's van is quite old technology now and most manufacturers have moved to GRP panels and Aluminium framework now so even if they leak the water can drain out of the walls without causing any damage. Some of the early Alu-Tech Baileys suffered from water hitting the edge of the floor when it leaked through the walls but this seems to have been fixed in later models.
Off the back of the video for the lithium fit, I went to Oaktree for a lithium upgrade. Fantastic service and did a great job
Wow, fantastic repair. You are soooo lucky Darren as I would have estimated that at being £thousands. Reading the comments I see Rob said it was £1500, that's honestly a true bargain.
Lovely job Rob and you are a lucky so-and-so to have such a good contact. Top marks 👍
Darren I mean is the lucky so-and-so 👍
Really good video showing what was replaced shown from under the vehicle, thanks for taking the trouble to show it.
Mate just had visions of you on the loo & crashing through the floor 😂
Thank god it’s all sorted !
If I get a MH deffo going there !
Hi Daz great video it looked a big job glad it all got sorted at the time really looking forward to seeing your next video keep safe 😷👍🏻
Just found part of my garage is spongy and I've been quoted a grand which I'm happy with. I know there's no prices anywhere here but I'd guess double or even triple for the amount of work you've had done. Am I close?
Oh Darren that must have been gut wrenching to find out. Thank goodness Oaktree motorhomes could help. rob and his team are amazing and I will definitely be getting my new motorhome from them.
I had my lithium batteries and a few other things from them and they always give me such good advice and support. I want to trust the people I buy from. Good luck going forward ❤
Great job , I'm learning so much from your videos .
Absolutely quality work. Great service too.
Hi darling, we were wondering if you were able to tell us as new van lifers is how we find out where the meat ups are the dates and the cost be much appreciated if you could give us some information thank you
Great video showing a company do some amazing work
Yep they know what they doing by the look of it gr8 job. I done my motorhome floor myself with injection method and had to replace parts of the floor witch had seen better days.gr8 video
Great job, and a brilliant open and honest way to let Darren go ahead and film it. Its shown the great workmanship. Well done all 👍
Hi Darran - I thought ‘composting' toilets were all the rage these days…or was it a ‘composted’ toilet! 🤣
Just kidding…that looked like an absolute nightmare & must’ve been such a horrendous worry to have to go through! I’m glad you managed to keep smiling & get through it though, & it sounds like the guys at Oaktree really helped to ease some of the worry & panic you must’ve been faced with. At least the toilet was just trying to be a ‘composting toilet’ & not trying to be an ‘incinerating toilet’…as that might’ve ended up being even more disastrous! 🙃
Excellent! Good to see that you managed to get the delaminated flooring sorted out in the end bud 😎👌👍👍👍.
The motorhome was getting a giant root canal treatment
i would have had them use marine grade plywood and then have it sealed with enamel paint (4) coats) or other wood sealer and under coat spray when put back together. did that to my trailer and my fishing boat. i know its over kill but it lasted 10 yrs of hard use
If you are using a pressure system, you can always put in a pressure switch to an alarm card on a TXT system for when you are away from the van and you get a leak and pressure drop. A bit over the top but did for a lady who was a bit ocd froma prev issue. If you are in the van and the pump kicks in for more than 3 secs (worry) lol
Did your water pump not keep kicking in when you were not using anything as the leak dropped your water pressure?
Why didn’t they do the toilet door frame while they had the bumper trim off and shower floor out?
Oh lord, we just had to replace the bottom of our storage floor because it was so rotten 😢 and now our shower tray cracked while we were in Europe. We now have to replace that. We understand the frustration. Great vlog 😊
Thanks for this video, I'll be under my van today checking it.
Oh hail the gray haired blokes in cheap specs who are not fazed and just get on with it. But where is his apprentice ??
It’s an absolutely horrible thing to find in a motorhome… A few years ago the kitchen area in my van became spongy, so after some frantic googling I bought a delaminating repair kit and eventually repaired the area myself from within. We now have a Panel van so that particular worry is no longer. I have to say though that I think you’re very brave admitting to it, as a future sale or trade in is very much out there. We live not too far away from Oaktree and have visited them on a occasions.
Super interesting Darren and I can understand the fear!
Is that what you call a composting toilet 😂
Looks like the lads at oak tree did a cracking job, quite new to your videos but I like that you show the good the bad and the ugly! Never wanted a motor home till I started watching your videos 🤣
Feel and share your pain. I had the same issue with my purchase. However Mine had to be more so a full inside strip out, including side panels, windows out , new timber all sides, rear and roof. All wall mounted cupboard stripped out as the backs and underside had been water ingress for years, same mulch as your floor. All had to be renewed. Then all new 100% rewiring, 100% plumbing. Underside had been very carefully work upon to hide the ROT. I have so far used 8x4ft 4x4ft 1.4mm sheet steel to fabricate all new panels, old cut out, Oh and I'm on my 3rd roll of Mig wire, guess what I still haven't finished. I am totally disgusted with what has happened. Some people are smiley face but black hearts. I guess that the chance you take pay before you buy.
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They are skilled tradesman and they show you their work brilliant you can trust them
Our structural repair guy Paul who you've seen in the video is of legendary skill level and has done literally 1000s of similar repairs. He can strip a motorhome which needs repair and build it back up again properly to original standard. His work is better than factory as he finds the design fault and rectifies it to ensure the same problem won't come back.
Isn’t this a potential problem with all coachbuilt Motorhomes, pipes and wires are buried and you can’t see if there’s a problem, better off converting your own that way you know where everything is.
Hi Darren was this done at oak tree Nottingham, only asking because mine is just the same and the big one what was the cost regards colin
Feel for ya maté happened to me but it’s also the side skirts
First thing I do now when get a new van is rip the material off the timber under the van because holds moisture
Rip that off let it breath
Darren lucky you didn't end up on the road whilst showering😂they done a great job on the repair for you, glad it's all sorted♥️🙏🏴👍
The motorhome manufacturers bang em out and as long as they get through the warranty period they don't give 2 hoots.
SWIFT should be ashamed,there vehicles and caravans are shocking
You look so sad in this video, I think you deserve a huge hug.
Amazing work I thought mine was bad ! I literally panicked and thought my wagon was done for but seeing this has given me great confidence
hi Daz i had a similar problem in my kitchen the extractor vent cover outside the seal had failed and it rotted all the wall inside i had to take all the cabinets out and the strip all the rot of the walls and replace lucky i could do all this myself but still a lot of messing and expense i refitted all my toilet while i was doing it new pvc wall panels and refitted the shower tray it makes you think all the money we pay for these vans and they are just 40mm insulation and ply wood glad you got sorted
Great Vid D man. I lived on narrowboat many years ago and those push fit bloody pipes flooded my boat with the entire contents of my water tank. Wrote off all the woodwork, walls and floors ..... luckily, it was only 1 year old and the company refitted it. Hope to see you again D at this years NEC.
well you fitted them incorrectly as most people do, they dont cut the ends of with the right tool, fit inserts and dont push them till they bottom out. These are used in some of the harshest enviroments in the world with no issues.
Most on these sites creators included are amature builds and learn from whatching videos with out the under pinning knowledge such as engineers like my self learn through training and experience.
@@ollydogtravels9465 ...I didn't fit them and never stated that I had. It was a new build boat ...as stated above. It was fitted correctly (by a Marine engineer), it cracked and failed - hence why the company refitted my boat out from floor to ceiling under warranty. Nothing at all to do with incorrect fitting, amateur builds or incorrect tool selection.
@@ollydogtravels9465 Which part of "A new build boat/failed part/fitted from new/replaced under warranty" did you not understand? It was a failed part on a new build boat, you knob. Hence why the boat company fitted it all back out under warranty. English not your first language then I take it? FFS. You're a professional? Learn to spell, punctuate and read - then we'll talk.
Bloody hell 😮 that was scary those guys made it look easy didn’t they! Super team and we will keep a note of them when we trade in ours it’s great to know you can relay on a reputable firm to do the checks before they sell you a Motorhome 😂 hope to bump into you at the NEC 😃 Debs and Mark xxx
Fantastic job 👍👌
Great vid m8 and a good job too
If anybody is buying a campervan and the seller tells you it's been lived in you need to be extra careful and check it well because condensation and leaks from a vehicle that's been lived in there is usually a lot of damage in places usually can't look at on vehicles that are not very old.. That's a good way of fixing the floor never thought of that👌...
That resin system is brilliant. The floor is rock solid after the injection and much more resistant to it ever happeing again. As Darran mentioned in the video it can be done from underneath at a higher labour cost to preserve the original flooring. If you do it from the top you can just stick a new layer of vinyl flooring over to hide the dowels.
That's savage!! You can always rely on Oaktree though can't you!
agree totally in what you say Daron im going have lithium fitted and Rob doesnt push you into buying more than is needed not like other companies that try to get as much money out of you as they can top man is that rob
That's why I'm so loving that new vans don't have wood in them. Glad you got it sorted!
that was bad having a joint in the pipe where you cant get to it because its sealed in. stupid. like you i would have crapped myself seeing how bad it was underneath. got to be done by experts, i wouldnt attempt that repair. they did an amazing job. horses for courses, they know what they are doing. great video, thanks for sharing with us.👍
Wow that looks like a lot of work but repaired well! Scary at first I bet!
Those push fit connectors are crap even when they are accessible. The rubber o rings that make them seal, harden over time , and then they lose the seal and leak. My German van has tail connectors that are sealed with jubilee clips. They have never leaked and the van is 16 years old and constantly used
Really fantastic video Daz,I live about 20 miles from Oak tree motorhomes and will definitely pay them a visit, glad they were able to sort you out.
great video Darran shows we should all be checking our motorhomes for damp
How much did this work cost? It looked a big job. Xx
Wow what a shocker but hey you got through it with the help of those skilled guys! onwards and upwards as they say thanks for sharing!
Probably a lot healthier inside the van now.
I did this repair myself cost me about 20 quid
Material costs for a job like this is neglegable. The labour cost of having someone crawl around on the floor under your van is the bulk of the cost
@@davemurden3432 I did get under the van maybe I did it wrong lol not
Daz, was that Epoxy resin he injected?
It IS an epoxy. It's called "Delaminated Floor Repair" and it's made by The Glue People.
Glad you got it sorted.
I could just hear the echo of Lenny Henry shouting, "Compost corner"
Great info Daz. Sorry it happened, but thanks for showing us loyal subs a how to vid on what to do
Those men are diamonds. They have done a great job.❤