Hab check, yes or no?

[coliwogs]

I bought the motorhome just over 8 months ago now, It came with a damp and gas hab check which was already 2 months old so it is coming up soon for the year. Question is do I need to do this? Ive only done about 3000 miles in it, just had a full service and Mot last month, Is this like the MOT as a requirement or just a re selling factor? Could do without the hassle of it right now to be honest.

 

[Richard n Ann]

I bought the motorhome just over 8 months ago now, It came with a damp and gas hab check which was already 2 months old so it is coming up soon for the year. Question is do I need to do this? Ive only done about 3000 miles in it, just had a full service and Mot last month, Is this like the MOT as a requirement or just a re selling factor? Could do without the hassle of it right now to be honest.

Never had one in 10 years since the van was new so must have saved £2,000
It's an excercise in collecting money mostly, most professionals are incompetent so I try to keep them off my stuff as much as possible.

 

[bigwood]

For peace of mind I used to have an annual habitation check done but the garage I used closed after struggling through the pandemic.
Thinking about this I have enough experience to know something isn’t right and needs fixing within my limits. As others have said the money spent on the checks is better spent on our travels.

 

[Lenny HB]

Hymers don't need a hab check for the warranty, we have had 3 Hymers from new never had a hab check on any of them, warranty work was never a problem.

We just had the damp check done for the water ingress warranty.
Will do the same with the current Carthago.

Different with Brit vans where they insist on both hab & damp check to cover the water ingress warranty.

 

[Mike800966]

When we bought our van, a lot of years ago with 600 miles on the clock, we were told it had Fiat and Lunar warranties.
Later I visited the lunar stand at nec and mentioned this. The commercial director suggested that I read the warranty again as it only related to the original purchaser.
Never thrown any more money at dealers workshops since.
Mike

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[LostInSpace]

Most professionals are incompetent so I try to keep them off my stuff as much as possible.

Unless you give them you stuff to experiment on and learn, they will never progress from being incompetent.