New campervan roof wet inside

[Joe85]

Hi everyone, I recently bought a Renault traffic with a new conversion and took it out yesterday for the first time. We got hit with some heavy rain and bad winds this morning and the inside of the pop up was wet. Is this normal?

 

[Joe85]

Hi everyone, I recently bought a Renault traffic with a new conversion and took it out yesterday for the first time. We got hit with some heavy rain and bad winds this morning and the inside of the pop up was wet. Is this normal?View attachment 1017811

 

[CazPaul]

Certainly not normal there’s a leak somewhere, with pop top down is there a good seal, you need to lift the pop top and check thoroughly or are there any holes/leaks in the actual roof top itself where a roof light is?

Take it back immediately if it’s a new conversion to those who did it.

 

[Joe85]

Certainly not normal there’s a leak somewhere, with pop top down is there a good seal, you need to lift the pop top and check thoroughly or are there any holes/leaks in the actual roof top itself where a roof light is?

Take it back immediately if it’s a new conversion to those who did it.

I got it from Bradford and the roof was leaking into the van without the roof even being up. We sent it back and they repaired it and sent it back on Friday. That was with an hour of rain this morning

 

[buzz1]

Sorry I’m not being funny
But are you sure that’s not condensation,
I know you said there was heavy rain ,
But did you cook or boil a few kettle etc .
Or was it just a drive out . ?
I’ve never had a pop up top but would imagine that that condensation would form quite a bit with out very good ventilation.

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[CazPaul]

I got it from Bradford and the roof was leaking into the van without the roof even being up. We sent it back and they repaired it and sent it back on Friday. That was with an hour of rain this morning

What did they do to repair it, have they told you?

 

[CazPaul]

I got it from Bradford and the roof was leaking into the van without the roof even being up. We sent it back and they repaired it and sent it back on Friday. That was with an hour of rain this morning

Sorry I’m not being funny
But are you sure that’s not condensation,
I know you said there was heavy rain ,
But did you cook or boil a few kettle etc .
Or was it just a drive out . ?
I’ve never had a pop up top but would imagine that that condensation would form quite a bit with out very good ventilation.

That is certainly not condensation after 1 drive out in heavy rain, that’s a serious leak and needs fixing fast.

 

[buzz1]

I’m sure your right,

 

[Joe85]

They said the seal had came away at a point above the window. It was first thing this morning and we were all up. The inside was absolutely fine until the rain started then all the water marks started showing all over

 

[CazPaul]

Take it back as soon as possible or get someone else to have a look to diagnose the issue before taking it back, because they’ve not done a good job so far.

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[Joe85]

Take it back as soon as possible or get someone else to have a look to diagnose the issue before taking it back, because they’ve not done a good job so far.

Thanks he's phoning me again tomorrow, when I spoke with him today he said it's totally normal and people all buy a rain cover for the pop ups??

 

[pappajohn]

he said it's totally normal and people all buy a rain cover for the pop ups??

What a load of cobbler's.
Get it repaired again and tell them to turn a hose pipe on it for at least 15 minutes.

 

[CazPaul]

Thanks he's phoning me again tomorrow, when I spoke with him today he said it's totally normal and people all buy a rain cover for the pop ups??

Absolute rubbish that how can you have a rain cover on it when driving at 60-70 mph
I would look at the rest of the conversion because that sounds like your being totally fobbed off.