Small clusters of black specks?

Lollipoppers
Lollipoppers Forum Participant Posts: 4
edited July 2016 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Can anyone throw any light on our mystery? We collected our new Burstner MH last month. We are currently in Cornwall for a week & have noticed little clusters of black specks in various areas in the interior of the MH. A couple on parts of the floor. One
behind the toilet, another on the passenger seat & one on the leather side of the overhead bed. There is no evidence of insects/spiders. Presumably we have no damp. We've not been bitten, but cannot understand where these marks are coming from. Any ideas?

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  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited July 2016 #2

    Mould ---- perhaps

  • Rubytuesday
    Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
    edited July 2016 #3

    The van may have had damp through condensation from storage and artificially dried out with heaters before your collection , now you are using the van your body heat   using hot water (steam ) maybe even the shower cooking it's all moisture that has reignited
    the Damp which is creating Mould which will show in spasms as you have describe,

    I'm sure you now this can be a very unhealthy atmosphere to be in , keep well ventilated till you get home take photos and return the van back to your supplier ASAP 

  • Lollipoppers
    Lollipoppers Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited July 2016 #4

    Thank you so much for your advice. That certainly sounds like a distinct possibility & we will follow your advice! Caroline

  • TonyIshUK
    TonyIshUK Forum Participant Posts: 296
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    edited July 2016 #5

    If they reappear after the m/home is used, you may have a damp problem.  We learnt the hard way ;-(

    Curing the damp problem and wiping with an anti mould solution (test a hidden area first) cured our problem.

    Rgds

    Edit to add. We had a leak in one of the top marker lights, and water finding its way in because the roof bars were loose and wobbling the fixing on the roof.

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