Raindrops onto rear panel

sunstyle
sunstyle Forum Participant Posts: 7
edited May 2017 in Caravans #1

This may have been discussed previously and we have missed it. We have a Bailey Unicorn Viga (2015). When it rains, the drops of rain drop onto the ledge of the rear panel. This is very disturbing during the night as they sound loudly.  Anyone else with this problem?

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  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,152 ✭✭✭
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    edited May 2017 #2

    Usually the sound of drips is drowned out by the rain hitting the roof. It happens in tin boxes.laughing

  • dmiller555
    dmiller555 Forum Participant Posts: 717
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    edited May 2017 #3

    Dunno, I wear earplugs. laughing

  • JVB66
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    edited May 2017 #4

    Has your Bailey got the "square"back we had the same "problem" with our last  motor caravan ,we cured it by sticking a length of Fiamma flexible gutter at roof level which took the water to either side of the body

  • Extugger
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    edited May 2017 #5

    Sunstyle,

    Take it back to the dealer - they will know about the problem and how to rectify it.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2017 #6

    What, for dripping rain?surprised

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  • harrib0
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    edited May 2017 #8

    I can't offer any help to your question other than a link but I am a little bit jealous!

    The only rain noise I hear is on the roof and if you suffer from tinnitus like I do then it is most soothing when your trying to get to sleep.

    If it is annoying you, the advice JVB66 has given seems a good idea

    Fiamma Drip Stop

     

  • Extugger
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    edited May 2017 #9

    Errr...yes! Some caravans have a bar or strip running across the back of them (normally to conceal a joint) Simply by changing the style of this bar, it allows water to run freely over it and not cause the 'thudding' noise made from the dripping water. laughing

  • JohnM20
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    edited May 2017 #10

    You can always pitch the caravan very slightly nose down so that the water runs off down the front rather than down the back.

    It is water dripping of trees a long time after the rain has stopped that I don't like. That's why I avoid pitches with overhanging trees if I can.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2017 #11

    But it's so much easier to rectify the problem, if it's perceived as such, yourself rather than go through all the faff and expense of taking it to a dealer and waiting weeks. It's hardly a fault after all. laughing

  • IanH
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    edited May 2017 #12

    Yes, we get this as well. Drip, drip, drip after rain. It's poor design, basically.

    Usually cured by a couple of extra vodka and cokes the night before wink

  • crusader
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    edited May 2017 #13

    I just take my hearing aids out at night Bliss wink

  • Greygit
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    edited May 2017 #14

    Yep, I dislike water dripping from trees as well as it's not a steady rhythm like rain falling. With this in mind I have sympathy for Sunstyle but as JVB66 said the stick on channelling might just work, I would defiantly give it a go.

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