My husband and I bought a new Troll 60th Edition last August. On our second trip one of our wheels came off a mile from our storage site (that is a whole other saga to my query below).

When we were checking the damage we could see a piece of insulation board screwed to the underneath of the caravan. It’s on the near side, near the axle beam and seems to be roughly where the gas heater is situated above it.

The caravan is now at the dealer we bought it from where it is being assessed for the damage when the wheel came off. We have asked them about the insulation board – it is badly attached and the sealant has been applied very badly (photos attached).

The dealer has said that they think it is insulation for the heater but are checking with Hymer. Have any of you looked under your Eribas? Not sure if this is dodgy or not – it looks terrible. Is this factory fitted? No idea if the dealer did anything when they installed a motor mover.

Would be good to hear if anyone has seen this on their caravans and if it’s nothing to be worried about.

Thanks for your comments. Colin thanks for your 'take'. Interesting about the draft situation.

Randa - yes, Eriba Folk have been super helpful on fb

I remember reading an Eriba touring brochure and seeing a picture of a storage compartment in the floor next to heater.
Probably barking up the wrong tree but I’ll see if I can find it.

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I may be totally wrong but when we ordered our Troll 540 in 2016 this storage space was an optional extra BUT I seem to remember it as being much nearer to the door of the van about a foot in from it - not really near the heater at all.

As I say I may be totally wrong but that's my recollection from about 6 years ago..............................

MikeT

I am very interested to know more about your van losing a wheel as we lost a wheel, possibly due to a siezed wheel bearing, a couple of years ago. was your van new or just new to you?