Recently bought a 1983 eriba troll. Had it booked in for a service and the man has said it has damp pretty much everywhere under the waist band. He thinks it'll cost £6000 to repair but isn't interested in taking it on. Any ideas how much it will cost to repair as £6000 sounds extreme?

That's what I feared. Thanks for your quick reply. I have contacted the seller but unfortunately it was a private sell and they only owned it for a short period of time. She told us the previous owner was a farmer who serviced it themselves. Really silly of us not to insist on a service. Unlikely we can afford repair or another caravan as had to get a loan for this one.

We don't know where you are but it might be worth getting a second opinion from an experienced authorised Eriba Touring dealership or mobile tech. Most recently appointed dealerships and most mobile techs will have little knowledge about Eribas.

I'm so sorry to read you've had this horrible surprise. Can you try drying it our and finding out where the water's getting in? When we got our van, the first evening it was raining inside. Yann managed to sort it out really quickly. There was no long-term damage.

From what the man says it is no longer damp but has dry rot which will all need replacing

Yes we think we will get another opinion to be sure but the man is on site at the storage facility where our caravan is stored so think he probably knows what he is saying but who knows?

OOO that does sound awful. I'd deffo want another opinion.

Get a second opinion, from someone who knows Eribas well - that steel frame is very different from most other caravans.

Definitely get a second opinion, preferably from an Eriba expert. We have damp staining on an internal wall from where the awning rail failed. John E (an expert) resealed the awning rail several years ago. Just had a service, no damp at all. The staining doesn’t look good but I can live with it.

We have similar - luckily mostly behind the cushions. Looks a bit unsightly, but definitely not structural. If the steel frame has rotted at the lower ends, that's a different matter...

We are away in the caravan now and I have looked underneath...seems to be flaky around the outside but no smell or sign of damp on the inside

There is also nothing that we can find wrong with the floor. Can anyone recommend someone who really knows about eribas in the south that can check it (obviously at a price) and let us know if it does need extensive work or not?