Hello Folks!

Have recently bought a 1971 Puck, and the rear (opening) window could do with a new seal. We live in Norfolk, and it's not something I want to do myself! Any recommendations on where to get it done?

Also, does anyone have a Puck cover for sale? I'd like to eventually put it in our garage, but that's not happening until we change the door, which could be years from now! Am I being very silly keeping it outside?

Couple of places in this section might be able to help you

Caravan servicing and repairs, including mobile technicians.

Hi and
Regards Chris and Keith

Thanks! And hello!

Our PuckL has always lived outside, normally with a cover on between trips but they are caravans designed to be outside in all weathers.
Julie and Neil

Hi Pearl, the rear opening Windows are a doddle to replace, have a read of these how to guides....

Replacing window rubbers step by step guides

many here keep them outside and cover up when not in use and the winter comes along.

Regarding the window seal you could try asking Dom Fox in Eriba-shop for a pointer to who could do the work as he is in your neck of the woods near North Waltham.

Our window seals (fixed side) are very perished (old grey type) & were absorbing water & leaking profusely, so we've ordered new ones from Jandi, but had no time to fit them before trips away this year. In the meantime I painted them with neat Gloss Acrylic Glaze Medium straight from the tube (see pic, also the brush I used), the perished seals sucked it in as I painted but it did the job & we stayed dry through some serious downpours!!! So can recommend this as a temporary solution to leaky window seals. (if you do this, you may want to check with a sloshing of water before waiting for rain!)

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Our seals are in an appalling state as you can see in the pic, but this is after painting them with the Acrylic Glaze Medium, & despite the gap in the join (shrinkage through age), we really did stay dry.

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Because of the gap-in-join we ordered seals that are continuously circular, made to fit the windows & therefore, no join. Jandi recommended fitting the seals to the window first before fitting them to the caravan which made sense to us, so we're going to follow this advice (will let you know how it goes).

We’re off Pucking again this weekend, so no time to replace seals yet, looking forward to getting it done before the winter sets in tho.
Thanks to this forum & Jandi for good replacement hot tips. The 'Replacing window rubbers step by step guides’ are extremely useful & Jandi rock!!!

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I wonder if giving the window seals an annual smear with that stuff car manufacturers recommend doing the door seals with - perhaps even rubbing in a bit of Vaseline or even spraying with the lubricant that one should use to extend the rubber seal on the toilet cassette - would help in preserving caravan window rubbers.

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I wonder if giving the window seals an annual smear with that stuff car manufacturers recommend doing the door seals with - perhaps even rubbing in a bit of Vaseline or even spraying with the lubricant that one should use to extend the rubber seal on the toilet cassette - would help in preserving caravan window rubbers.

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Not Vaseline. Apart from making a mess every time you touched it inadvertently and transferred it elsewhere, Vaseline can damage rubber.

A bit of silicone lubricant sprayed onto a rag and wiped over the seals is good.

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Thanks, Deeps they are still good but like to keep up on maintenance