Eriba familia restoration part 1

[@samulivayrynen4295]

Very nice job at all👍 What is the interior material of walls? Thin plywood?

[@stevebradfield5939]

Hi thanks for watching , the interior walls are a kind of hardboard with a wall paper on it which is stuck on at the time of manufacturing they are wipe clean but can damage if knocked to hard .

[@ozlemdural8764]

Harikasiniz bizim karavanımıza da gerekli.😊

[@SuperAti15]

Nice work! I am wondering though, how this frame got so rusty? They say "fully galvanized frame" on new Eribas now. Were they also galvanized back in the early 90's and before? I am asking becouse I own a polish Predom N126N from '91which can be described as "socialistic/more primitive fiberglass copy of Eriba Familia 310" Not with the body looks but layout and most of the solutions inside are exactly the same (copied). Anyways I want to tell you that fully galvanized frame of my caravan looks like new after those 30 years. And nobody gets any problems with those Predom galvanised frames. I am planning to get myself Familia 310 and now you got me scared that they rust like hell 😳😁

[@andrewjepson8019]

Did you finish it?

[@stevebradfield5939]

Not yet , I don’t have the caravan at my home and it’s to far away to travel to under current circumstances but hopefully I can get back to it soon and finish it and dare I say use it this year 😊

[@andrewjepson8019]

Where are you based?

[@andrewjepson8019]

I have just purchased a 1994 Eriba familia 310. Had a service today and it is very damp. Mainly around the windows. Would you be able to give a quote to rip out what’s needed and make good or is it not your line of work.

[@stevebradfield5939]

Sorry I’m only doing this as a bit of a hobby , if you have a lot of damp around the window you can take the panels off inside to see the damage it’s only a covered hardboard so you can replace that plus the polystyrene is easily replaced too, the window rubbers can be bought on line and put back in with a bit of silicone and care , alternatively try Kool classics eriba caravan restorers in the south of England they maybe able to help . Good luck I hope you get this sorted 🤓

[@andrewjepson8019]

@@stevebradfield5939 thanks Steve. I do want to look behind the wall. If I replaced that hardwood. Is that just plywood? What thickness do you think.? Also I have watched your video a few times but still can’t work out. What’s the walls made up from. There is the outer shell then is it just polysterine abd then plywood.

[@happychappy5135]

Why not built one from scratch. You seem to have the skills.

[@stevebradfield5939]

Thank you I would love to but I’ve got to finish this project off first !not much more to do just the fiddly bit that take time 👍