Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We've had a small damp area in our van, and original dealer struggled to resolve, so bought a cheap £5 damp meter to check our motorhome regularly, but its awkward to read in corners and cupboards, so I wanted something better.
There are some very expensive motorhome damp meters around, but I found this cheap meter with long probes for under £25 which is easy to cut the probes down to make a really handy damp meter for motorhome or caravan.
I bought this on ebay from hong kong which came in just over a week, but they are similar prices on amazon, and if you want UK postage for a few pounds more there are ebay UK sellers.
Hope this is useful info, when checking your van check round windows/apertures, and along the edges/seams of walls and ceiling, normal readings vary depending on weather etc so anything under around 15% is probably fine, you are looking for any area's which have higher readings than the average, and those will need looking at.
We ended up going to another dealer to get our initial damp sorted which they located in about 30 seconds, and fixed in a few days, and have had a couple more area's resealed since, both were completed in a couple of days with exterior resealing only and the inside dries out over the next few months, so if you keep on top of readings, then its nothing to worry much about.
Hope this is useful info.
We've had a small damp area in our van, and original dealer struggled to resolve, so bought a cheap £5 damp meter to check our motorhome regularly, but its awkward to read in corners and cupboards, so I wanted something better.
There are some very expensive motorhome damp meters around, but I found this cheap meter with long probes for under £25 which is easy to cut the probes down to make a really handy damp meter for motorhome or caravan.
I bought this on ebay from hong kong which came in just over a week, but they are similar prices on amazon, and if you want UK postage for a few pounds more there are ebay UK sellers.
Hope this is useful info, when checking your van check round windows/apertures, and along the edges/seams of walls and ceiling, normal readings vary depending on weather etc so anything under around 15% is probably fine, you are looking for any area's which have higher readings than the average, and those will need looking at.
We ended up going to another dealer to get our initial damp sorted which they located in about 30 seconds, and fixed in a few days, and have had a couple more area's resealed since, both were completed in a couple of days with exterior resealing only and the inside dries out over the next few months, so if you keep on top of readings, then its nothing to worry much about.
Hope this is useful info.
