New Bailey Leaking

Appreciate the comments thank you, however, when i said i don't blame them I meant my dealer who are doing what they can I totally blame Bailey for having suppliers who cant meet the demand for the repair which is obviously needed on the Baileys with this type of joint. 

The simple answer is that if you have a 'dry' van - keep it!!!

We buy new when we haven't worn out the old and hence the shoddy supplier continues to profit!

Caravan construction generally is not in the same class as a modern car, maybe why so many switch to motorhomes?

I'm interested to know where you got the information from that most Bailey U3 roof joints leak? Mine doesn't and neither does my neighbour's and when I discussed this, recently, with the Service Manager at the very large Bailey dealership we bought ours from, he did say that they had seen  a couple when the U3s first came out - but nothing since. Since I didn't have an issue, he had no reason to be less than truthful, so I don't understand how you believe that most leak. Perhaps you can enlighten me?

You mean its not leaking yet.

All the roof joints are being replaced, Bailey don't do anything like that unless they have too.

Frankly i'm happy to see the back of mine.

Does the Pegasus range have a similar roof joint and hence does it suffer from the same problem?

Thank you.

Not wishing to tempt fate, but I've got a Unicorn Valencia 3 (early one with led lighting)  and it hasnt shown any signs of leakage. I'm not saying it's perfect, I've had 14 faults on delivery, which should've been pick up during its pdi by the dealer.

The saga with the led lighting that doesn't register with my tow vehicle so had to have a resistor box fitted that the dealer charged me for, but had to reimburse after I let rip at bailey stating that they had sold a product that didn't comply with the requirement to show that a trailer was connected, they tried blaming it on the vehicle wiring, funny how it worked ok on my previous bailey and my trailer ( something that they rectified on later models by dropping the led rear lighting) The box fitted, that actually made all their rear lights flash/ dim if hazard and side lights are used at the same time ( a call the the box manufacturer confirmed that a modication was needed as one box doesn't fit all)

but am I happy with my Unicorn? Yes, very!

am I happy with their build quality and customer service, jury still out on that one, only time will tell 

We have a pegasus and as most caravans and m/vans there is a joint on the roof and I would think the majority of roofs seem to  be watertight,if you look at the pictures of the Bailey production lines(two) side by side the roofs are all the same,   but as we all know the few who complain are far outnumbered by the vast majority of owners of all makes who do not have a problem,

Actually the few  out of the thousands that have been  built( all models) that have been found to have a leak caused by a batch of faulty joining strips on the latest series 3 Unicorns (they are wider than other models)are having them replaced

My Bailey has been dry. However, like all you lot, I get sick of reading blogs like this. When will the day come where we don't cross our fngers when we buy a new van??  If you can make one dry van you can make all your vans dry! 

The problem is not that the various firms cannot make a dry van they just have staff who do not care and do not bother to make sure they do the job correctly. There is nothing difficult in sealing the vans if you have pride in your work.