A WINTER TREAT FOR YOUR STATIC CARAVAN
At Discover Parks, we like to make being an owner of static caravan holiday home or luxury lodge a stress-free experience. We want to maximise the positive vibes you feel of knowing you have a bolt hole in the Herefordshire and Welsh borders. It’s why, when you’re off-park for winter, we’re busy preparing your static caravan for a spring return.
Julie Tyler explains what’s on offer to keep your caravan safe and sound in the closed season.
It’s that time of year again with ‘drain downs’ aplenty as we prepare your static caravan holiday home for the colder months.
With the first snowfall and frosts coming early this year, you really can't get complacent, and thinking that your pipes won’t freeze! Despite being pretty well insulated these days the water works of your average static caravan or lodge are still far more exposed to the elements than the standard house.
Repair costs can run into the thousands and make your sited static into a stressful, ruined space for the sake of saving a few £££’s. Our winterisation service - which is carried out within 5 working days of date requested - prevents this from happening, and puts you mind at rest!
A ‘drain down’, is precisely what it says on the tin - the water is turned off, all taps are opened; including shower valves, remaining water is blown out of the pipes with a compressor and antifreeze is poured into plug holes and toilets.
Central heating systems are also checked, making sure there’s sufficient antifreeze levels to prevent pipes and radiators from freezing or bursting. We leave your heating controls and thermostats untouched so if you opt to keep your gas on, the settings remain the same.
Once complete, your holiday home should be perfectly safe over the winter period ready for you to arrive in the spring.
When we know your return date to park, we then turn the water back on to flush through all antifreeze, check all taps and showers and ensure the home has no leaks. There are still risks of frost, so we turn the heating on to frostat (or approximately 5-10 degrees).
It’s colonic caravan irrigation! All for just £91
At Discover Parks, we also make light work of giving your holiday home an internal winter clean up, so you don’t have to worry about all that wiping down, dusting and hardcore hoovering before you leave park for the closed season. You’ll return to a thoroughly refreshed space without lifting a finger!
Choose from two packages -
Gold Clean - £125
Every room & its fittings will benefit - all surfaces, walls, mirrors, windows, tracking, blinds, skirtings, doors & floors including every kitchen utility, all dining room furniture, all living room furniture incl. sofa pads/seats, all bathroom screens, drains, sinks, units, toilets included will be thoroughly cleaned and polished.
Silver Clean - £80
This service concentrates on the kitchen and bathrooms.
Our dedicated housekeepers will whip through your en-suites, main bathrooms and the kitchen of your static caravan during January with another quick once over ready for your return date. Bathrooms will have bath, shower walls, screens and drains deep cleaned, also the sink, any units, plus the toilet and floor.
In the kitchen, the oven, extractor hood and hob will be deep cleaned together with the fridge/ freezer. Cupboard tops, doors, counter tops and sink will be cleaned and the floor washed plus a thorough hoover of the entire holiday home.
At Discover Parks, we like to treat our owners right! If you’re thinking of buying a sited static caravan and want to own on a park that gives 110% to owners then give our Ownership Team a call on 01568 708326 or contact us