CARAVAN insurance repairs

Hail Repair Update - August 2010

At present our body repair shop is booked up for hail repairs until august 2011.

If you discover your caravan does have hail damage insurance companies are aware that most repairers are booked up to this time and have no problem with a quote being done and repairs arranged well into next year.

We are still well situated for doing other general insurance repairs at the present time.

Listed below on this page are the steps required to obtain a claim number, etc.

Please do not hesitate to ring Ed Murray if you have any damage whether it be hail or accident related.

We operate a large caravan insurance repair workshop at Hardings with staff who have been in our business for many years and know intimately how to re-create your caravan to its original state. Due to our reputation for consistent use of silicone and wall adhesive, many vans leave our workshop with a better seal in the long term.

Caravan Insurance Repairs

Caravans unlike cars are easier to straighten out after an accident as they are built with more separate components than a car and these aren’t all bolted together like on a car. A typical caravan accident involves a bump to the external wall. We remove the cladding and cutout the damaged framework. This framework is either timber or aluminium and once this damaged section is removed the original space returns (i.e. unlike a car where it has transferred through the complete metal body) so an accident doesn’t tend to leave a twisted caravan. We religiously use silicone for sealing of all windows and edgemoulds which results in a seal that will last years.

Insurance companies have made the whole repair process a lot easier. All you need to do is obtain a claim number and then bring the caravan into Hardings. As happens in most cases you’re halfway into your trip when sometimes that ‘fence post didn’t seem that close’! Most claims we see don’t stop you travelling and finishing your holiday. Either notify the insurance company when it happens or as soon as you return then follow these easy steps:

  1. Obtain Claim Number
  2. Book in at Hardings to deliver van
  3. Deliver van
  4. Collect a repaired caravan
Caravan Insurance Repairs

Hardings Caravans Services is recognised by insurance companies as a long-standing experienced repairer of caravans.

Some of the insurance companies we have dealt with for many years are:

Caravan Insurers logos

Whilst we like to service your caravan many people who service their own van use us just for insurance repairs, if and when they occur. Its interesting to note that caravan insurance excess are less than motor vehicles often, being around the $100 to $200 mark.