Job card — new entryEst. 2009
Motorhome & campervan servicing, Melton Mowbray. Damp specialists on the older coachbuilt.
4.8/5 · 196 reviews on recordChecked 19.08.2026
The living side of the van, serviced and certified. Every damp reading taken here is written down, dated, and compared with last year's — because rot found early is a repair, not a write-off.
This month on the ledgerAUG 2026
The month
AUGUST 2026
The season's out on the road. The autumn book is open, and filling.
Current wait
4 WEEKS
Next open slot w/c 14.09.2026 — quoted to the week, kept to the week.
Off-season rate
NOV–FEB
Habitation work through the lay-up months runs at the lower published rate. The van's going nowhere; the price knows it.
Everyone wants March. March is gone by January. The quiet months carry a short wait and a kinder rate — that's the whole trade, written down.
Damp testing, tracing & repairReadings compared year on year
A damp report, published.
This is what a motorhome damp test from Ganton looks like on paper. Not a verdict — a record. Here's a specimen sheet, so you know what you'd be holding.
A damp meter puts two steel pins into the timber behind the wall board and gives you a number. On its own, the number tells you about today. Written down and compared with last year's, it tells you the truth.
Older coachbuilt vans fail where panels meet — the over-cab seam, the skirts, the awning rail. Water gets in at a joint and walks, so the soft patch you've found is rarely where the leak is. Damp tracing means following the readings back to the way in, then repairing the way in — coachbuilt motorhome damp repair done at the source, not the symptom.
We keep every sheet we've ever written, so next year's readings mean something. No dealer keeps that record. And if the meter does find rot early — cheerfully, honestly — early is a repair, not a write-off.
Book a full damp survey for your van- 01 Over-cab nearside seam 34% Trace & repair LAST YEAR 41%
- 02 Offside rear skirt 12% Dry LAST YEAR 13%
- 03 Nearside wheel arch, wardrobe floor edge 18% Watch — re-test in 12 months LAST YEAR 17%
- 04 Rear panel lower seam 14% Dry LAST YEAR 15%
UNDER 15% READS DRY · 15–24% WE WATCH AND RE-TEST · 25% AND OVER WE TRACE TO THE WAY IN, AND REPAIR IT
Services — the job card8 entries · priced in writing
What gets written down.
No icons, no promises in a banner. What's done, why it matters to a van that lives outdoors in Leicestershire, and what you take home on paper.
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Written report, year on year
Full damp survey — testing, tracing & repair
Pins in at every seam, skirt and floor edge. Readings written down and set against last year's sheet; any leak traced to the way in, then repaired.
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Signed service schedule
Habitation service & safety check
The annual once-over of the living side — water, waste, electrics, ventilation, fire safety — the campervan habitation check Leicestershire owners book by the year, done to a schedule and signed as done.
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Certificate, in ink
Gas system service & certification
The gas system serviced and tested for tightness, with your campervan gas safety certificate written out in ink — not implied, not verbal.
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Charge figures logged
Leisure battery & solar installation
Batteries, chargers and panels sized to how you actually camp — installed, load-tested, and the charge figures noted before handover.
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Fitting & handover notes
Motor mover supply & fitting
A mover matched to the van's weight, fitted here in Melton Mowbray, and demonstrated until you can put it on a pitch first time.
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Seal date logged
Awning, window & rooflight repairs
The usual ways water finds in. Rails, hinges and seals repaired or replaced — and the seal date logged, so next year's damp test has a witness.
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Lay-up checklist
Winter lay-up & spring recommissioning
Drained down, batteries minded and covered properly in November; recommissioned and re-tested before the season starts. The motorhome winter lay-up service the quiet months were made for.
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A list you can hold
Pre-trip inspection before a long tour
A motorhome pre-trip inspection before the big one — gas, water, tyres, seals — finished with a written list of what's right and what to watch.
Every job is priced in writing before a spanner is lifted — if you're weighing up a motorhome habitation check, the cost is quoted plainly at enquiry. Habitation work booked November to February runs at the lower off-season rate. Get a date and a price in writing.
The review recordChecked 19.08.2026
196 opinions on record.
4.8/5
ACROSS 196 GOOGLE REVIEWS. Stated once; the entries below do the rest.
“A dealer quoted us for a full floor. Ganton lifted the boards, traced it to a skirt seam, and the soft patch came in at a fraction of what we'd braced for. It's all in the report — every reading, dated.”
“Second year running. The readings came back lower than last year's at every point they'd flagged, and they put both sheets side by side on the bench so we could see it for ourselves.”
“The van had been written off as damp by a dealer. Ganton traced it to the awning rail, repaired the seam and the timber behind it, and this spring it tested dry. I'd have sold it for nothing.”
“Told me straight there was a six-week wait and exactly what it would cost before a spanner was lifted. Worth every week of it — the pre-tour list alone was worth the trip over.”
VERBATIM, AS ENTERED. VANS NOTED THE WAY THE BOOK NOTES THEM.
Panel back on · readings logged · certificate in the drawer
Winter work, spring reward.
Bring it in while it's under a cover and going nowhere. We do the slow, careful work in the quiet months — and when the lanes dry out, it leaves the yard ready for the season, with a written record behind it and nothing left to lie awake about.
Get on the winter listThe foot of the cardThe book is open — AUG 2026
Get on the list.
No booking engine, no deposit taken online. Tell us the van and what's worrying you, and we'll come back with an honest date — quoted to the week — and a price in writing.