[Josephsewell]

Hi guys, I'm new here so hope this works, I'm trying to stop condensation on the roof of my vivaro van, any suggestions please, thankyou

[nathankaye]

Several options.
Heater in the van over night.
Put a vent in.
Sock filled with cat litter.
Make sure all wet cloths etc are taken out.

[zesty]

One of those spinny vent things would help, but this tends to happen every year for most of us. I just leave it 😎

[dazmond]

i dont seem to get condensation on my inside van roof these days,not that it bothered me anyway when i did,i dont live in it!it must be the diesel heater drying it out....

[lee_dewing]

All things said

If you have a karcher window vac is good at hoovering off drips

Mine had a split in little water tank so use to run down my arm
Binned it

So gonna have to try cat litter

Got no electricity by van 😐

Good luck fella 🎄⛄️

[Spruce]

Hi guys, I'm new here so hope this works, I'm trying to stop condensation on the roof of my vivaro van, any suggestions please, thankyou

You could dry it off with a towel.

I insist we give the brushes a good shake before they go into the van  to get as much water out as possible. Pole hoses are drained of water and coiled up every time we pack away.

Our hose reels have Hozelok tap connectors as most do. Before they are put away in the van a Hozelok hose connector sealed with silicone sealer is push on to stop the reel dripping water into the van.
Any small spills are mopped up straight away.

The van is parked on the drive and when the weather is 'good' I will leave the back doors open for the cargo area to breath.

We still do have a little condensation but I dry it off with a towel occasionally.  I do have a small 800 watt heater with a frostat fitted to prevent freezing up. It comes on at 1 degree and switches off at 3 degrees. It gets put into the back of the van and the roof at the back is always dry. The roof at the front gets a little condensation just behind the bulkhead where the heater is less effective.

I'm not sure how good plyling the roof would be as I believe it wouldn't stop condensation forming in between the gap. Has any one tried gluing that special stretch carpet fabric to the roof to reduce condensation?

This stuff
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-sqm-Camper-Van-Lining-Carpet-Kit-Super-Stretch-Inc-5-Cans-of-Trimfix-Adhesive/320965717945?hash=item4abb0c2fb9:g:hRUAAOSwCU1YsuWd

[a900]

Hi guys, I'm new here so hope this works, I'm trying to stop condensation on the roof of my vivaro van, any suggestions please, thankyou

You could dry it off with a towel.

I insist we give the brushes a good shake before they go into the van  to get as much water out as possible. Pole hoses are drained of water and coiled up every time we pack away.

Our hose reels have Hozelok tap connectors as most do. Before they are put away in the van a Hozelok hose connector sealed with silicone sealer is push on to stop the reel dripping water into the van.
Any small spills are mopped up straight away.

The van is parked on the drive and when the weather is 'good' I will leave the back doors open for the cargo area to breath.

We still do have a little condensation but I dry it off with a towel occasionally.  I do have a small 800 watt heater with a frostat fitted to prevent freezing up. It comes on at 1 degree and switches off at 3 degrees. It gets put into the back of the van and the roof at the back is always dry. The roof at the front gets a little condensation just behind the bulkhead where the heater is less effective.

I'm not sure how good plyling the roof would be as I believe it wouldn't stop condensation forming in between the gap. Has any one tried gluing that special stretch carpet fabric to the roof to reduce condensation?

This stuff
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-sqm-Camper-Van-Lining-Carpet-Kit-Super-Stretch-Inc-5-Cans-of-Trimfix-Adhesive/320965717945?hash=item4abb0c2fb9:g:hRUAAOSwCU1YsuWd

Urgh. Most of that stuff sounds a chore to me. For us Pole in van doors closed and onto the next job. Personally I always buy with the view of being an end user. Look after but van gets treated harsh. With all our door openings. Sliding into the seats. Starting the engine so on.  When it’s getting past it chop in for the next. Therefore don’t bother clearing condensation.

[P @ F]

What an animal 

[nathankaye]

Either way your gonna get condensation as the warm air hits the colder temps and squeeze the moisture out the air. 

Another alternative is during the day keep a 2 ltr bottle of water in the freezer and then before bed, pop it in a tray standing up. Make that the colder item rather than the panelling and collect the water run off.

[Simon Trapani]

Cut & silicone some 25mm sheets of polystyrene from Wickes or similar to the inside of the van roof. Has always worked in our vans.

[kempy]

I have left the windows down  2cms and seens to help .
Transfer of heat balance

[alank]

I lined out the back of my pickup with silver bubble wrap and fitted an overflow pipe from the top of my water tank to vent any steam or moisture straight outside as the immersion creates a fair bit of condensation this seams to help.

[Dry Clean]

Its something you just have to live with at this time of the year, it wont do the van any harm but the drips especially when they go down the back of your neck can be annoying,  I stick a towel or two over my pole brush and dry the roof before heading out, that sorts it for the days work.

[Shrek]

I usually put a towel on my head when driving in between jobs to stop the water dripping on my head. It’s worked so far and I don’t have to bother wiping the roof every day!