Learn about levelling

Is it worth taking levelling blocks with you on tour? The answer really depends on how well you sleep – and how long you like to spend in the shower!

Motorhoming is meant to be all about getting up and going, so it may seem odd to spend time ramping your wheels up to just the right height, when you might only be staying for one night.

But levelling blocks are a wise idea if you are the kind of person who finds it difficult to sleep on anything but a totally level surface, particularly if the peculiarities of the pitch mean that you end up sleeping with your head lower than your feet.

They are also a good thing to use if the shower tray in your motorhome’s washroom only has one drainage hole, but you have a desire (and a full enough fresh-water tank!) to take a long shower. If you haven’t levelled the motorhome first, and the drainage hole is not at the lowest point of the shower, the tray can fill up with water and potentially overflow quicker than you think.

Even if the hole is at the bottom, the narrow pipes mean that water will take longer to drain away than at home. These are the reasons why posher motorhomes have two drain holes.

So yes, go ahead and level - having made sure that once you are level, you won’t need to move again.

It can be a tad annoying to get your vehicle perfectly level, only to realise that your water tank needs filling. Trust us - we speak from experience!

You could have a levelling device retrofitted to your ’van. But this costs well into four figures, and not every base vehicle can be easily adapted.