Caravan curtains

JohnM20 replied on 19/03/2021 15:44

JohnM20

Posted on 19/03/2021 15:44

Has anyone else ever removed caravan curtains for washing? I have just spent nearly three hours refitting a total of 10 small curtains. NEVER AGAIN ! Whoever designed the caravan (a Lunar 524) never had the pleasure of removing or refitting the curtains. It is not a user friendly job. First of all the hooks wouldn't come off the runners very easily whilst taking them down and trying to work in a very confined space between the curtain rail and the pelmet. Refitting them was a worse nightmare, again because of lack of space and the force needed to get the hooks back onto the runners. The hooks are so small and fiddly that unhooking them off the curtain header tape would have been just as big a problem.

I only took the curtains down as I'd noticed a very small amount of mildew on the front curtains and thought after five years they could perhaps do with a freshen up. If they get mildew again it can stay there!! If you've never tried taking the curtains down my very strong advice is DON'T.

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Tammygirl replied on 21/03/2021 20:04

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Tammygirl

Motorhomer

Posted on 21/03/2021 19:03 by EmilysDad

the runners in the front window of my Coachman, both top & bottom, should be prevented from sliding out of the track by a clipped in stopper .... I've re-fitted these stoppers umpteen times now as it's all too easy to open the curtains & slide the stopper out of the track. So it seems that some curtains are a bu66er to remover while others are a bu66er to make stay where they should be.

We use all curtains fitted in the caravan ... makes for a cosier feel when all closed at night. I have blinds at home as well as the curtains .. but draw the curtains at night.

Posted on 21/03/2021 20:04

Glad its not just me then, we also have a coachman and I'm always refitting the stops.

We (me) close the curtains and blinds at night, in the summer months to keep the light out, I like it dark to sleep. In winter to give it a cozy feel.

I also close the curtains when its not in use to protect the upholstery from fading.

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KjellNN replied on 21/03/2021 20:23

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KjellNN

Caravanner

Posted on 21/03/2021 19:03 by EmilysDad

the runners in the front window of my Coachman, both top & bottom, should be prevented from sliding out of the track by a clipped in stopper .... I've re-fitted these stoppers umpteen times now as it's all too easy to open the curtains & slide the stopper out of the track. So it seems that some curtains are a bu66er to remover while others are a bu66er to make stay where they should be.

We use all curtains fitted in the caravan ... makes for a cosier feel when all closed at night. I have blinds at home as well as the curtains .. but draw the curtains at night.

Posted on 21/03/2021 20:23

We just use the blinds, our curtains seem to be half proper fabric and half see through, but like you our end stops are easily knocked out of position and then the curtains just slide out of the rail. (Swift group van)

Rainbowsend replied on 03/05/2021 15:02

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Rainbowsend

Posted on 03/05/2021 15:02

I wish I'd seen this post before I attempted to take the curtains down in my 2014 lunar. Needless to say I gave up. They'll stay exactly where they are and have a good vacuuming and a spray with Fabrese.

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