Porch awning

I'm guessing as the ends of your awning do not run in a track then you will not get a perfect weather tight seal. You will have some excess material and will probably need to peg it back tight under the van. You can buy foam pads that fit the ends of some porch awnings on velcro pads/strips, which will help with the fit.

Colin

Yes as EM says fully above, you will never get a perfect seal with a porch awning.

You can also buy adjustable poles to further push the material in towards the caravan with the foam the and/or seals from the Kampa limpet system but it will never be fully sealed.  But in our experience it won't really matter, we have used porch awnings in all weathers and never had any problems with wind or rain.

We have two porch awnings - a Kampa and a Sunncamp lightweight.  Both are 390 long - so hardly small and like Corners, we have used either one in really bad weather and never had a problem. Make sure that you are actually pegging the corners down slightly under the van so that the foam pad is pulled tight against the van. On both of ours, there is also a flap which is a continuation of the foam pad and this needs to be pegged out inside the awning - parallel to the van. (Do this after the awning is inflated)  Is this the 'loose' material you refer to? Pegging this out as close to the van as possible also helps to give a good seal.

Once inflated - peg out the outside corners - pulling it all tight and square - and then do the rest.

Thank you for the replies