Awning carpet, which way?
8 replies
Whittakerr replied on 19/01/2017 07:04
Posted on 19/01/2017 07:04
I roll the carpet out fist and then unroll the awning on the carpet to help keep it clean and stop it getting damaged on any sharp stones that may be there.
As for the mud skirt, mine goes on the inside and I then put the carpet on top of it to stop any draughts. I don’t normally need to peg the mud skirt down as the weight of the carpet holds it in place, but I do carry some ground sheet pegs if it’s particularly windy.
ocsid replied on 19/01/2017 07:22
Posted on 19/01/2017 07:22
Much the same, I put ours down sufficiently unfolded and biased so it is positioned below the end of the awning rail into which the awning is to be fed. I am a separate parts awning erector, roof sides etc, not a one piece man.
All focused on keeping the awning parts clean, protected and not picking up grass cuttings etc.
Then it either gets deployed and moved where needed if indeed we need it or if the grass is pleasant then it is refolded and put back in the car. Alternatively still well folded it gets left by the step to stand on and leave shoes on, when coming and going.
We don't particularly like ground sheets and certainly not the damage they can do if left down too long so tend only to use them on scruffy pitches, not where the grass is pleasant.
Hakinbush replied on 19/01/2017 09:42
eurortraveller replied on 19/01/2017 12:31
G Cherokee replied on 19/01/2017 14:55
Posted on 19/01/2017 14:55
When there is Jules and myself, we dont bother with the awning, especially if the weather is fine, but on wet days it gives somewhere to hang wet coats and dry off out loony cocker spaniel.
My question relates to keeping the damp off the carpet when the heavens open,
Mud skirts on the outside leading away from the awning.?
Mud skirts inside, under the carpet.?
Mud skirts inside, on top of the carpet?
We dont use a ground sheet, just the woven type carpet.
KjellNN replied on 19/01/2017 16:38
Posted on 19/01/2017 16:38
Which way do your mud flaps usually go, only some awnings can have them either in or out?
If they have to be in, then tuck them under the carpet.
If you can have either then in and under means fewer draughts, out means more ventilation and less condensation.
ocsid replied on 19/01/2017 16:42
Posted on 19/01/2017 16:42
On the point of mud flaps inside or outside I have never had an awning giving a choice; all have it sown onto the mudwall with the pegs being fixed outside, so mudflap falls "inside" the pegs.
If enough length, [that depends on ground profile] I put the awning's mudflap under any ground covering. If there is not enough I put a slight bellows in it and peg directly under the mudwall.
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