Awning in the wind

GT70
GT70 Forum Participant Posts: 13
edited February 2017 in Parts & Accessories #1

hi,

 

This has probably been asked thousands of times!!

how dou.keep your awning safe in the wind.

ive got it reasonable apart from one thing. Wind blowing face on to the awning and blowing canvas into centre pole. Just bent the pole and had to take the awning down. I miss it for boots and dog stuff.

how can you stop that the upright poles going in the middle? Specifically the centre one.

Awning is a Bradford portico xl plus with easy alloy frame.

should I just go and buy a proper winter awning e.g. Isabella winter. We don't need a lot of room but we do need some.

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  • ChrisRogers
    ChrisRogers Forum Participant Posts: 435
    edited February 2017 #2

     I just use extra guy lines tied to the front poles which are 25mm steel, guy lines on front canvas also stops the canvas blowing in. Also inside on the pole is a storm prop.

  • GT70
    GT70 Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited February 2017 #3

    Cheers Chris. I was thinking of something like a prop made from a veranda pole up to the centre of the leg.

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited February 2017 #4

    I use guys GT but I tend to use the strong elastic that you can buy off the roll at Caravan accessory shops. It tends to be more gentle as it ' gives with the wind' but is strong enough to deal with a gust. It's the gusts that cause the trouble.

  • GT70
    GT70 Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited February 2017 #5

    Cheers Merve, not seen that but I'll be sure to have a look.

     

  • peedee
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    edited February 2017 #6

    I have just lost my free standing awning, two poles were broken. It is repairable in fact I had one spare but not two. One thing I was impressed with was the way the awnings with pump up supports withstood the blow.

    peedee

  • Fysherman
    Fysherman Forum Participant Posts: 1,570
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    edited February 2017 #7

    Once saw a cool dude (in Spain) when faced with a storm force wind and a awning threatening to take off run a stanley knife round the awning channel grinning with a "what's the problem" kind of look before going back inside to his glass of wine.cool

     

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited February 2017 #8

    I suspect that steel poles stand up to winds better than alloy.

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  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #10

    Mine blew away several years ago and I decided I could do without one.   - just like the nice Motorhome people do.  No more getting up in the night to tie the brute down. No more wrestling with wet canvas . No more having to dry the thing when we get home.  Gone, forgotten, and not missed. 

  • GT70
    GT70 Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited February 2017 #11

    Really missed it after we lost it.

    very impressed with a couple of isabella magnums which stood up to everything Doris could throw at them!! They didn't even have guys on them!! I was very jealous looking out the window at them!!!

    That might be the way to go but I'm going to try and get a couple of years out of this one first.

  • ABM
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    edited February 2017 #12

    The  answer  my  friend,  is  blowing  in  the  wind  ,,  ,,  ,, ,,  ,, ,,

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited February 2017 #13

    Beware of badly stitched awnings we lost two lightweight ones in fairly strong winds, they came apart at the awning rail. We were left with a strip of fabric in the rail and the awning flapping away. I got a friend to repair one with an industrial sewing machine. It's worth checking the actual stitching to see how good it is, especially on corner joints.

  • AWNINGHANDYMAN
    AWNINGHANDYMAN Forum Participant Posts: 57
    edited February 2017 #14

    Hi GT70,

    My nearly 50 years under canvas has seen and done it all my times and no one will ever compete against the very strong gusts we have today.

    However, have a look at my 'Awning Handyman' storm pole, advice and all positive blogs on my website. Get back to me if you have any questions.

    Dave

    www.awninghandyman.co.uk

  • Catsize
    Catsize Forum Participant Posts: 73
    edited February 2017 #15

    GT70, wonder if you saw ours! We did Doris in Derbyshire and our Magnum Coal was ace. Was stressing a bit that we had no guys, storm straps etc., but she stood true and firm.

    Now, our utterly RUBBISH Outdoor Revolution air awning would have died. It couldn't cope with wind.

  • GT70
    GT70 Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited February 2017 #16

    Hi Catsize - were you on Poolsbrook?

     

    AWNINGHANDYMAN - funnily enough I have found your website. They look fantastic. I'm thinking of ordering 3. Just a question. Can you put a third mid length pole on the upright to brace the centre of the awning upright poles back to your pole? Those alloy poles really are quite weak when the wind blows!