Gazebo as awning
Hello!
Looking round the Awnings that are available for my set-up (Peugeot Berlingo) i am finding them very small, when i am trying to create a living area. I would like to use a gazebo or specifically the one found HERE. I understand the rules awnings must be 3M from other awnings etc, but i would like to know and the core of my post really;
What is the etiquette of using a gazebo as an awning?
When I go to a campsite, can I announce it as an awning, or must I announce it as a tent (which it almost is. But i would argue my footprint is still smaller than a motorhome with a full size awning)
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Morning
Gazebos are fine if they're in place of an awning. The one you're looking at (3 meters) is about as big as you'll get on a pitch on a club site. Nice bit of kit, bit pricey though? Nothing in Decathlon comes cheap!!
Don't forget to book a standard pitch with awning, then keep the gazebo as close to your van as possible (replicating an awning).
Have fun choosing
JK
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Looks big enough to put your camper inside it.
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We had an old VW camper on site once with a leaky roof. Spent all his holiday parked under the gazebo. Family had to sit outside.
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Nice idea. I know some owners of the low height Eriba we own have tried the Decathlon Air Basecamp thing here:-
They throw the zip door over the roof of the vehicle or if on a large pitch use the zip door as a sun shade roof between the van and tent spaced away from the van.
Colin
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I think I would be concerned about how well it would stand up to strong wind. It has only four fixing points unlike an awning that has fixings all the way around.
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