Awning poles
We have just bought a really nice second hand awning. It is a full awning with numerous poles. How does everyone mark their poles for easy assembly.
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There are probably 3 corner poles, one for the centre and the others for each outside corner - they will be slightly different! You will have 3 the same, probably with a hook on the end, which actually 'connect' to the caravan and you may be able to identify which poles touch the ground; the other poles actually 'extend ' the basic poles to the required lengths. Once you have got a basic pattern sorted slide the awning through it's channel and put in the poles keep the height at comfortable one and be careful the poles do not catch on the caravan;do the centre first then one side with linking poles and then the next. Finally, if your awning has them, put in the 3 short poles that fit the short canopy/overhang. Extend the poles and ensure the awning is a snug fit on the frame (don't be too alarmed if it takes a few goes to get it right) and then use coloured tape to show which which pole connects to another EG blue to blue, red to red etc. Good luck; errecting an awning for the first time can be a challenge but it gets easier - honest!
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I would suggest that before you make your first attempt, empty them out in the garden and lay them in the positions you think they go and you can soon see the patern. The roof poles can be fitted in place and put the legs near where they go.
As for marking the poles, a few rolls of different coloured insulation tape, black, blue, red, yellow, green etc. wrapped round using the same colours on ends that meet. You can also have two bands of the same colours if you wish. Then draw the plan on a piece of paper and don't leave it at home.
Sorting the zip sliders, where they go, is often overlooked.
You will provide a bit of entertainment for those watching.
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Like most things in life the more you do it the easier it gets. Even now though I lay out the poles in their correct order/posotion on the ground before starting
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Coloured nail varnish cheap and bright colours. Put some different bands on the ends of the poles.
Watched a couple many years ago trying to put a tent up. After an hour or so I walked over to see what was happening. They had it all down on the floor connected together but they were missing the legs. The young women said that when they bought it the guy said all the poles were in the bag. I stood and looked at it and realised they had managed to use the legs in the roof. I pointed this out and we removed them and erected the continental frame. It's a lot bigger than that she said when we had the poles in the right place. It was massive in the picture when we bought it
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Hi souillac, we use the different coloured insulating tape method. Cheers, Alex.
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Good morning Souillac. But you make sure your first attempt/marking session is on a nice pleasant day with no rain or wind. Laying out your nicely marked poles in their positions is the way to do it. A cool beer half way through the process helps! You will soon get the hang of it. As I thought, coloured tape wins.
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Different Colour Tape
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