Newbie MH awning

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  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited March 2020 #32

    You should be wearing crocs not jimmy choos, Husky.

  • Bakers2
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    edited March 2020 #33

    We always wound ours in overnight - the world, however dark and few people about, isn't prepared for OH in his birthday suit 🤐😱 whilst executing the task 😂😂😂

  • davetommo
    davetommo Forum Participant Posts: 1,430
    edited March 2020 #34

    Does that mean they only catch fire at night

  • Heethers
    Heethers Forum Participant Posts: 641
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    edited March 2020 #35

    We leave it out with storm straps but has said take it in if the weather changes for the worse, having said that it's only a minute to take in or wind out, just leave the pegs in the ground save hammering in again

  • SteveL
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    edited March 2020 #36

    We left it out a couple of times in France, on sheltered pitches and the weather set fair. However, we generally take it in. I leave the guy pegs in the ground, with the straps wrapped round, so you can see them. The leg pegs go through holes,on our Fiamma awning, so have to be fully removed.

    What I do find odd is folk who leave them out when the forecast clearly indicates you shouldn't. Walking to the block on a site last year, I passed a chap recovering his awning, which had collapsed at one end, despite storm straps. Don't know where that storm came from last night he says. Although the forcast had been for a definite line of very active thunderstorms and squally winds. Given how easy it is to check the weather these days, I guess he just didn't bother. Fortunately there wasn't much damage.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited March 2020 #37

    I am always amazed that some people seem to leave their wind out awning up all the time, often with minimum tie down! We tend to wind it out during the day and put it back at night and like Steve leave the anchors in place for the next day. It is very little effort to wind it back in and we don't tend to leave a lot of furniture out already set up. Chairs are folded and put under the van or behind passenger seat in the cab. We no longer bother with an awning mat. I do have a Fiamma Magic Rafter Pro which does stop the canopy flapping around but not used it in the new van as I have not worked out where to store it as its quite long!

    David

  • rayjsj
    rayjsj Forum Participant Posts: 930
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    edited March 2020 #38

    The guy in the A/T had his door facing mine.(taboo) ?

    Might I suggest that ,that was because you have a continental van with the door on the Wrong side for the UK.  The right side is the wrong side, the left side is the right side......got that ?

    I , like you am not 'bovered'  by this, but it drives my missus mad. Which is why I had to buy a View Blocker by Thule, slides into the front of the wind out awning. Job Done. Have stayed at Baltic Wharf and enjoyed it, but doubt I will go again, even if it stays open. 

     

     

  • KeefySher
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    edited March 2020 #39

    At Baltic Wharf once for the Baloon Festival, only got a non awning pitch with the caravan. Left the car in a street nearby with free parking and put out the full length sunshade for the week.

    as we had bicycles with us, if the car was required, cycled to it, put bike on roof carrier, drove back to BW, removed bike, locked to others under the sunshade and used the car for a day out at the seaside. On return put bike on roof carrier, parked car, cycled back to BW.

    Sun shade,  a Doreema full length jobby left up with no storm straps. Has withstood thunderstorms without issue. Fills with water, buffeted by wind, auto empties.

    At BW for Easter. Non awning pitch, will prob put sunshade out and park car at family member and use new electric folding bicycle to go to and fro to collect/drop tug if required. Put bike in boot of tug.

    Just like MH really tongue-out

  • SteveL
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    edited March 2020 #40

    More often than not although we have a continental MH our door is on the correct side as we go nose in. This is because most pitches seem to slope towards the road and the MH sits level when facing up slope. If the pitch happens to slope the other way we reverse in and the door is on the wrong side. This does not bother us, although may bother those alongside.😂

  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited March 2020 #41

    Wind out 'awnings' are canopies! They're for providing shade and protection from showers. As Ad has said, make sure your canopy is slightly sloped to stop the water pooling in the middle. If a gusting wind gets under a canopy, it will try to 'fly' up and over your roof: we know people to whom this has happened. Best advice is to wind it in at night and when you go out for the day, unless you're absolutely sure of the weather.

    Top tip: DK has a Fiamma storm pole which fits between the outer rail and the canopy housing: an extendable clothes prop from Wilkos does the same job at a fraction of the cost!

    Here's our canopy in use on Isle d'Oleron.

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  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited March 2020 #42

    Ray, the aire was Gibraltar so im afraid 'twas the AT owner who was 'in the wrong'...

    however, as said, neither of us worried about it....a great place for all of us to park up and stroll over to the Rock.

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