Awning flooring
Hello all, hope everyone is keeping safe in these uncertain times. Now I have some time on my hands I have turned my attention to awning flooring. We have recent bought a Vango STD air Kela V awning for out motorhome, its excellent. But one thing is worrying me, in the 2 times we have used it prior to the sites closing, I was worried about stepping on the in built groundsheet especially as I set up on gravel. So, I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations as to a good solution to flooring? It would need to be sufficient enough to cope with a camping table and a couple of camping chairs.
Thank you
Andrew
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I bought a load of these a couple of years ago when they were very cheap at the end of the year sale in Halfords. They were OK on a flat hardstanding but useless on grass if the surface was a bit uneven - they kept coming unlocked and riding up.
They sat in the garage for ages until I had the idea of cutting them to fit inside all the under-seat/bed lockers where they now provide a perfectly fitted 'carpet' to stop the wooden flooring getting scratched from all the usual junk that's stored in there! (And I did check to make sure there weren't any vents being blocked).
We use a Kampa fitted carpet with another old one underneath for comfort if on a hardstanding.
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Thank you, I had been looking at the tiles, but we are struggling with space to be fair, there is a fitted carpet option available but I cant really gauge the thickness by the limited pictures I have found on line. Good suggestion about the tennis balls though, I like that.
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I am not sure what you are trying to protect the awning ground sheet from, the gravel or the furniture legs! Both are equally damaging. It would have been better to have an awning without a built in ground sheet or remove it. The only other option is to protect both side of the inbuilt ground sheet.
peedee
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Built-in groundsheets are all very well but it does present problems for those on grass as lifting to prevent killing the grass becomes problematic.
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We had a zipped in groundsheet ['zig'] with our trailer tent. We placed a medium weight tarpaulin on the gravel of the pitch to protect the zig underside and a camping carpet in the awning interior for warmth and furniture protection. Weight, volume and cost kept to the minimum and the quality at an acceptable level, in the knowledge that the camping carpet could be thrown away as wear and tear and general grubbiness caused by traipsing in dew laden footwear took their toll.
Steve
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