advice needed for a home made awning please

[trixie88]

trixie88

thank you all for your amazingly eclectic ideas for a sunshade - i took them over to my neighbour who has been vanning for years, and we looked at them all in turn. There is so much "stuff" on my roof (3 domed vents-windows, gas flue, spare tyre, guard rail, solar panel) that i did not want to risk damaging those things by throwing ropes over them and tightening them up. i looked at his tarps - both heavy weight and less robust ones and had no idea they were so big and decided i did not have sufficient storage for them - especially when wet. I don't have time to fit a rail of any sort.

So i decided to use my sticks to create a sun shade with one of my throws from inside the van clipped onto my wing mirrors, and in addition my neighbour has also loaned me a sun umbrella which fits into my vertical storage area perfectly..

so - as usual a solution was found... thanks one and all

ahhhhhh SORTED a good job by all

 

[rugbyken]

at this time of year lidl normally do a camping theme specials week one the normally have is a sail comes with a couple of awning poles and guy ropes I bought one years ago it's made a tent in the garden for the grandkids we took it Egypt a couple of times and used it as a windbreaker on the Red Sea it stores in a bag with collapsed poles and is only about the size of a bottle of wine and weighs about a quarter of one got lots of eylet holes and tie points,

 

[idetika]

I adapted a cheap tarp from Decathlon, stitched on some kador strip and attached it to the figure of eight.

 

[delicagirl]

i will see how i get on this summer with my fabric-wing-mirror-lash up and my umbrella.. but getting a rail put on my van does seems to be a way to get a lot of shade fairly easily....

Thanks

 

[Chris356]

We used to use some camouflage netting with 2 adjustable poles worked a treat only thing was it was hard to find the carlsbergs

 

[trixie88]

trixie88

I adapted a cheap tarp from Decathlon, stitched on some kador strip and attached it to the figure of eight.

how did you attach it to the van....i can see a bit is probably clamped by thepassenger door window. what about the remainder... i see it is probably a sliding door. thanks

 

[delicagirl]

thanks david - thats a decent price i guess. But its too big for me to store.

 

[izwozral]

I use the tried and trusted sombrero method for maximum shade, I just change the sombreros over when a beach babe passes.

 

[idetika]

how did you attach it to the van....i can see a bit is probably clamped by thepassenger door window. what about the remainder... i see it is probably a sliding door. thanks

I sewed a length of kador strip to the tarp that could then attach to the gutter on the van using a figure of eight strip

kador strip - Google Search

 

[turnpike]

I know this is a few months old but I wanted to ask idetika if you stitched the kador strip on yourself? Is it easy done with a regular sowing machine? Cheers! Carl.

I adapted a cheap tarp from Decathlon, stitched on some kador strip and attached it to the figure of eight.

 

[Easterndawn]

Awning

I bought one just last week from eBay, the one i purchased has all four sides which I can use or not, two with Windows it is 2x2 metres, I haven't used it yet but I look forward to having it for shade and extra area to set up in and leave when I leave a campground when I am using one. I only paid £44.00 as opposed to £400 for a Park and Drive Air Awning.

 

[Auld Pharrrt]

Personally I used "Lift The Dot" fasteners ... a couple of the wee studs on my roof (Renault Trafic has wee brackets for roof rack fitment) and the other half of the fastener attached to a cheap B&Q tarpaulin ... I then bought a couple of extending tent poles and a couple of guy ropes ... I've never used it yet as WC'ing is all about not being too intrusive so I don't put the "awning" up but I also configured it so it can go on the side or the back of my van.

 

[Easterndawn]

Awning

I bought one just last week from eBay, the one i purchased has all four sides which I can use or not, two with Windows it is 2x2 metres, I haven't used it yet but I look forward to having it for shade and extra area to set up in and leave when I leave a campground when I am using one. I only paid £44.00 as opposed to £400 for a Park and Drive Air Awning.

I also forgot to say that the space it takes up when not set up is very minimal and I don't find it hard to move around.

 

[Cabaret]

I adapted a cheap tarp from Decathlon, stitched on some kador strip and attached it to the figure of eight.

Hi, long shot I know, but how did you finish off your kador attachment? I'm doing something similar with kador strip and decathlon tarp but can't quite figure out what sort of finish to use at either end of the kador strip. Can you advise, or even better supply a photo??
Many thanks.