Awning repair

louiskathy wrote:

Gjac wrote:
While in Colorado 3 weeks ago a high wind came up and ripped about a ft of awning material away from the sewn bead flush with the Al extrusion that holds the awning in place. Has anyone been successful with repairing this type of tear? I hear folks on here talk about Gorilla Tape as holding well for other applications. I was thinking about trying a strip or tape on top and underneath the awning. Any thoughts about this or any other repair techniques. Awning tape has worked well for a split in the awning but I want something that will bond to the Al and FG wall as well as the vinyl awning material. As a second option has anyone removed 6 in or so of the awning and resewn or bonded the awning material around the bead and re inserted it back into the Al extrusion?

March 2009 we repaired our awning and the tape held until October 2014. But we strung string up the sides inside the hem and tied it off at the top to support the edges so the tape didn't do all the work to support the load.

Awning repair

Thanks for the detailed write up. My tear is different as it is where the awning attaches directly to the MH not on the tube section. However I think I will try to use a short section of a strap that I can slide into the extrusion end and sew to the awning fabric to take some of the load then apply the Gorilla tape and see how that holds up. I want to thank everyone for sharing there repair techniques.