Awning use
Just wondering how many times you use your awning? So far out of the 3 years of owning the RV, we may have used it.. 5 times... Maybe. This year however we are going to Florida so we may use it a few times...
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- Every time we go camping, and at home all the time.
At home:
- Since mine goes out/in at the touch of a button I use mine all the time...even putting it out a couple feet to just shade the window under it or to stop the rain from coming in.
- The one complaint I had about my awning was windy weather, especially if I tried leaving it open at night. It made too much noise when I went to bed. There were several times I had to go outside in the middle of the night and stow the awning. And, I was using several deflappers and two tie-downs, one at each end. I finally had to get into the habit of rolling it up in the evening. Other than that, I did enjoy my awning and the shade it provided.
OOPs! Just noticed this is a very old thread. :S - Like mr ed I had to bring mine in at 3am if I somehow forgot at 10pm.
But I use it a lot, esp in hot weather when that side is facing south. It's nice to keep rain off the carpet too. But you be careful when bringing in an awning full of rain!! Mine doesn't drain so well. mr. ed wrote:
That's 2017, not 1917 :)
OOPs! Just noticed this is a very old thread.- 15 minutes old is not an old thread....15 is the time between the first post and the above post. Am I missing something.
Also, I use my awning all the time too. - Hang 2-1 gallon water jugs on the ends of the arm. It stops the flapping. We use the awning almost every where. In Florida, we added a screen staked down to the ground.
So little use - I bet it's mildewy. Time to break out the Tilex. Spray it down, roll it up, let it sit for 20 minutes, open back up and rinse it off. - Being desert rats we always park the trailer with the sun in mind but also use the awning when needed. At least daily on most trips.
- When we had the pop up, the awning had a screen room that attached to it, so we used it every trip, but we just don't use the one on the RV much. . I saw a video on you tube where a guy put a large grommet in his awning so if it rained it would just drain the rain without any of it pooling and damaging the awning
- Not many times in our RVing history.
