Adjusting slide out awning

dougrainer wrote:

Big Katuna wrote:
Something I noticed is that if I hold the button and let it roll out until it stops, the slot in the roller where the awning slides in is at about 1:00 o’clock which causes water to gather in the valley.

I now stop it at 11:00 or 12:00 o’clock and water roll over the top.

Mine also has the dump feature but it never worked. I throw a rope over the top with a caribiner and pull it dow and tie to something or clip it into a hole in the wheel.

Explain this. There is NO button for a slide out cover. It is automatic when extending the slide room. Doug

I can only explain this by admitting I missed the part about it being a slide awning.

Big Katuna wrote:
Something I noticed is that if I hold the button and let it roll out until it stops, the slot in the roller where the awning slides in is at about 1:00 o’clock which causes water to gather in the valley.

I now stop it at 11:00 or 12:00 o’clock and water roll over the top.

Mine also has the dump feature but it never worked. I throw a rope over the top with a caribiner and pull it dow and tie to something or clip it into a hole in the wheel.

Explain this. There is NO button for a slide out cover. It is automatic when extending the slide room. Doug

Something I noticed is that if I hold the button and let it roll out until it stops, the slot in the roller where the awning slides in is at about 1:00 o’clock which causes water to gather in the valley.

I now stop it at 11:00 or 12:00 o’clock and water roll over the top.

Mine also has the dump feature but it never worked. I throw a rope over the top with a caribiner and pull it dow and tie to something or clip it into a hole in the wheel.

Joe417 wrote:
I installed a carefree and have the same issue.

There are many versions of slide out design and carefree advises that if the slide has a trim band around it of a certain size to buy the longer version of the mounting hardware. Which I did as do many installers I'm sure.

Turns out had I bought the shorter hardware there would have been plenty of slope to drain the water without puddling and it would have fit the slide just fine.

I just live with it as I'm not paying carefree for a second way overpriced bracket.

If yours is a carefree, your slide trim is of a width that will allow it to fit, and you simply cannot live with the issue, they sell a short bracket that you just screw in place of the existing one that will lower the roller tube 3 or 4 inches.

And what DownTheRoad said is a fact, I've stood in the wrong place several times, yes you would think one would learn the first time.

The only way to increase the angle is to mount the trailer end of the awning as high on the wall as possible.

Doug is right, if the roller is any lower the fabric will rub against the top of the slide when extended. The beach ball or pool noodles is the best fix.

ADDING tension to the awning springs will NOT stop water pooling. To verify this, just get on a ladder and take your hands and attempt to roll the awning tube tighter(simulating adding tension). IF the awning does not move or get more taut, the spring tension is not a fix. The main cause of water pooling is the lack of a decent slope to help run water off. MOST slide rooms are so close to the roof, when you install the awning rail, you cannot get a slope and slight to level is the best you can do. The mount brackets(any design) will NOT help if the awning rail and the top of the slide Fascia are not lower. Attempting to install a "lower" style bracket will cause the awning fabric to rub the top on the Slide room Fascia and destroy the fabric. Now, last, ONCE you have the pooling and it stays that way for awhile, the awning fabric now stretches in the center where the pooling happens. THAT will cause a lack of tension in the center of the fabric and will require a new fabric if you don't like that oval stretched area. This is why it is important to either retract the room in rain to prevent pooling or immediately retracting after a rain to shed the pooled water. OR, build a tent type structure out of PVC pipe or beach balls to keep water from pooling. Doug

I installed a carefree and have the same issue.

There are many versions of slide out design and carefree advises that if the slide has a trim band around it of a certain size to buy the longer version of the mounting hardware. Which I did as do many installers I'm sure.

Turns out had I bought the shorter hardware there would have been plenty of slope to drain the water without puddling and it would have fit the slide just fine.

I just live with it as I'm not paying carefree for a second way overpriced bracket.

If yours is a carefree, your slide trim is of a width that will allow it to fit, and you simply cannot live with the issue, they sell a short bracket that you just screw in place of the existing one that will lower the roller tube 3 or 4 inches.

And what DownTheRoad said is a fact, I've stood in the wrong place several times, yes you would think one would learn the first time.

Lots of trouble when it rains. I'd roll them up until the storm passes.

Very normal for slide awnings.....just don't be standing close to the slide watching it go in when someone inside is retracting it after a rain..

ye, it will self dump ____on you!

Don't worry about it. The awning will dump when you bring in the slides, until then it's a non-issue.

You can tighten it without removing the awning, however, you quickly reach a point where you put a lot of stress on the mechanism and the awning fabric. You could do damage to one or both. Also, tightening the spring can be dangerous if you don't know for sure what you are doing. Do what others suggest and stick something under the awning if you must.