Awning roller ball?????

dougrainer wrote:
Roller WHEELS or Roller BALLS are for square sharp cornered Screen doors and Entry doors. IF you have a radius top door, then it is not really needed. IF the entry door rubs the fabric, you need to raise the awning to prevent it. Doug

And to add to this, one of the first things I did was to file the sharp corners down a little when I first bought my trailer in 2004. My awning hasn't been damaged yet. By the way, rounding the corners on the bottom of the door is a good idea too. My toddler son can tell you all about that.

BFL13 wrote:


It could all be avoided if the door would open inwards like in a stick house, but no--- :( I guess they figure the door in an RV won't have an overnight snow bank up against it outside so you can't get out in the morning.

Motorhomes at least, are required to have outward opening doors fitted with automotive style latches that resist popping open in a crash. And then there's the issue of the additional floor space needed to allow room for an inward opening door.

Roller WHEELS or Roller BALLS are for square sharp cornered Screen doors and Entry doors. IF you have a radius top door, then it is not really needed. IF the entry door rubs the fabric, you need to raise the awning to prevent it. Doug

Saw it at Camping World. What amazes me is CW has the lowest price

I have the similar type that uses a wheel in lieu of a ball.

We purchased one this year and installed it. Pretty simplistic idea but it works fairly well. We always lower our awning at night to its almost lowest position the roller ball allows the door to roll on the awning just enough to allow us to get in through th door after lowering the awning. The roller helps avoid any possibility of the awning being punctured or torn by the raw top cornor of the door.
Long story short we like it.

Not fitted on ours, but I doubt it would help much. With the awning down enough to do any good the door and also the screen door are jammed at the top. A roller might help if the awning is only down a little.

Only thing that works for us is an extra curtain hanging from the awning with the awning up enough to let the doors open/close. We use a shower curtain rigged at the sunny end for late afternoon with some bungee cords and clamps.

It could all be avoided if the door would open inwards like in a stick house, but no--- :( I guess they figure the door in an RV won't have an overnight snow bank up against it outside so you can't get out in the morning.

Haven't used that particular one but my bumper pull prowler had an awning protector on the door. It was just a little wheel but it definitely protected the awning when the door was opened if the awning is set down low when out all the way.