water pooling on my slideout awning

Raise the front of the RV 1/4 bubble off level.

Greetings all- that dirty water on the slide leads to other problems. I went a little outside of the box and purchased a 4 X 15 pool cover floatation tube, stretched it out below the awning on the top of the slide, and inflated it just enough to restore the proper angle on the slide awning. Now that the angle is restored, the water does not get the chance to create a pool the way it did before.
This was a quick $17.00 solution to a problem, and I cn re-use it for multiple seasons.

Actually, I used this method on my old coach for 6 years without any damage to awings and so far with the new coach, only twice. Once, the rain stops, it just takes a minute to remove it from all four slides. Takes maybe 2 min each to put them on. I keep the ropes in a plastic container once they've dried out and the loops for the awning rod stays on the rope.

We spend our summers on the Oregon Coast about 100 yds from the beach and believe you me, we do get rain and wind. The ropes will also keep the toppers from flopping in the wind, but we will bring in the slides if the wind speed gets too high.

Ron

The rope - given enough time & breeze - will cause damage to the edges of the topper. If it is an occupied rv, close the slides and reopen to dump them. If it is in storage, leave the slides in. My big slide is also 10' up and close to 10' long, the balloon idea would take more time then moving the table, cycling the slide, and putting it back.

Yes... the rope, when pulled slightly tight will cause a crease (channel) from one side of the awning to the other and the rain will follow the rope since the rope will be the lowest point at the edges and highest at the center. You don't need to pull it super tight, just enough to get the rope at the top of the slide out on the edges. I just use a plain cotton rope (clothes line from walmart).

Ron

fj12ryder wrote:
Why do you need to keep it from pooling?

We have them and never worry about it. If it pools on the small slides then the tension is too low, but it's hard to keep it from pooling on the really large slides. But are you worried about mosquitoes breeding or something like that?

Walked past the end one day and it decided to unload all the water on top. thought a tsunami was coming my way, and don't need those pesky thing breeding around it.

lanerd wrote:
In both these cases, should be sufficient. However, it would seem that a ladder is required. With my method, I just use my awning rod and from the ground loop the rope over the slide out and then tie the two ends together under the slide and the slide out is still protected by the awning. Very easy and quick to do and doesn't require a ladder, or any other method to get up to the top of the slide out.

Ron

so you basically making a loop around the whole slide out and the water follows the rope and drips to the ground? Nylon or cotton rope? So how does it drain the water off exactly?

Why do you need to keep it from pooling?

We have them and never worry about it. If it pools on the small slides then the tension is too low, but it's hard to keep it from pooling on the really large slides. But are you worried about mosquitoes breeding or something like that?

In both these cases, should be sufficient. However, it would seem that a ladder is required. With my method, I just use my awning rod and from the ground loop the rope over the slide out and then tie the two ends together under the slide and the slide out is still protected by the awning. Very easy and quick to do and doesn't require a ladder, or any other method to get up to the top of the slide out.

Ron

I use a volley ball inflated about half way. Use a broom to push it into the middle. Works great.