How much weight can an awning take?
I picked up a sun shade for our Dometic power awning today but we think it seems kinda heavy. Can the awning take the weight of these things safely without causing damage to the awning? This is th...
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Don't know exact answer on weight but ours hasn't done any damage. It's about 5 pound total. Look up the shipping weight, it will give you a clue. We do take it off when the wind start going. Flag across the way unfurls all the way once or twice, we take it down. Hardest part of ours is folding it up to put back in vinyl case without getting in on the ground. I don't keep it tied down tight, I allow for some wind and leave some slack so if any breeze won't put big strain on awning or sun shade. I use those bungee cords with a big bead thing at the end and fits into the handle of a 3 gallon water bottle. So the bungee's also give it some tension relieve and not slamming the weight on awning. And more than once campground management has stopped and asked if I'm pounding anything into the ground to hold it in place. Another reason to use water bottles to hold in place. We always take it down and close awning at night, no matter how the weather supposed to be.
Of all the things to clean it with, what seems to work the best for us is draping it over clothes line and hose off with thumb over end of the hose. Mostly all dust that gets caught in it anyways. "Dry lube" once or twice a year on zipper.
We also got a sun shade for a side (one end or the other). I'm still working on the best way to hook it. Don't like how mine hooks and still working on this project. And the end hooks is really up high. I've messed around with a broom stick with a hook type thing screwed in to the end of broom stick so I can hook loop of sunshade in place. But not a pleasant task. Still looking for something better.
By the way we really like ours. We would like it even more if we didn't have to use it at all and could move to the other side of the street and sun wouldn't bother us at all. But that's going to happen any time soon at our snowbird park.
I stand on a upside down 5 gallon plastic bucket to start the zipper.
Of all the things to clean it with, what seems to work the best for us is draping it over clothes line and hose off with thumb over end of the hose. Mostly all dust that gets caught in it anyways. "Dry lube" once or twice a year on zipper.
We also got a sun shade for a side (one end or the other). I'm still working on the best way to hook it. Don't like how mine hooks and still working on this project. And the end hooks is really up high. I've messed around with a broom stick with a hook type thing screwed in to the end of broom stick so I can hook loop of sunshade in place. But not a pleasant task. Still looking for something better.
By the way we really like ours. We would like it even more if we didn't have to use it at all and could move to the other side of the street and sun wouldn't bother us at all. But that's going to happen any time soon at our snowbird park.
I stand on a upside down 5 gallon plastic bucket to start the zipper.
