Outdoor rug

Another vote for the plastic woven rug from Walmart, $50. We have the 9'x12' rug and we actually bought a second one for the outdoor kitchen area on our TT. It dries quick and cleans easily. Had indoor/outdoor rug and will never do that again.

Big 10:4 for the woven plastic. My awning is 19' by about 8' so I ordered the 20x8. Love love love it. Shake it off and hose it top and bottom on the lawn after each trip. We have little kids so it's an awesome play area for them.

Merrykalia wrote:
We have a 9 X 12 that we purchased at Walmart 6 years ago for $45. We got a new one this year, on sale at Walmart for $40 because the old one was looking tired and worn.

The woven ones are the way to go. We had the indoor/outdoor for years, then went with the imitation grass. Went with the woven and will never have either of the previous.

Works for us.

X2 ...getting another one before heading to the lake so entire awning area is covered.

Indoor/ outdoor carpet is disgusting when wet hard to dry and almost impossible to clean… and that is the pros for it…

The cons are it will kill the grass in just a few days making the area muddy or dusty for the others that follow…
It should be forbidden to use on any area that has grass and is the cause for rules against the use of anything in many places already…

If you want or need ground cover the woven plastic mats allow air, sunlight, and water to pass threw to at least minimize permanent damage to grass…
They also don’t hold dirt, dry quickly, and are easily cleaned…

As everyone has suggested, the plastic ones are the best. Get one that is closest to the size of your awning. It will keep your TT cleaner as less stuff will get tracked in. I roll mine up after sweeping and use a bungee to keep it easy to handle. I then throw it in the back of the pickup. It does dry fast.

Forgot to mention. Bring a broom and you can sweep it like no other rug. It'll be spotless in just a couple of minutes.

I use a 8x16 woven polypropylene. I would never own anything else again.

No one mentioned it but the indoor/outdoor mat when rolled up wet and allowed to sit will stink pretty darned quick. Another reason to forego this and get the woven polypropylene (or whatever it is) outdoor rug.

You have to also think about storing an RV mat when you are ready to pack up and leave.

I found all the RV mats are heavy and even heavy when wet. Stuff happens and when it rains and you have to leave you are now stuffing a stinky heavy wet mat into your RV.

I buy shade cloth material. It's sold by the length at at the box stores. It is not dangerously slippery like those woven mats, water goes right thru and the BEST part? It dries in seconds, and folds up into a 12 inch square for storage.

While I have several mats, I haven’t always been completely satisfied with them and have had some start chafing after one season… so while I have them and use them, I have always preferred my shade cloth… I stooped recommending it because there seemed to be very few interested in it… and it’s light weight can be a problem sometimes… I used the smoke blue shade cloth, in 70%... it seems to be just right for me… 60% to 70%. Is good and for the best cloth make sure it is knitted, not woven…
you can maybe find for less on other sites, this one is $1.50 for 6' unfinished.
search shade cloth for many other places that have it. But I find this place reasonable and good to deal with

70% smoke blue shade cloth

you can buy it off the rolls up to 24 foot wide in unfinished sizes, or they will custom make anything you want…

this stuff is indestructible (except by heat)(don’t ask how I know), yet can be made into anything sewn with any home machine…


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Posted: 11/08/06 10:48pm
many CG DO NOT ALLOW ASTRO TURF, the mats mentioned are nice and work well, but are not cheap and don't last but a couple of years.
if you want something that is durable, easy to clean, very light-weight and is inexpensive. go to Lowe's or HD and in the garden dept. look for shade cloth. it comes in colors and is 6 foot wide and can be bought in any length you want. you can sew two pieces together with any machine to make it wider, and buy a extra piece to make a matching sun screen for your awning. the last time I bought it the cost was around $1.20 per foot. it will last two to three times longer than the RV mats also. I just use a 6 foot wide piece by 25 foot, I hemmed the two ends (the long sides don't need hemmed) and put grommets on it for under thirty dollars. made a matching shade screen for the awning for under twenty-five dollars. if a storm comes up I can roll the sun screen up with the awning without removing it.


TIP: for very easy storage of the shade cloth...
use a 3/4" piece of plastic pipe and just roll the cloth up on the pipe and unroll at the next location.
it can then be stored in the bumper (I don't use the bumper for the sewer hose) or on the bumper with a couple of ball bungee's.

TIP: paint the inside of your bumper with rust preventing paint.
tie a absorbent rag in the center of a rope so that each end of the rope is long enough to reach through the bumper. soak the rag in the rust preventing paint and pull it back and forth through the bumper until it is well coated (usually three coats). no rust stains on items stored in there.