Replacing Awning Fabric
My current awning fabric is shot! How hard is it to replace? I have seen fabric sold online for about $150 (15 feet) and wondered if this is a DIY project. Also, if you have experience, is this a t...
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Huntindog wrote:
I did it. It really is best done with 3 people, and they all gotta be on the same page. Removing the remanents of the old one is pretty staight forward.
If your roller endcaps do not have the slot in them that matches up with the roller, you can make it with a dremel and a drill.
You will need a ladder person to feed the fabric into the top slot, and another ladder person to pull it along, and he has to keep repositioning the ladder as the fabric advances. The lower person can walk back and forth pretty easy.
The goal is to feed the fabric into the upper wall track/slot at the same rate as the lower/roller side, It must be fed at the same rate, and care must be taken to make sure it enters the upper track smoothly. Getting off kilter will result in the new fabric snaging and tearing on the edge of the upper track.
We installed the fabric in the roller first and walked the roller along as we fed the upper rail. My awning was a one piece, a two piece may be easier another way.
