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LoveTwoCamp
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Oct 12, 2018

Shrinking Awning

We went camping this week and had some rain. We have a double door camper with a 19' striped awning that did cover both doors when new. It has shrunk about 4-5" on each side over the past 5 years.

Is this normal? Both doors now get wet when it rains.

This is a Colorado/Carefree awning, forget what material. probably vinyl.
  • Shrinkage of 8 - 10 inches is difficult to understand but vinyl does shrink over time.

    I had to replace a tonneau cover that had shrunk too much to fit and all the seams were splitting due to the shrinkage.