Patio rug blowing away?

[arnko37]

We carry four empty water jugs on our camping trips. If the wind keeps blowing the patio rug we fill the jugs w/ water and put one on each corner. Works.

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

Executive wrote:

I've thought of a tube made out of rubber or canvas, remember the old water bags we carried on the front of our cars for overheating crossing the desert?, that could be rolled up for easy storage and brought out and filled with water to weight down the rug.

"Pool Tubes"

Vinyl tubes that you fill with water to hold down a swimming pool cover.

[GaryWT]

Not sure what type of mat you has but mine is light, fold easy as the creases remain, water goes right through and it cleans up easy. Glad you found something that works for you though.

[rockhillmanor]

I threw out those heavy RV mats years ago. They get dirty, stinky and wet and are 'real' hard to fold to put into the bays.

I went to the store and bought shade cloth. Comes by the yard. You can buy enough to run the entire length of your RV is you want. For tent stakes with flat washer and it isn't going to move. Mine survived a tornado going thru the CG. Stayed right where I put it! :B

Water goes right thru so you don't slip like on the RV mat. IMHO looks nicer and the best part is it fold ups into a 12 inch square when you are ready to stow it away. If you have to hose it down before you leave it air dries in minutes so you aren't putting a stinky wet mat in your MH.

Just my

[tahiti16]

Executive wrote:

Tin Pusher wrote:

ripperoo wrote:
Only problem is as I keep drinking the beer, the cooler gets lighter. To solve the problem, I now bring two coolers of beer.

Contributes to tripping over the rocks when it ain't even dark 🙂

Yeah, but you don't feel it, nor remember it....:B:B....Dennis

Oh you feel it Dennis but write it off to the morning after affect! :B :S

And no idea why drinking beer makes your foot hurt as well as your hear=d! :B :B

[whencanwego]

When we go to FL for the winter, I go to Wal-Mart and purchase four plants such as geraniums or begonias and put them in pots to set on the corners of our patio rug to prevent it from blowing away. When we are ready to come home I put them in the shower and bring them home to plant in my planter boxes to enjoy all summer.

[rockhillmanor]

I use the camping stakes that are a big washer and nail. I can't fathom putting out water jugs to hold an RV mat down! :B

As far as the concrete sites go if it's that windy the mat simply is not put down.

[JEBar]

Clay L wrote:
We use the nails and washers made for that. Much easier to store. Of course the places we stay at for long enough to use a patio rug don't have concrete pads.

same for us

Jim

[CarlGeo]

I have large 40d nails that I use with fender washers that work very well, BUT I DO NOT USE them on a concrete slab!
Small plastic coffee cans filled with sand will effectively hold the rug in place in all but the strongest winds.

[GaryWT]

If there is a pad or crushed stone on the sire we do not put the rug out, anything to cut down on set up and take down.

[Executive45]

I tried using nails but the concrete pad kept making them bend....:S....Dennis

[Okie_in_Wyoming]

We use the nails and washers too. But when the ground is rocky or too hard, we put rocks at the corners, I have dim solar lights that I place by the rock. That way I can see them in the dark.

[Tin_Pusher]

gbopp wrote:
Come to Pennsylvania or farther north, lay out your patio rug and spray it with a little water.

:B LOL

[camperforlife]

I can honestly say mine has never moved. I do realize that my first time out this year it will now probably blow away!:B

[gbopp]

Come to Pennsylvania or farther north, lay out your patio rug and spray it with a little water.

It will soon be frozen solid to the ground and the wind won't move it for several months. 😞