Awning always wet and dirty inside. Solution?
Darned awning! Every spring I roll out the awning and check it out for the first time of the year. And every time it is sopping wet, full of dirt and green gross filth. Drives me nuts! So I g...
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Derick wrote:
Dont pressure wash it. Ask me how I know.
lol
Don't have to ask you how you know! :E
Tried that once myself! Only once! But at least the water drained better after power washing it.....
Brought the TT home yesterday, put the awning out and got out a ladder and a car wash brush that attaches to the hose. Scrubbed it as best as I could, got some of the crud off it but it still looks like an old rag. Didn't use any cleaners because of the grass below. Time for new fabric me thinks!
It's an electric awning and I hate the darned thing. There is NO provision to tilt one side. So if it fills with water it will collapse the nitrogen cylinders to dump the water. Don't have the RV door open when that happens! Ask me how I know that one....
Closer examination of the awning reveals that it appears to be mounted too high. When it's rolled up, the top of the roll sits higher than the roof, providing a pocket the full length for dirt and crud to collect in.
Some previous suggestions here are ineffective because being an electric awning, the ends are too big to cut out a plastic bottle to cover them. The plastic half pipe won't work either due to the pocket created by being mounted too high.
I'd have to pull the rails off the walls and drop them a couple inches so water runs off the roof properly.
Who designs this stuff anyways.....
I'd much rather have the manual awning. At least you can lower it in the front or tilt it to one side.
