Hello fellow vanners, This morning I unfurled my awning and found a small section of the awning had torn away from the barrel .The area is near where the roll up/down tag is and aprox 25mm long ,Have any of you had this happen ,if so what did you do, im thinking some sort of patch to stick on both sides .any ideas please JOHN...
you can get repair tape (bunnings or camping stores or bcf) but it is only a stop gap repair and will only put off replacement
brian
Olley46 said
04:21 PM Jul 13, 2015
cruisaderhilton wrote:
Hello fellow vanners, This morning I unfurled my awning and found a small section of the awning had torn away from the barrel .The area is near where the roll up/down tag is and aprox 25mm long ,Have any of you had this happen ,if so what did you do, im thinking some sort of patch to stick on both sides .any ideas please JOHN...
Hi John.
Mine has been like that for two years, without replacing it just leave it as is,until it goes altogether,what has happened is the Aussie traveler rails that hook on the van and the other end into the roller haven't been lined up properly with the roof awning and that is the result,I bought my van second hand and it was already like it,but she still works
Our AE Dometic Awning replaced 4 yrs ago and worse than the original which was replaced at 8 yrs old and even the newer Barrel is a lot weaker as it had Bend in it along the Full Length from Day one, a bit late now but should have phoned Dometic as I have been Lucky with them as far as our Truma Hot Water systems have gone with Full Replacement and No Charge. It has really crappy Vinyl and Stitching so will replacing with a better quality Vinyl or purchase or later if damaged by insurance with a Aussie Traveller Brand as they appear to have Stronger arms, Fittings and Better Quality Vinyl.
Cheers Kev.
Radar said
01:30 PM Jul 14, 2015
cruisaderhilton wrote:
Hello fellow vanners, This morning I unfurled my awning and found a small section of the awning had torn away from the barrel .The area is near where the roll up/down tag is and aprox 25mm long ,Have any of you had this happen ,if so what did you do, im thinking some sort of patch to stick on both sides .any ideas please JOHN...
Hi, early last year my awning took a beaten in a storm causing a lot of damage to the vinyl. At first I thought I would cut the material off but counting to ten thought different.
Into a hardware store purchased a roll of good water proof material tape carefully after cleaning the area right along where the vinyl is connected to the caravan and taped it, the leading edge of the vinyl was torn or shredded so repaired it to a point where about 3000 ks later when we were home we had vinyl replaced. The other thing I might suggest is go to a cheap shop and get super glue run some along the tear remember to put the opened tube in the frig for later if you may need it this may stop the tear running.
As we were travelling I thought any moment it would let go forcing me to cut it off and to our surprise in the days of rain that followed it did not let water in. Now I carry a roll of this tape for emergencies.
Hope this helps! Radar.
patrol03 said
02:20 PM Jul 15, 2015
Time for an insurance claim if it was mine.
Phil C said
04:11 PM Jul 15, 2015
patrol03 wrote:
Time for an insurance claim if it was mine.
I agree, its worth the $200 or whatever excess for a new professionally fitted awning. CIL offer a lifetime warrantee for any repair.
Cheers
Radar said
06:03 PM Jul 15, 2015
patrol03 wrote:
Time for an insurance claim if it was mine.
In most cases it is cheaper to pay the repair yourself then the excess. But you are the only one who can judge this.
It appears the damage is wear a bit of tape may save him a repair cost for a few months until he wishes to replace the awning vinyl.
patrol03 said
06:44 PM Jul 15, 2015
I don't really know Radar,what the cost of an awning is but I expect is would be in excess of 200 dollars and if you have a quick calculation as to how much you have paid in premiums for van insurance over the years then I think one would be foolish not to make a claim.
brian
Hi John.
Mine has been like that for two years, without replacing it just leave it as is,until it goes altogether,what has happened is the Aussie traveler rails that hook on the van and the other end into the roller haven't been lined up properly with the roof awning and that is the result,I bought my van second hand and it was already like it,but she still works
Lance C
Our AE Dometic Awning replaced 4 yrs ago and worse than the original which was replaced at 8 yrs old and even the newer Barrel is a lot weaker as it had Bend in it along the Full Length from Day one, a bit late now but should have phoned Dometic as I have been Lucky with them as far as our Truma Hot Water systems have gone with Full Replacement and No Charge. It has really crappy Vinyl and Stitching so will replacing with a better quality Vinyl or purchase or later if damaged by insurance with a Aussie Traveller Brand as they appear to have Stronger arms, Fittings and Better Quality Vinyl.
Cheers Kev.
Hi, early last year my awning took a beaten in a storm causing a lot of damage to the vinyl. At first I thought I would cut the material off but counting to ten thought different.
Into a hardware store purchased a roll of good water proof material tape carefully after cleaning the area right along where the vinyl is connected to the caravan and taped it, the leading edge of the vinyl was torn or shredded so repaired it to a point where about 3000 ks later when we were home we had vinyl replaced. The other thing I might suggest is go to a cheap shop and get super glue run some along the tear remember to put the opened tube in the frig for later if you may need it this may stop the tear running.
As we were travelling I thought any moment it would let go forcing me to cut it off and to our surprise in the days of rain that followed it did not let water in. Now I carry a roll of this tape for emergencies.
Hope this helps! Radar.
I agree, its worth the $200 or whatever excess for a new professionally fitted awning. CIL offer a lifetime warrantee for any repair.
Cheers
In most cases it is cheaper to pay the repair yourself then the excess. But you are the only one who can judge this.
It appears the damage is wear a bit of tape may save him a repair cost for a few months until he wishes to replace the awning vinyl.
www.rvwarehouse.com.au/store/product/awning_reskin_1
Could be as low as $120.00 per mtr depending on the size by the look of this add
-- Edited by jade46 on Friday 17th of July 2015 08:56:19 AM