Awning replacement

[Kappy]

I guess this may below here.
A 1st world problem.
I'm back home in WA partly due to Covid and my house getting Broken into.
So back to the point, As I've written off 2020, while I'm home I plan to fine a few things.

My Bus awning is starting to fall apart.

Its an 18 foot awning.

In the Shed I have a brand new 16 foot awning including mechanisms.

Burning question, do I install the 16 foot and lose some shade or go for replacement at approx $320.

[jon_d]

16 foot is still pretty big.

Just check where the legs and brackets will mount. It can be a bugger making them fit. Might be easier just replacing the original.



Sorry to here about the break in. Mongrels.

[native pepper]

Put the 16ft one side and a new one on the main side, you won't lose any shade, but gain a lot.

[Kappy]

Put the 16ft one side and a new one on the main side, you won't lose any shade, but gain a lot.

May have a problem with O/width bus already max 2.5, have got away with one awning may not get away with 2.

May buy a new fabric for $340 and sell the 16ft one, has all fittings.

[Kappy]

Kappy usually it's only the first 12" or so that spends most of it's life in the sun so if you remove the fabric (see youtube) and get a tarp maker to remove the Keder tape & resew it 12" further up you probably won't miss the 12" & it might save you big $$$.
If the Keder is 'welded' on you can source some new.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10m-Length- ... ctupt=true
I've seen some awnings have a short second fabric to protect the main awning.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/19-Roll-Out ... SwP3Jds1xq
Someone else will chime in??

Its falling apart everywhere, multiple repairs.

[native pepper]

Put the 16ft one side and a new one on the main side, you won't lose any shade, but gain a lot.

May have a problem with O/width bus already max 2.5, have got away with one awning may not get away with 2.

May buy a new fabric for $340 and sell the 16ft one, has all fittings.

Yes that could be a problem, the roof on my bus is curved, so during the pandemic designed a system where the awnings will roll up into waste water pipe fixed to the roof. That way when we stop, you just hit a switch and the awnings unroll so the bus is covered both sides from the door back, attach the poles to secure it and bingo the bus is shaded. Yet to work out how to do the back and front, the pipes will sit behind deflectors and will use small electric bike motors to drive the awnings. Got all the stuff to do it, but have to get round to it some time. Have to designed the brackets to hold the pipes on the bus and will use my plastic welder to set them up. Not sure whether that sport of plastic welds, but will find out as soon as we get the farm fire proof, our days are warming up here after a very wet winter and spring. Everything is green and growing, long grass everywhere.

Currently am re configuring the bus sleeping arrangements to go from sleeping 4 to 6-7 and 4 dogs, preparing the farm for the fire season, practising and playing. As I'm a lazy bugger, who knows what will and won't get done, I prefer to play music most days than do anything else and always hope for more rain to have an excuse to sit round and play.

Probably a good idea to sell the old awning and buy a new one.

[T1 Terry]

Brian (Homeless) bought a new awning fabric part from the USA for a fraction of the price the locals wanted. We replaced the fabric part before we re-installed the awning, not a difficult job at all. Make sure you have locked the centre shaft to the roller each side before you remove it from the arms, rather exciting as the shaft tries to remove a few fingers otherwise as it spins to release the spring tension.
Mark which way the fabric needs to wind onto the roller, rather embarrassing when the roller spins the wrong way and dumps all the awning on the floor .... It only took about an hr to rectify the error but still better not to do it in the first place

T1 Terry