Awning Sizes

[daisymumbles]

My Adria caravan has an awning size of 980, which is a bit of an odd size. Is it better to get an awning which is only just big enough? or get the next size up and possibly have excess fabric? Anybody else had this problem and how did you fix it without expensive alterations?
Any advice welcome Thanks.

[sandmaster]

You need to stretch the awning over the frame so buying one which is too big is not a good idea. When it rains water will gather in the roof of the awning and exert pressure, also the wind will find more openings.

[alanjohn]

You need the CORRECT size no good small ore too larg. You need to run a line through where your awning goes, thats say left to right, but it must go from ground to ground thats how you get your correct length.Lay the tape or whatever you used on the ground and then get a tape measure and do the length, cheers Alan

[daisymumbles]

Thanks for the advice. Trouble I have is that with most manufacturers, this is either at the end of the size range, or at the start. So it will probably be a bit too big or too small!

[sandmaster]

Personally I would buy the size that would require stretching the most - i.e. the smaller option.
Awnings can be hard to slide through the guides/holders/channel (whatever you call them) along the side of the caravan so here's a tip I was given years ago and it works. Buy an aerosol polish, silicon based, and spray the channel throughout its entire length - the awning will then slide through it quite easily. Sorry if I'm repeating something you already know!!
Hope you have some decent weather next year to enjoy the caravan.

[daisymumbles]

Thank you for the advice. I hope we all have some decent weather next year!!!! :)
I am looking forward to actually using the new van!