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im looking for an awning to fit our designer,any idea which size would suit,ive seen some that go around a dandy,and can be attached with bungeys,

I know Riva did sell a lightweight Acrylic one, but the supplier stopped making them, plus they were £700!  I have seen people use caravan awnings, but they need to have the awning rail bit removed/doctored to fit where the old Dandy one went..  I'm pretty sure a good camping shop could reccomend someone to do the sewing.

Good luck.

People use the standalone motorhome awnings such as the Traveller 3 or the Outdoor Revolution motordome.  I have a Dandy awning and it is not my favourite bit of kit... Although putting zips in it has helped a lot.....

Also seen one couple G clamp a bit of wood with and awning rail mounted on it so they could use a conventional caravan porch awning.

Yes it is sturdy have to hand it that... I did not guy the roof properly last time and so the roof had gallons or so of water on top of it....However not a hint of leakage.. mind you poor son got a drenching as he was stood in the wrong place outside when I prodded the ceiling.

Ah yes, been there too.  Remember as a lad in the Scouts we used to have ex-army frame tents as  kitchens, they were terrible for pooling in the roof.  Great fun could be had drenching anyone walking in or out.

Happy days...

i looked at a traveller 3,on egay,it was 400mm shorter than the designer...!

so how does the caravan size work 12/13 ft or by a number scale..?

caravan awings are mesured from ground to ground round the perimeter  of the caravan (as per awning rail) plus the bits from end of awning rail to graound.  The 12/13 ft is a rough  guide to what fits what.  for a desighner measure from ground up to outer corner of bed & then round edge of roof & back to ground on other side.  There is also a acaravan awing dimension for hight  which in dandy would be to top of  door end panel.  It should be possible to attach lengths of awning reil to the top bars (sqare tube) of the quarter panels and a separate length accross the door panel curved to follow the edge of it. The awning could be fed through rails before tightening the dandy roof on that side, which presumably when tightenedwould be at a bit of an angle as it is with the official dandy awning.

As to the clamped board this would achieve the same result in a more messy way & would need to be made hinged into 3 sections. U shaped brackets on the board would be made to clip over roof & quarter panel so 'clamping should not be needed.

the only other thing is that some means of covering the gaps below beds will be needed eg canvas!! velcrowd to quaarter panels or even 2 pieces of plywood.

It may be that a caravan porch awning will be big enough to more or less  cover the front of a dandy. however these only have tape for attaching the top to a faairly straight awning rail = I used one of these cannecting it in same way as normal dandy awning i.e. under roof , simply by sewing a canvas flap on it that went under the dandy roof.

george

I've just put some photos of our Traveller 3 Awning on the Yahoo Dandy site.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dandyowners/

Ours is an old 80's Dandy 4/5 I think.

It should be possible to attach lengths of awning reil to the top bars (sqare tube) of the quarter panels and a separate length accross the door panel curved to follow the edge of it. The awning could be fed through rails before tightening the dandy roof on that side, which presumably when tightenedwould be at a bit of an angle as it is with the official dandy awning.

that seems a good idea...........