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Hi,

Just had a quick search on the internet for you and found this company  http://www.campersandleisure.co.uk  they seem to sell a few 2nd hand Fleurette campers. I'd start by calling them.

Simon

Thanks, they do sell a porch awning but it looks quite small.

Another thought I had was can I use an awning like a freestanding awning used by camper vans? These are probably about the right height but how does the awning connect to the van? Do the camper vans have awning rails like caravans?

For example this one:

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/membershop/bd_nomad.asp

It says "Fully adjustable height - upto 210cm. " and my fleurette is 195cm so the height looks ok?

thanks all

Think I answered this on your other thread. Any of the stand alone awnings designed for campervans should fit your van.

I had this problem when looking for a lightweight awning for my Freedom pop top, but the rail on that was on the roof so too high for a campervan one and not high enough for a caravan one.

The campervans have gutters and a plasic strip is used to connect the beading on the awning to the gutter. It should thread directly in to the awning rail on your caravan.

I also answered your question on another thread.

As Campers & Leisure stock these older pop up vans perhaps it might be worth phoning them http://www.campersandleisure.co.uk to see if they have any awnings for sale. They seem to handle quite a lot of these vans & we have always found them to be very helpful when we bought our Fleurette from them. 

Our awning which came with our Fleurette is made by Campion.

Brilliant thanks everyone! I think I'll look into stand alone awnings then

Thanks Angela I tried campersandleisure and they were good, if anyone else is interested they do a porch awning for popups but it looked just a little bit small for us, (probably perfect though if you are looking for a porch awning). They can also order you a new full size awning but that will cost around £1000! Which was too big for us  

thanks again

Hi Brett

I may be a bit late, but we used to have a Fleurette pop top and we bought a new porch awning for the Fleurett from Campers and leisure (oakdene caravans) in Dorset. we have sold the caravan but still have the porch awning for sale (purchased for £140, still unused and available for sale for £80 plus postage.

best wishes for a happy pop top experience, our was,

Chris and Joy

Hi Brett

We have a Trigano Silver, a later version of your pop-up. We got the porch awning from Campers & Leisure, and it is quite a good piece of kit.- see gallery. It is a freestanding type awning, but still slides into the awning rail.  Floor area is 8' x 7'. If you want one bigger you need to look carefully at your van. A bigger porch awning  for ours would obstruct the side window. Apparently C&L do get the standard awning altered but I am not sure how.

Did see a full sized awning on a Fleurette in France last year. They look quite good, but as you have said they are expensive.

HI THERE, I HAVE A SUNNCAMP ASPECT AWNING FOR SALE  THAT FITS A POP TOP CARAVAN. IT WAS ESPECIALLY MADE TO FIT THE RAIL ON A POP TOP CARAVAN, BEING OF COURSE MUCH LOWER THAN A 'NORMAL' CARAVAN OR IT CAN BE USED AS A STAND-ALONE AWNING. IT'S LIGHT GREY IN COLOUR AND EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT. WE'VE USED IT TWICE SINCE BUYING IT BRAND NEW A YEAR AGO BUT WE'VE SOLD OUR POP TOP CARAVAN NOW SO WE NO LONGER NEED THE AWNING. I AM ALSO ADVERTISING THIS ELSEWHERE AND ON EBAY WHERE THERE ARE ALSO PICTURES TO SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. CHEERS JULES.

no need to buy a specially made awning we have a pop top and have a normal caravan awning for it..the only thing the awning rail is under 700cm so its very small..

 normal awning on pop top caravan :)