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been there and had the same problems just take your time and look at the job it will come all together pick a nice day with no threat of rain and try not shouting at the wife good luck and let us know how you get on

peter

Yes you will need to put the 2 zip ends together, and it can be awkward. This is so that you are able to partially open the zip out panels for extra ventilation, or even have a verandah pole between 2 poles and drape the awning over.  As Peter says it will become more obvious as you put it together next time.  Think most of us have been there at some stage.  My OH is hopeless with zips and always struggles!!

If you leave the awning fully assembled it will be very heavy when putting up, but the best way to tell if you are able to do this is to give it a go.

Also a bit puzzled. We have countryman 2010. There are several zip ends but you put one at each side of the panel.. We pack our awning with the panels out as it makes it easier to put up and take down. Have bought another awning bag to store them separately. Been out with it 3 times so far and done the awning differently each time!! However we have found it easier each time and less bad language. Off to france with it on sunday so hope time will be even quicker. Keep practising and have fun.

What had confused us was the fact that there were FOUR zips in total for each "section", originally we only used one each side to close the section but now having got all four in place it is as said possible to open the top half as a "stable door" or open a side or the bottom while keeping the rest closed. Clever system and as we found easiest to connect the zips BEFORE positioning the poles as then there is a little play in the "canvas" to allow two zips each side to be slid in at once.

Interested in the mention of a verandah pole, quite what is this and where can you get one from?

it is a pole that goes across between two other poles so when you drop your canvas panel down it has something to rest on.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/redirect.asp?redir=http://www.riverswayleisure.com/acatalog/VerandahPole.html