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Subject Topic: awning ground sheets Post Reply Post New Topic
16/8/2012 at 9:14pm
 Location: Lancashire
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Hi

We need to replace our awning ground sheet.  Some sites mention environmental sheets.  Others don't.  We just had a normal tarpaulin type ground sheet before.  It was quite thin and hasn't lasted long.  But I just don't know where to start with which kind to get.  I don't really want one of the mesh type ones as surely when the ground is damp it's wet underfoot in your awning? When it is raining my son wouldn't be able to play in there as he'd be kneeling in the wet.  Are these the environmental ones though? Can anyone sort me out and point me in the right direction with ground sheets and suggest the pros and cons of different types so I can make sense of what to buy please!



16/8/2012 at 9:39pm
 Location: Hertfordshire
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Get a breathable nylon one. I got mine off eBay.

It's the first I've we have used it since buying and I was impressed, it's warm, comfy under foot, hard wearing and most amazingly underneath after a week, the grass was still nice and green!

Well worth getting.


16/8/2012 at 9:52pm
 Location: South Wales
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We ahve a breathable one, but as you said if it rains youwill get wet- we have never been to a sit that insists on one- so will but something underneath.

We had a couple of wet day earlier in the week so used decorating sheets

 



17/8/2012 at 11:44pm
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We have a 'breathable' groundsheet that we use in our Pathfinder awning, but I have to say that I find them a complete waste of time really!

They are heavy, expensive, let the water through and after two or so weeks the grass underneath is just as 'dead' as if a non-breathable one was used. Ours is a close-weave one and is certainly comfortable to walk on but lets the damp through and grass grows through too after a while.


18/8/2012 at 9:25am
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We use a heavy duty ground sheet (5m x 7m £35), then the tent "carpet". We use 2 because after getting caught out in Scotland by some really heavy rain and a cheap tarpaulin, we thought never again.

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19/8/2012 at 2:16am
 Location: Coventry
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We use a Kampa breathable groundsheet....... shhh, with a tarp underneath it, but don't tell anyone   After using the breathable groundsheet on it's own the first time on wet ground, we said we'd only ever use it alone again if the ground was baked dry & the forecast was dry too. 

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19/8/2012 at 11:32am
 Location: County Durham
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We got a breathable (has holes in it) rubber type matting with ours when we bought it. As this didn't look to homely (not to mention smelly) we bought one of the modern woven types from Go Outdoors.

We now use both together and it is quite cosy. We have had some rain but nothing to truly test whether we'll get wet feet.

With regard sites I have seen one that asked that campers lifted and rotated their ground sheets once a week for long stays. That is somewhat optimistic!

Graeme


19/8/2012 at 11:35am
 Location: Lancashire
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Thanks for useful replies! Plenty to consider here. Might go for a 2-pronged approach - lining and fine woven "carpet"


19/8/2012 at 1:42pm
 Location: Hertfordshire
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I was very impressed with the carpetina breathable groundsheet that I am using.
I used it in July when we had 4 days and nights of torrential rain.
It felt dry and nothing came through it i.e. grass or worm casts.
When we packed away it was fine and the grass underneath it was just slightly discoloured
Would definitely recommend it.
John


19/8/2012 at 2:03pm
 Location: Lancashire
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Oooh, sounds interesting, thanks John. Will check it out.


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19/8/2012 at 5:18pm
 Location: Hertfordshire
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Quote: Originally posted by JOHN BYRNE on 19/8/2012I was very impressed with the carpetina breathable groundsheet that I am using.
I used it in July when we had 4 days and nights of torrential rain.
It felt dry and nothing came through it i.e. grass or worm casts.
When we packed away it was fine and the grass underneath it was just slightly discoloured
Would definitely recommend it.
John



THAT'S the one! I couldn't think of the name when I first replied above, that's the one we have and we also had rain etc and I was walking around in my socks or barefoot and didnt feel any damp at all, it's not cheap though I think ours was about £55 for 2.5m x 5m

Steamer quay site in Devon was almost waterlogged and it still seemed dry inside. I found it extremely hard stuff to get a groundsheet peg through where there was no ring fitted.


19/8/2012 at 10:04pm
 Location: Bucks
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Carpetina groundsheet available here at very good prices:
http://www.expressleisure.co.uk/carpetina-breathable-ground-sheet-blue-2399-p.as
Haven't used one but will be getting one soon.



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