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Subject Topic: Dandy awning Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonCarolan
28/3/2013 at 2:49pm
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Anyone know if a Pennine Pullman porch awning will zip on to a Riva Dandy Designer? We are looking to ditch the heavy dandy awning supplied for a lighter one.


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28/3/2013 at 5:15pm
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I may be saying the obvious, but the first thing to establish is whether you actully have a zip attachment on the Dandy. These were only fitted by Riva if you had the acrylic awning and won't be all that common. The standard Dandy PVC awning attached differently (the edge goes under the Dandy roof and attaches with with popstuds to the awning poles and ties to the internal poles) and thus there is no zip on the Dandy for an awning unless specially fitted for the acylic awning.


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28/3/2013 at 5:33pm
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You can add a caravan awning rail i beleive on to the front of a Dandy to enable you to fit an ordinary awning. That might give you more options.


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29/3/2013 at 1:28pm
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I have a Riva Dandy Designer. The awning zips on. That is why I want to find any kind of zip on porch awning. Anyone know of any options?


Personmike.wilkinson
30/3/2013 at 5:56am
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Dont know of any zip on alternatives,the system you have is fairly rare on a dandy,as Stephen said the normal system is more basic,loads of owners do use caravan porch awnings but they are tucked under the roof and tied on.
If you added a zip on section to the awning i think with the designer you may find the awning far too tall,thats one advantage of the tuck under system it allows you to lose a bit of height from the awning.

Here are some options i have opted for the brown and gold one to try and match my six,also i like the idea of only the one piece of frame.
https://picasaweb.google.com/112152019807365124486/24March2013

Hope the link works as i have trouble with piccasa

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Personwongers
30/3/2013 at 8:42am
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there is no such thing as a pullman porch awning,people have adapted caravan porch awnings to fit by attaching zips to them.
also someone did use the figure of 8 stuff to attach an awning to their zip,you should be able to do either of these.finding the right zip could be the biggest problem.

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PersonCarolan
30/3/2013 at 4:10pm
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Ok. I am giving. Up on the zip on idea. How about a free standing motor home awning? Anyone got any recommendations about lightweight ones and/or how to attach them?


Personmike.wilkinson
30/3/2013 at 4:58pm
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Free standing can be the easy way,i dont like to actually link to our forum but if you go to dandycampers and talk to Helen she has altered a free standing one to fit a designer in the past.

mike

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PersonCarolan
03/4/2013 at 1:28pm
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I am now going with the idea of a utility or dayroom tent. Any recommendations would be helpful.


Personmike.wilkinson
03/4/2013 at 2:03pm
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If you go for the utility tent the absolute best is the cabanon these are no longer made but do come up on ebay at times,this is the one i have used for a few years now cheap but very cheerful http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Utility-Tent-Kitchen-Tent-/190819122724?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_HikingCamping_Tents_JN&hash=item2c6db4be24 this one i have never seen in the flesh but it looks good in the addhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRUNNER-GUSTO-II-200-x-150-KITCHEN-COOKING-UTILITY-TENT-/200909065947?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ec71d0edb

If you go for a day tent make sure that it fits snugly on the ground if you look at some of the adds you will see what i mean

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Personevenstephen
03/4/2013 at 2:58pm
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We use a Quechua Base Seconds from Decathlon - not sure what current models they have (I think we got an end of line model as they were selling them off cheap a couple of years ago). As they are pop up they go up in 30 seconds and then take just a bit more time to peg the four corners and a couple of guys. They have doors on three sides all with a little porch so are quite versatile. Takes a bit of practice to get down but once you have the knack you can have the whole thing packed away in five minutes. We usually pitch ours just to one side of the door and although it limits the view from that window it does mean its just one step in the open between the two. I've been meaning to put a photo or two on my profile for ages - I'll look one out and put it up to show you.


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Thank you for the great advice on utility tents. I had actually thought the Base Seconds looked interesting. The Brunner is also a possibility.


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03/4/2013 at 5:06pm
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i have a couple of the base seconds (paid £30 each when sold off)these are very good,but do have a bit of a dowwnside and that's head height.you only get the full height in the very middle,and with the sloped sides,you can not get a kitchen setup in against the side.
still very useful,but not the best use of space.

also have one of these alot more space,you can get some with sig,but for me it's useful not having one.the other good thing with this one is the three guy lines per corner.which keep it nice and stable in the wind.

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