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Hello I have bought a little freedom sunseeker caravan, which I love and me and the family just went away in, it is a 1991 and came with an awning.  but there is no way to attach the skirt to the van..  what do I need to buy can anyone help, how do they normally fit

thanks Ian

Or buy a length of caravan awning skirt rail at you local caravan accessory shop. This is normally like a length of plastic pipe with a slot in it along its length giving it a "C" profile.

There are countersunk screw holes along its length for attaching it to your van etc.

Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 17/7/2010

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Or buy a length of caravan awning skirt rail at you local caravan accessory shop. This is normally like a length of plastic pipe with a slot in it along its length giving it a "C" profile.

There are countersunk screw holes along its length for attaching it to your van etc.

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When I put my "C" profile on, it went under where the floor area was and into glass fibre so it did not require to be sealed. However as I could get to both sides, instead of screwing the ends, for strength I nut and bolted the ends, first cutting away part of the "C" profile but leaving the base.
I then sanded the ends of the "C" profile into a smooth sloping edge.
This made it easier to feed the awning skirt into the slot but the bolts strengthened the ends as this is where the most strain is put on this channel.

On my van, the door is at the rear and so the awning skirt, made for me by my local sailmaker, is just one straight length with rope stitched along on side.

On previous vans where the door was one the side, I have used the same arrangement with the "C" profile channel but had a short piece pop riveted to the aluminium van side, above the wheel arch and a seperate short skirt to cover this area. The bottom of this wheel skirt, velcro-ed onto the top of the side skirt which, at the wheel, just stretched across that space between the "C" Channels on either side.

In all cases, the awning skirts were made with Metal Eyelets alng the base so that it can be pegged to the ground.

In our case, the awning skirt is not just to stop any breezes coming in but it also stops 4 legged Houdinis getting out.

This shows one end with the cut away where it is bolted.

Thank you all for your help - I habe bought a section of rail and I will fit tomorrow

thanks Again