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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 04/1/2010

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I think its the ultra violet light in sunlight that causes the fading. It fades the exterior as well, particularly the graphics. Maybe worth thinking about a caravan cover, although they may rub the paint and must be a pain to put on & take off each time.

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          We do have a cover but didn't cover it because we were going to be using it

          but then the snow came and we cancelled.  I took the decision to lift the

          blinds just so the caravan can get some sunlight and warm the van in

         winter I am surprised why everyone keeps them down, when you need to        

         prevent it being cold and damp, but you have a means of warming  it

         but everyone keeps them shut

we keep the blinds open in storage so as not to put excess strain on the mechanism. We shut the curtains instead. It's the only time we do shut the curtains though.

We have a cople of pieces of that silver foil type loft insulation that we wedge into the two sunroofs so we can avoid having to close those blinds too.

Re-tensioning the blind's springs is not as easy as some make out, those who have tried it will most certainly just drawer the curtains!

I have retension the springs on our old van. Its a horrible job. We leave ours up with curtains across.

My wife left blinds down for a few weeks - when I put them up the springs certainly lacked their usual vigour!

Hi All

We bought a caravan which had stood for 2 years with blinds up. No noticable fading has occurred.

Our van is in storage undercover, so we leave the blinds up but have throws to cover the cushions.