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  this was  me this week  put a new awning up ! on weekend left van on site tuesday thursday got message to say awning down. went to site still pegged  down, but no poles up. tied down till today. found one of the corner poles had broken, causing collapse of pole. a kind person went in took rest of poles down. then put tables on awning to pervent wind damage.this is a new awning, one of thecorner bars had broken where it was welded! took photes! son-in-law  put awning back after mending with nut and bolt. still very upset. will be getting in touch with the firm a.s.a.p  only met nice people on camp site (mostly) we on a sited site in looe cornwall.  joan

 YES had 1 on each corner and 2 over the top. it was a fault in the poles causing it to drop. joan

   WELL, WE GOT THE CALL AGAIN TODAY AND WENT TO LOOK AT AWNING, THIS TIME THE POLE HAD SLIPPED AND TORE THE TOP CORNER OF THE AWNING. HAVE TOOK PHOTO'S AND AM TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH FIRM! JOAN

 One tip if you are going to put an awning up ask a few others on site to keep an eye on pegs if they get dislodged by wind or retighten storm strap while you`re away to stop total collapse. Awning came down on site i am on at the moment overnight (last night) Repegged a porch awning and tightened storm strap on another this morning, awning side was flapping around in wind.

 Another site I was on in last winter I had been away myself for a long time and came on site and saw another tragedy.