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thanks for replys, need bit more than them thou as we dont have bannister or dry storage  so need another way to dry it

we just lay ours outside on a ground sheet .

if its still wet wait for a dry time of day, we do have then some times.

i have even when it is almost dry lay it down in our hall. and as we did yesterday we hung it on the line  or over the line for a bit then spread it out in our living room for a bit.

if you dont have space perhaps someone will let you use their garden.

do you have a garage.

if all else fails go away again soon put it up and when its dry come home.

Quote: Originally posted by GAYNOR68 on 02/4/2010

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hi all thaks for replys, looks like its the washing line jobby for us, lol, ive got 2 lines in garden in a V shape so im sure it will dry on there, just couldnt stand it getting ruined as we use every time we go away,

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If you have the space, then buy a length of awning rail and screw it to an outside wall of your house, prefably over a grassed or gravelled area where you can peg it down, you can then put the awning up to dry it out in your garden, as well as being able to use it as a summer shelter for family parties and get togethers whilst you are home.

Julia

If you've got the washing line posts in your garden, I'd go & get yourself a length of nylon rope & tie between the posts. Hang your awning over the rope. Washing line will snap & you'll buy a length of rope for the cost of another washing line.

We're lucky here, we have space to put the awning up if we need to. It has to be on the wrong side of the caravan but at least it can go on the van to dry.

We did once have to hang it in the garage but it wasn't right & took a while to get the thing dry. They need to have a reasonable airflow to dry properly & our garage didn't provide that.

BB

Hello

I have a couple of ropes running the length of my garage, and have used these several times for drying out a large tunnel tent and a large dome tent.  But no experience of how drying out wet awning fabric would fair.

I'm just about to get my first caravan, which will be stored some distance away, so I may look at possibly having both a porch/full awning to give me some options incase of wet weather.

No doubt you do this already, but just in case... take down the awning in as many small pieces as you can.  If the panel comes out then zip it out etc.  We find it is much easier to dry bits than the complete thing.  If you can get away with it, just put up a small awning - or cna you manage without one?  It's worth thinking about when you are 99% certain it will be wet at the end.

We dry our in the conservatory.  Luckily we have  a fairly large conservatory with a tiled floor.  Even then we would struggle to lay it out flat, but if you're leaving it on the floor then we think flat is not the best way.  We find leaving it in a very loose 'heap' is better.  It allows the warmth and air a chance to get into it.  Just move it about occasionally.

The trouble with the washing line and garden thing, is that we are not going to be able to rely on a dry day when we get home.

Quote: Originally posted by GAYNOR68 on 02/4/2010

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right we all know this week end aint going to be a dry one, so how do you dry the awning out when you get home, when you have no chioce but to  take it  down wet

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Attach one end to the hanging basket support at one end of the garage.

Pull awning around the greenhouse attached to the garage

Attach the other end of the awning to another hanging basket support at the other end of the garage.

The floral arrangements and greenhouse set up in the courtyard (well back yard if you like but we like to think posh) were not put there for this purpose but we have discovered that it works a treat and ensures that the awning is as fully open and exposed to the sunlight as it can be.

Shades your tomatoes a little too much though!!

Phil