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With the talk of stomy/windy weather, I am going away tomorrow but the forecast gives out winds up to 23mph, what is the limit you experienced vanners would accept for your awning to stay up? It seems I will be putting up and taking down ALOT if the winds are too high...so far it has (gusts up to)

Sat 13mph (setting up), Sun 23mph, Mon 19mph, Tues 15mph, Weds 14mph, Thur 22mph , Fri 13mph, Sat 7mph (take down)

As with all forecasts this can go up or down, but judging by the weather now and what is stated above, would you put an awning up? I am a single mum I really don't want to be fighting with an awning in the middle of the night with the kids screaming at me  I am pretty new to this vanning lark

As long as it is erected & pegged properly and is a conventional awning the speeds you mention shouldn't be a problem at all. We have had ours up in strong winds without a problem.

You can put up a storm strap if it makes you happier.

last night we had and ave wind speed of 29mph with gusts up to 49mph , in devon, very unsettling but the awning held out fine, we did bottle it for tonight and come home though.

mike

you need to buy one of these as i would not be without mine.

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£5.91 £6.95 inc VAT

Awning Tie Down Kit A165 * Heavy Duty Strap * 2 Heavy Duty Steel Pegs * Steel String & Buckles * To suit

i agree michael we wouldnt have our awning if we didnt have one of these, i also had a tow rope over the middle bar just to make sure it stayed down.

mike

We were in Poole over the last 2 nights with very high winds.  We thought about taking the awning down but, as our daughter was sleeping in the annexe, settled for the tie down and strong pegs and guy ropes.  It was a bit scary at times but we arrived back today safe and sound and no damage.

Hope you have a good time!

Even if you don't get immediate damage, there will certainly be a lot of stresses on the awning rail, which can ultimately lead to damp problems.

We don't use an awning at all, for that reason, but that may be an extreme view.  I certainly wouldn't leave one up in any kind of wind though.

Jim

We've just got back from a week in Anglesey  and the weather on Thursday afternoon/evening was scary to say the least!    We got back to site at about 6.30 pm having been out for the day, and our awning was wrecked!  It had been calm and sunny when we left at about 11.00 am.  Poles all bent, two snapped altogether.  Awning shredded. Brand new blue diamond windbreak also shredded. Metal folding table blown inside out. My brand new cadac (aaarrghhhhh) complete with full 6kg gas bottle several yards away,  having been inside the awning.  In fact, at first we thought someone had driven into it.  Only damage was awning thankfully and no damage to the van.

Later that night the wind really hit, the van was literally rolling from side to side. We actually got out of bed and got dressed we were so sure something awful was going to happen. At 3.00 am OH moved the car away from the van as we thought at least that would be saved when it went over!  There was a scout troop in the field behind us and the poor little beggars were hammering pegs in all night long. Things eventually calmed down around 5.00 am.