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we use hard standing full time when caravanning and use a normal ground sheet.type in ground sheet.

We are on a seasonal pitch in the New Forest with a gravelly lumpy base - which is pretty much un-rakeable! - so we put down a tarpaulin (which is woven so allows air through) then the Kampa Tiles which cushion the sharp stones and give a lovely springy feel - and then the awning carpet over the top.

This will be 3rd winter (6th season) we've used the kampa tiles - and I have to say... Yes they were damned expensive BUT they were worth every penny IMHO.  the extra lift they give to the carpet means that I can step out of the caravan on even really wet days and my socks don't end up like sponges!  They spring back to shape and have really protected the awning carpet which by now would have been shredded from the sharp stones etc.

Trish

Quote: Originally posted by beefysmum on 01/11/2010

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When we had a seasonal pitch , we ( and almost all the other seasonal caravanners, had wooden pallets , free, begged from supermarkets , to make a raised floor , a cheap tarp over them , then cheap household cord carpet over the top

 

 

Yes we do this too

Some years ago we stopped at Hamlin in Germany and 2 soldiers were trying to put up an awning

It turned out that they had been volunteered to set up a senior officer's unit on a seasonal pitch on the banks of the Weser river

The awning floor had been diverted from Army Childrens Schools and was black rubber safety tiles as fitted under childrens slides etc in play areas

Having recently retired from a village school I knew that we couldn't afford such tiles and estimated the awning floor cost about £5000

That's the way to do it