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14/7/2020 at 9:51am
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the skirt should be attached via an aluminium rail on the lower edge of the caravan, are you sure its not there? if not dont worry easy enough to get a length from a caravan dealer and then just screw in place, until then just use some suction cups if you have a flat side to put them on, until you get the right thing
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14/7/2020 at 10:07am
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Hi Katy, I'd imagine it would be difficult to use much that wouldn't be noticed or need a bit of work to fit. I used some low profile self-adhesive YKK SNAD fasteners on my wheel arch cover, here is a link to them. This particular link is from the US, it will show you the idea and they are available in the UK. They are commonly used in the sailing/boating world to affix weathering covers etc. They are fairly expensive though but work extremely well and need no drilling.
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14/7/2020 at 12:19pm
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My only advice would be to not screw lengths of C Rail to your caravan, we all know that caravans can and do leak and any additional holes you make are a potential ingress point.
Better to either use something like what Pickled Onion has linked to, or the other solution would be to use Sikaflex and glue the C Rail to your van (Sikaflex is a glue and sealant that doesn't dry out and has to be mechanically removed, you cant use solvent)
Because the C Rail is only holding up the skirt it doesn't need to be screwed as their wont be much (if any) weight on the rail.
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14/7/2020 at 2:22pm
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Quote: Originally posted by shaggy2000 on 14/7/2020
My only advice would be to not screw lengths of C Rail to your caravan, we all know that caravans can and do leak and any additional holes you make are a potential ingress point.
Better to either use something like what Pickled Onion has linked to, or the other solution would be to use Sikaflex and glue the C Rail to your van (Sikaflex is a glue and sealant that doesn't dry out and has to be mechanically removed, you cant use solvent)
Because the C Rail is only holding up the skirt it doesn't need to be screwed as their wont be much (if any) weight on the rail.
sikaflex can and does come off, it doesnt require mechanical means to remove it, just a scraper and some white spirit follwed by meths to remother the white spirit, you can screw the C rail on, aslong as you make sure all screw heads are well sealed
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14/7/2020 at 5:40pm
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run your hand on the underside of that along the bottom edge of your caravan, i bet its got the awning channel already on it
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15/7/2020 at 12:29pm
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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 14/7/2020
Quote: Originally posted by shaggy2000 on 14/7/2020
My only advice would be to not screw lengths of C Rail to your caravan, we all know that caravans can and do leak and any additional holes you make are a potential ingress point.
Better to either use something like what Pickled Onion has linked to, or the other solution would be to use Sikaflex and glue the C Rail to your van (Sikaflex is a glue and sealant that doesn't dry out and has to be mechanically removed, you cant use solvent)
Because the C Rail is only holding up the skirt it doesn't need to be screwed as their wont be much (if any) weight on the rail.
sikaflex can and does come off, it doesnt require mechanical means to remove it, just a scraper and some white spirit follwed by meths to remother the white spirit, you can screw the C rail on, aslong as you make sure all screw heads are well sealed
I think when Sikaflex advertise "mechanical only" they basically mean that using chemicals alone wont work, so technically using a scraper can be classed as "mechanical".
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