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PersonPaulc1974
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hello
I'm looking for some advice if possible
I live in a touring caravan all year round
I have a all season awning and have to many clothes for the caravan wardrobe so bough a clothes rail to hang the overflow in.

Inside the awning I have installed a pallet floor to keep things away from the ground.

what I am asking is there a way to keep clothes in the awning with them becoming mouldy?

I have bought a camping wardrobe wondering if this will help

so what I am looking for really is has anybody come across a solution

many thanks
Paul


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yes vaccume bags might even be an idea for inside the caravan and leave you with enough room to store inside then?


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PersonMick S.
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I'd go for vacuum bags as well. Clothes stored essentially 'outside' in winter will just get damp/mouldy otherwise.


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I want to keep them accessable
What if I bough a proper wardrobe and had a panel heater installed in it.

Or does that just sound like a bad idea 😂🤣


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Quote: Originally posted by Paulc1974 on 01/9/2020
I want to keep them accessable
What if I bough a proper wardrobe and had a panel heater installed in it.

Or does that just sound like a bad idea 😂🤣


and what happens when a storm hits and takes your awning down? it does happen! sort your clothes out per season, the ones your not going to be wearing go in the storage bags and vaccume packed, leaving you with hanging space for everything else you are using that season


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Do you get snow / frost / high winds, is your awning likely to delaminate or damage the van.

Keeping your clothes mould free is likely to be the least of your problems.


Awnings and bad weather not a good combination.

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Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 01/9/2020
Do you get snow / frost / high winds, is your awning likely to delaminate or damage the van.

Keeping your clothes mould free is likely to be the least of your problems.


Awnings and bad weather not a good combination.



I have had the awning up now for 20 months and had some bad winds and when I first moved on it was -4
The awning is fine and I'm in a sheltered spot


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Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 01/9/2020
Do you get snow / frost / high winds, is your awning likely to delaminate or damage the van.


Awnings and bad weather not a good combination.


I didnt even know an awning could 'delaminate'. I had that as a timber-only malady. I think todays awnings are pretty good in bad weather. We once had winds so bad that i would have staked my mortgage on the awning being in shreds, if not gone altogether. When i tentatively open the van door next morning, it was totaly untouched. Even down to two wine glasses and a bottle on the table (obviously empty!) Impressed, wasn't the word!


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I can’t think of any way to store clothes in an awning in winter that would not end up with them damp and then mouldy! Unfortunately it is just what happens to fabric in a climate like ours! Do you use the shower in your van? If not, you could convert the shower to a wardrobe space by adding an extendable curtain rail and vertical support poles.

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Quote: Originally posted by Pixie_Hez on 02/9/2020
I can’t think of any way to store clothes in an awning in winter that would not end up with them damp and then mouldy! Unfortunately it is just what happens to fabric in a climate like ours! Do you use the shower in your van? If not, you could convert the shower to a wardrobe space by adding an extendable curtain rail and vertical support poles.


We saw a van in a dealers recently where the shower was essentially a 'wardrobe'. It had 3 rails across the top, and a load of hooks along the back wall. I would also sort 'seasonal' clothes, and try store unneeded stuff with someone you know.


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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 02/9/2020
Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 01/9/2020
Do you get snow / frost / high winds, is your awning likely to delaminate or damage the van.


Awnings and bad weather not a good combination.


I didnt even know an awning could 'delaminate'. I had that as a timber-only malady. I think todays awnings are pretty good in bad weather. We once had winds so bad that i would have staked my mortgage on the awning being in shreds, if not gone altogether. When i tentatively open the van door next morning, it was totaly untouched. Even down to two wine glasses and a bottle on the table (obviously empty!) Impressed, wasn't the word!


Yes depending on what it is made of not all are good quaility
cotton

The problem with strain on the awning is the strain is transfered to the awning rail. See repairing leaking awning rails.

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To minimise mould growth, one has to remove the moisture.

This means making the storage facility air tight, and I cannot think of a way to do that without restricting access to the clothes, like vacuum packing them.

I am guessing one can get a good quality wardrobe with good seals made of solid wood or MDF as a minimum as cheapo chipboard would absorb moisture in no time, and use moisture absorbers inside.

Using a heater in the awning unattended is very risky for the concerns already raised by the others.

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Personally I'd think that putting clothes inside any type of wardrobe would create damp. I would think they'd be best with the air getting to them. Only a thought.

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Quote: Originally posted by Paulc1974 on 01/9/2020
I want to keep them accessable
What if I bough a proper wardrobe and had a panel heater installed in it.

Or does that just sound like a bad idea 😂🤣


Bad idea as that is a sure way to mould! We lived in our caravan for 2 1/2 years and we kept all the clothes for the two of us in the caravan wardrobes.



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