Hi All,

Had our first weekend in our Eriba this weekend, which was great!

Unfortunately the weather was horrendous, but looking on the positive side its water proofing was tested, and fortunately passed, pretty much, apart from minor drips getting through the stitching on the roof canvas, admittedly after 48 hours of sideways rain, so the canvas itself was soaked.

I wanted to check if this a known issue we’ll have to live with and be mindful of - ie, closing the lid when possible etc, and how many others have experienced the same. I did notice one or two similar posts a while back, but nothing definitive.

On inspection i cant see any issue with the stitching itself and just seems to be the way its designed.

I’ll raise it under warranty, but would appreciate your thoughts/experience.

Thanks

We've pulled the roof down is strong gales and it's reduced wind Rock and noise level. And stitching can leak until its been wetted a few times and expanded into the stitching holes.

Just make sure it's dry before you put down the roof long term.

Are you sure the drips weren't from the trim above the canvas?

It's well worth proofing the canvas - someone else on here (Roger I think) recommended 303 Fabric Guard, which I have used on the fabric attaching my one year old Kampa Air Awning to the rail - and it is excellent. I am about to reproof my (20 year old) roof fabric and expect it to do a similar job. It certainly won't make it worse...

Thank you for the replies and sharing of Eriba knowledge!

As suggested above it seems to be due to the prolonged period of sideways rain drenching the canvas, which is designed in a way to be sheltered by the pop up overhang.

It definitely wasn’t condensation from the rail as it was visibly dripping through, very very slowly from the stitching.

In future we’ll drop the lid down sooner for similar conditions as that seems to be the tried and tested solution. Although I’m also considering a suitable fabric waterproofer on the stitching as a back-up👍

I have just given the roof canvas on my 20 year old Triton a good scrub and hose down - no leaks at all. And I've yet to proof it...