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from us two. Like you I spent time at the start of my life in a caravan, 13 years, I have put photo's of it on here somewhere. I've met a few others over the years as well on various holidays. Hope you enjoy your new purchase and get plenty of hints, tips and friendship.
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in Hi. Please take a couple of minutes to say hello here Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:02 pmby Randa france •
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Hello Gordon and Tracy and welcome to Eribafolk. Thanks for joining us.
There are a few folk who have Walker Awnings who may be able to help you when they login.
What type of brackets and how many do you have? Are they similar to Werbung: these?
As far as the general location of the awning brackets, they are fixed into the awning rail and you can just make them out in this photo of a Familia. g3p217-Eriba-Familia.html The three small black shapes, one in the centre of the rail (between and above the side window and awning light) and one towards the back and the other towards the front of the van. What I don't know however is if the Walker awning :-
1) Has a centre bracket
2) If it does, what it looks like.
Now for the difficult bit. The dimensions between the brackets are obviously unique to the Familia but I imagine are similar throughout the range of awnings that fit the Familia.
If nobody comes along with a positive answer regarding the bracket spacing then the only thing I can suggest is that you slide the awning fabric into the rail and take the short central vertical pole, adjust it to suit the height of the triangle of fabric and hold it up, then get someone to mark the position of the end brackets, using the fabric as a template.
Hope that's of some help at least.
Randa
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Quote: johnhouchen wrote in post #1
..............we bought a walker awning for it,one thing that would be interesting to know if anyone has any knowledge on this is where exactly do you fix the brackets to the outside of the van,in order to fix the 1st poles!?.
Um, we have a Walker Touring Plus awning and I'm not 100% sure that I understand your question but I'll give it a go with the assumption that yours is the same awning.
By 'first poles' I'm assuming that you are referring to the poles that meet at the left and right sides nearest the van and which are joined via a small square plastic plate (easy setup bracket) that has a foam pad on the back and a circle to hook both poles into (see attached images).
If it's this easy setup bracket that is being referred to then this is NOT fixed to the caravan ..........in fact nothing of the Walker Touring Plus awning attaches to the van other than the awning itself via the beading to the awning rail.
You will notice that there are in fact 3 lots of beading.........a very short piece that is located in the centre of the awning which I'll ignore for the purposes of this post - and two others, a thick piece that slides into the awning rail and a much thinner one that doesn't really serve much of a purpose at all other than for fixing the easy setup bracket too.
One the awning is attached to vans awning rail slide an easy setup bracket onto the thinner of the awning beading spaced roughly so that they are located near the left and right corners of the van. They slide so can be easily adjusted later on if required. You now fix the two poles (roof & side) to the easy setup bracket loop and this is held in place on the van by (a) being attached to the thin section of beading and (b) by tension as you extend the side poles.
If the easy setup bracket is not sitting square at the beginning don't be concerned. Apply a little tension to the poles initially just so that the easy setup bracket remains in place. Now rotate and re-position the bracket if required before applying final tension.
It's actually much easier to do in practise than describing. :-)
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The image below isn't a Walker Touring Plus awning although the easy setup bracket is the same hence the reason only one pole is attached. I've included it because you can see (just) that the bracket is attached to the smaller of the two beads.
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Quote: johnhouchen wrote in post #6
.........my only comment on the brackets we where supplied is that they have screws supplied!.
I would rather not do this,so its good to know they don't have to be...........
Yes, Walker (or their agents/dealers) appear to pack much more than is actually required. I'm assuming that they supply fitting/accessory bits & bobs to fit the entire range of vans and rather than go through the trouble of sorting what is specifically required for your van they quite simply lump the whole lot together. I too received those screw on parts and was pleased to hear from Walker that they are not required.
Quote: johnhouchen wrote in post #6
......................on the next outing we will slide the awning roof into the channel before erecting poles.
That's the way I have found best and after a couple of goes at it with the wife have found this the best way:
(a) trap a binner liner over the window (or windows not familiar with your van) to prevent scratching from the poles..........lesson learnt the hard way lol.
(b) slide awning into rail and let it hand down the side of the van.
(c) place left hand side poles, right hand side poles and middle pole sections in appropriate position just in front of the hanging awning.
(d) crawl under awning with the roof section, secure it to the small section of beading as mentioned in earlier post and push spike through awning roof. this will allow you to slip the clear plastic drip protectors over the spike from the outside. Once the awning is erected you won't be able to reach it.
(e) crawl back under the awning, elevate the roof section and connect the middle roof poles. At the same time, the second person should erect the front middle pole sections which will allow you to then connect up the entire middle roof section. Apply a little bit of provisional tension so it all remains stable. Lean the front section poles at a slight angle so that you can leave it standing unattended.
(f) moving over to either the left or right hand sides slip the easy setup bracket to the thin awning beading followed by attaching the sideways reaching roof section (the bit that's probably hanging down the side of the window at this stage) and the first of the side poles to the bracket. At the same time the second person should erect the front awning poles which will allow you now to connect up the entire side pole section. Apply a bit of tension to the poles as for the centre section and then repeat the above for the other side.
(g) At this stage you can tension up all the poles starting off with the centre roof section. Once the awning is all tensioned up you can now start pegging out. Best of luck.
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OK, alles klar. I came across another post similar to yours somewhere else a short while ago although don't ask me where though. 
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