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RE: Awning gutter strip
in Making the most of that expensive pitch Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:23 pmby Magpie •
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RE: Awning gutter strip
in Making the most of that expensive pitch Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:08 pmby Randa france •
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RE: Awning gutter strip
in Making the most of that expensive pitch Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:19 pmby eribaMotters •
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Quote: eribaMotters wrote in post #103
you will have noticed some debate over the gutter strip, some say it works whilst others have used physics to show it does not.
Ah, that could possibly be me, Colin,
and the attached image of the so-called 'white strip' fitted to an Eriba in combination with a Walker awning should help explain my argument. The 'white strip' is clipped on to the top of the vans rain gutter and effectively raises the depth of the gutter at the point of it's attachment. However, as water physically cannot rise above the lowest point i.e. the top of the rain gutter, then by simple logic the 'white strip' cannot function as a dam wall so to speak. Were a situation to arise that the rain gutter becomes overwhelmed by the quantity of water i.e. very heavy rain it will then overflow even if one were to attach a plastic strip of 1 metre in height.
Accepting that the 'white strip' serves no purpose whatsoever in holding back the rain, the water overflowing from the rain gutter will find it's way into the awning channel below (C). As the awning beading is NOT a watertight fit, some of the water now in the awning rail will flow along the rail itself the direction of which being dependent upon any slope of the van. It should be remembered that this is happening at both ends of the caravan although the image is obviously only showing one end.
Additionally some rain water will flow into the channel created by the awning flap and sit nicely at the point where the flap is stitched to the main awning (A). My own experience has shown that a good spraying of this stitching using a product such as Aquatex at the beginning of the season helps considerably.
When the main body of the awning is pushed upwards e.g. the ridge is being constructed (the blue section in the image) then yet another deep channel is created at point (D). As there is also stitching at this point it also pays to apply sealant here too.
So what purpose does this 'white strip' serve? In my view nothing other than to provide something for the flap to slip over. In my view the deep channels created at points (A) and (D) create a nice gully for water to sit and collect. The awning material is not soft and anyone who has looked along the length of the gully at point (D) after the awning has been erected will surely not have failed to notice that there are many little indentations where water simply sits. If this wasn't an area of stitching the situation probably wouldn't be worth noting but in this situation it is.
As to point (B) the gully created here is a magnet for all manner of tree fall when the awning is erected for any length of time and if not periodically checked and cleared if necessary, the collection of leaves etc effectively restricts the clearance of rain water in the channel. The only means of access to this gully once the awning has been erected is by opening the triangular net piece in the pop-up skirt and with the use of an extendable broom.
All in all, with the design of the awning rain I don't believe it will ever be possible to create an entirely 100% watertight awning bead seal although keeping all the created gullies/channels clear in addition to spraying the stitching with Aquatex certainly helps considerably.
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