Anyone know if a Pennine Pullman porch awning will zip on to a Riva Dandy Designer? We are looking to ditch the heavy dandy awning supplied for a lighter one.
I may be saying the obvious, but the first thing to establish is whether you actully have a zip attachment on the Dandy. These were only fitted by Riva if you had the acrylic awning and won't be all that common. The standard Dandy PVC awning attached differently (the edge goes under the Dandy roof and attaches with with popstuds to the awning poles and ties to the internal poles) and thus there is no zip on the Dandy for an awning unless specially fitted for the acylic awning.
Dont know of any zip on alternatives,the system you have is fairly rare on a dandy,as Stephen said the normal system is more basic,loads of owners do use caravan porch awnings but they are tucked under the roof and tied on.
If you added a zip on section to the awning i think with the designer you may find the awning far too tall,thats one advantage of the tuck under system it allows you to lose a bit of height from the awning.
there is no such thing as a pullman porch awning,people have adapted caravan porch awnings to fit by attaching zips to them.
also someone did use the figure of 8 stuff to attach an awning to their zip,you should be able to do either of these.finding the right zip could be the biggest problem.
Ok. I am giving. Up on the zip on idea. How about a free standing motor home awning? Anyone got any recommendations about lightweight ones and/or how to attach them?
Free standing can be the easy way,i dont like to actually link to our forum but if you go to dandycampers and talk to Helen she has altered a free standing one to fit a designer in the past.
mike
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We use a Quechua Base Seconds from Decathlon - not sure what current models they have (I think we got an end of line model as they were selling them off cheap a couple of years ago). As they are pop up they go up in 30 seconds and then take just a bit more time to peg the four corners and a couple of guys. They have doors on three sides all with a little porch so are quite versatile. Takes a bit of practice to get down but once you have the knack you can have the whole thing packed away in five minutes. We usually pitch ours just to one side of the door and although it limits the view from that window it does mean its just one step in the open between the two. I've been meaning to put a photo or two on my profile for ages - I'll look one out and put it up to show you.
i have a couple of the base seconds (paid £30 each when sold off)these are very good,but do have a bit of a dowwnside and that's head height.you only get the full height in the very middle,and with the sloped sides,you can not get a kitchen setup in against the side.
still very useful,but not the best use of space.
also have one of these alot more space,you can get some with sig,but for me it's useful not having one.the other good thing with this one is the three guy lines per corner.which keep it nice and stable in the wind.
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Topic: Dandy awning
