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01/8/2007 at 12:47pm
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We have a sunncamp palace with like flaps all round the bottom that presumably are mean to fold inwards for you to put your groundsheet over to kinda seal it off - but what do we do where the poles come down cos the flaps obviously wont fold under where the poles are and then we end up with a massive gap where all the poles are?? What do other people do???

 

Ta

 

Jo



01/8/2007 at 7:59pm
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If the flaps are on the outside then you can peg them down using flat headed pegs. This helps keeping the draughts and bugs out.

John H

 



01/8/2007 at 8:43pm
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i have mine outside pegged down


01/8/2007 at 8:48pm
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i  peg  mine down  with thos  short mushroom  headed  pegs   outwards on  my  coleman ,  if its  draghty  i  stuff it with a  black  bin  bag  or some other tat  lying  to hand


01/8/2007 at 8:56pm
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Quote: Originally posted by guy-rope on 01/8/2007
i  peg  mine down  with thos  short mushroom  headed  pegs   outwards on  my  coleman ,  if its  draghty  i  stuff it with a  black  bin  bag  or some other tat  lying  to hand
    


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01/8/2007 at 9:07pm
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I was going on the photo of my new tent, and according to that the flaps should be lying outward?  I assumed they were to make the rain (as if it could possibly rain  ) run down the sides and away from the tent.  Is it more usual to fold them inward and under the groundsheet?

Be nice to me if this is a daft question - we've only just bought the tent and so far have only put it up in the garden.



01/8/2007 at 10:16pm
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I am glad Denbee you are asking this question as I was about to ask the same thing, should the flaps be pegged in or out of the tent?

Jo


01/8/2007 at 11:21pm
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It's according to whether the pegging points are to the outside of the flaps, or to the inside. If the pegging points are to the inside, then the flaps lie outside & vice versa.



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02/8/2007 at 10:26am
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I put mine outside - same tent as DenBee.  We haven't had this one very long but our previous one had the same sort of design and we camped in some really wet weather with it and never had water in the tent.




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