Appologies if this is a really silly question but its something that bugs me every time I put my tent up.
Do the storm flaps tuck inside the tent and do they go above or below the ground sheet.
To me the logical way would be below the ground sheet to stop any draughts but then how do you peg the ground sheet down without putting a hole in the storm flap.
I'm an "inny", me! I like to tuck the mudwalls inside the tent and lay the groundsheet over them. Done properly it's almost as good as a SIG. I don't know if it's by design or just luck, but my groundsheets peg in the places where the mudwalls are split anyway.
Hi all.
Going back to my caravan days Trio top of the range used both
And this would be a good idea for tents. Internal keeps out the drafts. external keeps out the wet my Cabanons are designed for use inside.
Regards
Rex
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We have always put our mud flaps outside the tent. We camped at a particularly rainy time in France last year and as the flaps were outside the tent, all the rain ran down the canvas and away from our groundsheet.
Worked for us although we are by no means experts so may well be wrong! :o)
We have always put them out as well - if its particulalry wind the wind will blow into the tent unless there is something holding the groundsheet down on top of the flaps.
It depends where the pegging loops are. If the loops are stitched on the inside of the bottom seam, then the flaps go outside, but if they're stitched on the outside of the seam, then the flaps go inside.
Our tents are all 'tuck inside' under groundsheet type tents.
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Topic: Storm Flaps
