I have a vango erodas airbeam 500 2016 edition with this awning http://www.outdoorworlddirect.co.uk/vango-edoras-500-awning.html
The tent itself has a sewn in groundsheet however i have a seperate groundsheet for the awning and it has flaps all along at the bottom (sorry dont know what they are called!)...when setting up the tent i tucked them under the groundsheet however they are only a few inches wide so in the wind they pull out resulting in soggy tent awning floor if it rains! resorted to putting various items such as table legs on top of them to hold them down but its quite a big awning so this isnt practical..there are no holes to secure pegs to etc...any advice please? Thanks in advance from a camping newbie :)
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Mud valances work best pegged outside rather than folded under - they divert rainwater away from the groundsheet and reduce the draught. I use mushroom pegs unless it's very windy. Here's a pic.
Our (current) awning mudflaps are designed to go inside, underneath the groundsheet if using one. The elastic guying points that hold the bottom edge of the awning get in the way of pegging the mudflaps on the outside. The bonus with our mudflaps, is that they are A/ rather large, and B/ rather heavy duty, so the don't need pegging, and do stay in place.
That aside, on a previous tent, that didn't have pegging points along the bottom, (just a 1.4m deep open extension) we did do this (pics below), using the aforementioned Clingons, and I have to say, it worked rather well. I was subsequently advised to maybe reduce any possible stress by adding a very short guyline or elastic between Clingon and peg, but I never got around to trying it. (On this occasion, it was pegged directly through the Clingon).
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Topic: how to secure awning flaps?
