We use a piece of awning skirt upside down and held onto the awning skirt with piece of figure of eight plastic mould and the top is attached to the van with four suckers with hooks through eyelets. Suckers are cheap to buy in Pound shops
I asked this question myself recently and most of them were saying that you put a piece of draught skirt upside down into a figure of 8 channel that attaches from the bottom draught skirt then attach the top part to the caravan side by means of suckers.
You can buy wheel covers with the figure of eight and suckers
Phil
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My Bailey Senator Wyoming has a awning rail type channel over the wheel arch. Bailey sell a bespoke cover that fits in this. I have managed to make one of these with a length of awing skirt and some awning bead.
I am not sure how many of the Bailey models have these channels or in what year these were introduced, but they are on all Senator Series 6's and the bespoke covers have been sold by Bailey since 2008.
I have made a wheel cover from a piece of Ply, hinged to fold and with Velcro down the edges to stick the skirt to from both sides of the wheel. I will try and remember to take a pic and post it after our first trip away this year, as a picture needs less explanation.
On the subject of side skirts I saw another caravan this week with skirts on both sides. It was on a long term pitch and I am guessing it is to keep the underside of the caravan warmer in the cold weather.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this practice?
My initial reaction was restriction of ventilation but with open front and rear I would imagine that there would be sufficient airflow whilst still trapping in a certain amount of warmth which would help reduce the chances of waste water pipework freezing and help maintain the temperature of the caravan floor.
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good idea.when pitched up at keswick the wind comes through the fields really strong and under the van,this is bound to reduce the heat inside the caravan on cold days.we were camped in march one time and our waste pipes froze solid.took hours to free up.keep the rabbits warm too.
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I made a plywood half-disc, which fits into the wheel guard, and is held by three felt-tipped clamps. With a double 'U'-section piece of plastic rail fixed to the plywood (one section holds clips to fix it to the plywood), the upper half of the wheel is covered, and the skirt is continuously held in place for its full length. At each end of the skirt is an eyelet which is held by a small bungy strap and a peg. the result is a secure, virtually draught-proof seal bewteen van and awning. This bit of kit has been in use for over 4 years on our current van, and about the same time on out previous one.
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