Very useful indeed, really appreciate it. I'm off to the west coast of Ireland in 2 weeks and I dare say it'll be a bit windy!! Thanks for your hard work.

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Ай бұрын

We were in Ireland in 2018 and loved it! Have fun!

@wallywo7392

Ай бұрын

@@adventuresofthememorymakers thanks appreciate it, enjoy your travels too!!!!

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Ай бұрын

@@wallywo7392 you going to be around Dinkle or Lahench? Loved that area

@wallywo7392

Ай бұрын

@@adventuresofthememorymakers we are doing the Wild Atlantic Way, a route covering the west coast, I'm unsure of those locations. Were England we visited Scotland last year it was great, thoroughly recommend it.USA is on the bucket list, but it's so vast I simply wouldn't know where to start.

I used your videos and modified my room almost exactly as you have and am sitting in it right now. Love it. I don’t have a sewing machine so what I did was use strait pins to create the pocket around the bungee cord and used P6000 glue versus sewing and glued the area from the straight pins to the edge of the cut line. I probably has about 3/4inch material I kept for glueing. Once the glue was dried, I pulled the straight pins out. Of course you have to be careful that you don’t let the glue get into the bungee cord pocket area. Worked great. You can see minor discoloration where the glue seeped through but it is minor in my mind. Seals up tight to the camper and no bugs. I will try to send a photo but haven’t figured that out yet.

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Ай бұрын

That's awesome! Enjoy!

Thanks for posting this clever solution!

That a great mod 👍

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

Such a simple fix!

Just bought my materials and can’t wait to implement your idea. I thank you for posting this.

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was a help to you. Just remember to drop a corner if your expecting rain and add additional tiedowns on the side arms if there is going to be a big wind. We also use a paint pole with a large softball sized tennis ball on the end to support the center of the roof. That way water runs off better and I have enough headroom to stand up!

Great fix! I love how you make these fixes simple

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am not real smart so I have to keep it simple LOL! Hope this helps you save your awning side tubes.

Smart fix Sam! You are a great solutions guy!

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Rebecca. Simple minds come up with simple fixes LOL

I finally watched this video. I should have watched sooner. That's a great idea! Thanks!

@adventuresofthememorymakers

10 ай бұрын

Better late than never 😆

👏 excellent Sam😊

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you..hope it helps!

This is genius! Thanks for sharing!!

@adventuresofthememorymakers

6 ай бұрын

Thank you sir! Be sure to check out our other mods. We have a new one coming out for the awning that's going to make a huge difference!

Thanks Sam, I did this mod on my ARB awning even before I opened it for the first time. Love your content!

@adventuresofthememorymakers

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch and we hope you have a Happy New Year!

Man, this is genius. I really appreciate it and I hope it works on my ROAM awning room

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

Glenn, I hope it works for you. Please let me know if it does work on the Roam room.

Thanks Sam, just bought the supplies to do this to ours. :)

@adventuresofthememorymakers

2 ай бұрын

Good deal you can also use them if you drop a corner If You're Expecting rain. Just shorten up the sidearm supports. I just picked it picked up a big box full of the long arm paint poles last night

Mine bent slightly, luckily still goes in although little tough to slide in. great idea.. good work..

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

It sure doesn't take much to bend one. Hope this helps you out.

Thanks also, great idea, I've already ordered two extenders and will do exactly what you said before the damage in question happens to me. Big thanks again.

@adventuresofthememorymakers

5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped. Use cation using just the side arm supports if it rains. We have video coming out with a mod to prevent water from collecting on the roof. It will be out soon. I feel its a must do to prevent Awning Anxiety when there is a chance of rain.

Watched this video yesterday and then went to Lowe’s and bought the extended poles and fittings. On vacation at Bull Shoals in Arkansas so I can’t cut the fittings. I am using the one with a tennis ball inside the room. Great mod and thank you so much for this idea. We have had several thunder storms and one of my poles on the arbor room has bowed. Won’t know if it will retract yet, so may have to remove and order another one. They show out of stock, arggg, or I would have one waiting at home when I get back. I have had water in the room so I am hoping I can get that figured out soon because I love this room and my teardrop but that has been my biggest frustration so far. 😢

@adventuresofthememorymakers

2 ай бұрын

Totally understand your frustratiob. Please keep in mind that when the Australians designged these awnings and rooms they were just shelter from the sun. We get them here in the states and we expect them to be 3 season rooms. We have created several mods to help them handle the weather better but at the end of the day they are still tent rooms.

@BeccyAGarvin

2 ай бұрын

I do understand that. Probably better than my partner does. LOL I think I need to raise my arb awning a bit so that the bottom sides are a little higher to help keep the water out. It’s even more of an issue when you have to lower a side but I started using bungee cords across the top on the hooks and then roll some of the bulk up from the inside a clip with clothes pins to the bungee straps. That has certainly helped on the last two rains. Now to figure out how to raise the entire tarp up a few inches. My trailer is low. I have my thinking cap on!! Thanks for your reply. I would love to do more of the mods you have done, but I don’t have the tools or the capabilities that you have.

@adventuresofthememorymakers

2 ай бұрын

@@BeccyAGarvin understand. We will be glad to help however we can. Each model of camper is different how it mounts. The higher the better, to a point.

What a great fix I have 2 awning tents one each side, I saw your video I had some tent poles in my shed I went to our local fishing camping shop and they had a C clamp insert fits straight into pole just took the spike out $14.00 australian and job done, Thanks mate am great full for the tip. Tony Queensland Australia 🇦🇺

@adventuresofthememorymakers

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome, glad it helped. We have a new mod coming out soon that will keep the water from collecting on the roof. It will be a must do .od for awning owners!

Genius! Living off the grid ourselves, we are constantly having to come up with alternative ways of doing things so we really appreciate it when other people are able to think outside the box and give us additional ideas that we can use! Two heads are better than one, three better than two, etc! Ha! Also, the mod you made to attach the room to the camper is amazing! I wish my husband or I could sew! 😅 I hot glue gun everything! 🤣 It might hold together for a minute or two...🤔🤣

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

Don't let the sewing part scare you. Borrow a machine, take a 5 min lesson, then have at it!

Awesome mod! Thank you. I put together a pair of poles as instructed. I did away with the screws since the t connector slips on perfect with a few taps of a hammer and is very snug. I also had to file down the inner pvc pipe for it to fit the top pole, now it clicks in like you showed. Thanks!

@adventuresofthememorymakers

10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped you out.

Excellent advice and solution, a big time thanks for sharing. This is now my next diy project. Do you have any ideas or tips for rain proofing the side walls and zippers?

@adventuresofthememorymakers

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. The poles make a huge difference. Not much you can do for the exposed zippers that I know of. The rooms we are getting today have been updated and the zippers are now covered with a flap of material. I am sure it probably helps but it makes the zippers a bit harder to access. The fabric is waterproofed with silicone but I guess you could use some of the tent waterproofing sprays on it if you wanted to.

Can anyone tell me the size of the turning on the awning I want to make one out of pvc

Do you have some cleaver tricks for the Velcro also? For us the awning is three years old and the Velcro just do not work any more - slight wind and they are open... Think its also issue for all the owners who use their gear much like us :)

@adventuresofthememorymakers

7 ай бұрын

Yes, typically when velcro fails to work it is because the loop part if it breaks down. The hook section or the stiffer prickly part of velcro tends to last much long. If you just remove and replace the loop section you will be good as new. When I do projects with velcro, like our wing walls, I always put the loop part on the side where it will be easiest to change knowing at some point in time it will break down and no longer latch onto the hook side.

Will this work on the Napa awning? Are the napa and arb cross poles the same size?

@adventuresofthememorymakers

11 ай бұрын

They sure will. In fact if you watch our latest video you can see them snap onto our Napa awning. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWF7r5ZwoLnAldI.html

What is the brand name of your pole and what size is the T? Let ke know please

@adventuresofthememorymakers

Жыл бұрын

All that information with links can be found in the description. When your watching the video under the title will be the word "more", click on it. That will open the video description. You will see the word "more" again at the end, click on that again to open the full description so you can see all the parts I used along with clickable links. The description is only available if your viewing on a phone or PC. Most TVs that I know of do not allow you to access the description.

If you have to make mods than the design sucks. I was looking into one of these but apparently they don't like wind and aren't really that sturdy. I think I will be looking at a 180 degree awning with a room as some of those can take winds up to 30 MPH.

@adventuresofthememorymakers

22 күн бұрын

We have survived 50 mph winds with our room and it works very well for us.

@netlans

22 күн бұрын

@@adventuresofthememorymakers 50 mph? That is amazing.

@adventuresofthememorymakers

22 күн бұрын

@@netlans it wasn't any fun but it held tight.