Air Awning repair stitches & steel

[cgtmiles]

Awning Extension Strip

Extends awnings up to a 240cm height 1x 280 x 30 cm Extension Strip 5x 60cm ‘Figure of 8’ plastic channel (to suit 6mm fittings) Weight: 1.1kg Material: 150D polyester

www.gooutdoors.co.uk

It’s says this would do the job I think but I can’t quite work it out from the photos

 

[Drive Wayne]

The only problem with the using a kador strip and figure 8 is that the latter usually comes in 3 or 4 sections and they inevitably leak through the gaps. My solution was to source one long length of it but you might then have storage issues for it (which I resolved but we then just decided not to bother with it and just go straight into the reimo rail).

A bit of gaffer on those gaps would be good!

 

[nomislotsirb]

They know about design flaw. They feel it’s not a big enough issue to change it.

Exactly what I was told when I first bought - subsequently changed to the tarp awning.

 

[Dazts1]

To repeat what I've said elsewhere on the forum, there is very little in this world that can't be fixed with gaffer tape.

All the Gaffer tape I’ve tried lately isn’t that great. I’ve just tried to tapped some wheels up I’ve sold and it was peeling off for fun. It was 3m tape Also.

 

[Ayjay]

Modern 3M gaffer tape is rubbish - TRex or Gorilla are much better nowadays.

 

[cgtmiles]

A man who knows his tape, great to see

 

[Drive Wayne]

A man who knows his tape, great to see

This week I am mostly using clear Gorilla tape.

 

[airhoguk]

Ideally to shorten the tube you need it RF welded, anything else won’t last very long or at all

 

[Dazts1]

I’ve found a place 30m from where I live. They do repairs on bouncy castles. They said they’ll have a look next week. Worth a look to see what they say.