Caravan Awning Rail Leaking

Sealant can be applied along the rail and then replaced using stainless screws.

Caravan awning rail leaking.

This heavy duty steel reinforced epoxy putty by evo stick is a quick solution to any leaks you might have in your caravan. How to use this putty is quite straight forward. Not the same problem but in case others have suffered leaks along the awning rail we had a similar problem with a new sunncamp ultima 180. Here s a clip from google kampa.

Put some in a little plastic bottle with a spout squirt it in the awning rail and it will slide through easily likewise give all the zips a dose and they will be much freer. Kampa pop air awnings suit an awning rail height of 184 198 cm with the exception of the pop 260 air pro which suits a height of 168cm. Next remove the rail trim. The only downside is that in very windy conditions it does flap a bit.

Drilling filing sanding painting and so on. The cover serves 2 x purposes 1. Reply to this topic. Now remove the rail screws.

Surely the roof has a good slope to allow rain to run off. Note the poor quality mastic some was silicone sealant it was a right pain to remove don t use it for external sealing use the right stuff. This is a three person job to remove replace because of the length to be handled. It covers the stitching when the awning is out and prevents water sitting on the stitch line therefore stopping the chance of the leak.

To do a proper job you would need to remove the whole rail from end to end. Protects the awning when stored and during travel 2. Most of the stitched seams are factory taped but not the awning rail seam. By ex gasman august 15 in caravan awnings.

Then clean the old sealant off. Once it is cured you can do anything with it. First remove the rail end caps. It is set in only 10 minutes and completely cured in an hour.

Pretty yucky behind the end caps sealant is poor as well. Leaking awning sign in to follow this. Therefore the stitching along the awning rail needs to be seam sealed this is usual for tents were the the fabric can t be taped sealed. Is the awning rail on the van at the correct height for the kampa air awning.