Filling the Awning Gap ideas please.

[Dave n Marisa]

Has anybody come up with a neat way to fill the dreaded awning gap. My new to me moho has a Fiamma awning. A previous owner has filled it with Sikaflex, so it works, but a fairly deep channel remains. Cleaned the black gunk out once.

Dont think the Fiamma sealing strip will fit now, plus they are expensive.

I guess I could just use more Sikaflex to get the channel level, but it would take loads.
Any good ideas on permanently sealing it with a strip etc

Thanks

 

[Leakylunar]

15mm pipe insulation!
We use it on our fiamma awning just squeezed a section in the gap.

 

[glenn2926]

Has anybody come up with a neat way to fill the dreaded awning gap. My new to me moho has a Fiamma awning. A previous owner has filled it with Sikaflex, so it works, but a fairly deep channel remains. Cleaned the black gunk out once.

Dont think the Fiamma sealing strip will fit now, plus they are expensive.

I guess I could just use more Sikaflex to get the channel level, but it would take loads.
Any good ideas on permanently sealing it with a strip etc

Thanks

Good question and one I have been meaning to ask for a while. I shall be watching this. Sorry can’t help.

 

[Minxy]

Something like this stuck onto of the awning, you could put it with the angle downwards or upwards, they do various sizes, below are just examples from Ebay so you may find it cheaper elsewhere.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=281817586912

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=282513918361

 

[DavidG58]

Omnistor Thule option is about £50 from memory, needs cleaning but so does the whole motorhome

I have noticed it does discolour and I swapped it when three years old, this is 2, might swap again rather than clean

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[Speve]

I’ve cleaned our out and tidied up the sealant so that water runs out without all the rubbish flagging up on it and starting a garden, then sprayed the whole length with silicone to help stop things sticking in there? Seems to be working so far?

 

[Minxy]

Omnistor Thule option is about £50 from memory, needs cleaning but so does the whole motorhome

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I have noticed it does discolour and I swapped it when three years old, this is 2, might swap again rather than clean

I'd rather stick a nice strip of PVC on so that it can be easily cleaned than waste money on one of those again (not that I'd have bought one the first time! ).

 

[DavidG58]

I'd rather stick a nice strip of PVC on so that it can be easily cleaned than waste money on one of those again (not that I'd have bought one the first time! ).

It’s just different, it’s not wrong MG

I also think it depends on what you are sticking it to

 

[Minxy]

It’s just different, it’s not wrong MG

I also think it depends on what you are sticking it to

Never said it was wrong ... but being a Yorkshire lass I would find a solution that was cheaper and didn't need to be replaced when it got mucky!

 

[tonyidle]

Never said it was wrong ... but being a Yorkshire lass I would find a solution that was cheaper and didn't need to be replaced when it got mucky!

Or, more importantly, who cares if it's mucky. Never seen by anyone under 10' tall

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[Speve]

Or, more importantly, who cares if it's mucky. Never seen by anyone under 10' tall

No but it gathers enough dirt to start a garden and then you get black streaks down the side of the van what a pain

 

[Minxy]

No but it gathers enough dirt to start a garden and then you get black streaks down the side of the van what a pain

Apparently succulents are quite popular!

 

[Speve]

Apparently succulents are quite popular!

Yes I could have grown some nice plants up there the sealant had been left very lumpy and it just gathered all the dirt