Parking under trees - avoiding the debris through roof vents

[GAVLAD]

We returned from Spain earlier this month and on a couple of aires and whilst on the Spanish site, we were pitched beneath trees which dropped tiny seeds and leaves, which of course was inevitable.
Due to the heat, we had our Heki roof vents open and most of these tiny seeds and leaves were caught on the fly screen and blind.
I've had to take the hand held vac onto the roof with the vent open to clean the debris off and was amazed by how much had got caught on the fly screen and the pleated paper blinds.
Easiest solution is not to park beneath trees (difficult when pitch is allocated) or to close the vent I suppose but at 38degrC that was a non option.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Could do with a net to throw over the van. Thinking of one of those that the army use to camouflage the canons.

 

[EuroTrotters]

blow them beck out with an airline when you get home, if you have one.

 

[Simon Meadwell]

We stayed two weeks under a eucalyptus tree in south of France this summer.
You wouldn’t believe the amount of small barnacle type seeds on the roof, awning and in all the roof vents. Lesson learned never again. The awning wouldn’t wind back in spent an hour scraping them off.

 

[GAVLAD]

blow them beck out with an airline when you get home, if you have one.

I'll try that next time - good idea.
It will be difficult to do it on the paper creased blind part though. Good for the fly screen part.

 

[Grasmere9]

We saw two motorhomes in France that were under giant white nets! They had huge inflated gymballs on the corners. Made us scratch our heads but maybe it was a good idea! No phone with us to photograph.

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[Chuns]

It may be that the Heki roof lights are the same in principle as the Remis ones, if so the solution is reasonably straightforward. With the Remis, the 'inside' bit of the unit is separate from the outer bit, and held up against the roof by several of a sort of giant rubber press stud. You have to carefully insert a strong blade in the correct place, and in the correct order, and lever it away until you can get a grip and give it a good yank, and it comes away with a startling bang. Be brave.

Once off you can access the flyscreen (and blind) from above, unroll it and give it a good clean. I used a Dyson type handheld vacuum. The flies that had got caught up as the blind rolled away and were squashed in there succumbed to a sponge and soapy water.

The unit simply 'pops' back into place if you whack it with the heel of your hand.

Of course if the Heki system is radically different that won't have been much help, but it may have given you an idea.

 

[GAVLAD]

We saw two motorhomes in France that were under giant white nets! They had huge inflated gymballs on the corners. Made us scratch our heads but maybe it was a good idea! No phone with us to photograph.

We too saw something like this on caravans on a travellers site but didn’t get a photo. Maybe this is the solution?

 

[GAVLAD]

It may be that the Heki roof lights are the same in principle as the Remis ones, if so the solution is reasonably straightforward. With the Remis, the 'inside' bit of the unit is separate from the outer bit, and held up against the roof by several of a sort of giant rubber press stud. You have to carefully insert a strong blade in the correct place, and in the correct order, and lever it away until you can get a grip and give it a good yank, and it comes away with a startling bang. Be brave.

Once off you can access the flyscreen (and blind) from above, unroll it and give it a good clean. I used a Dyson type handheld vacuum. The flies that had got caught up as the blind rolled away and were squashed in there succumbed to a sponge and soapy water.

The unit simply 'pops' back into place if you whack it with the heel of your hand.

Of course if the Heki system is radically different that won't have been much help, but it may have given you an idea.

Thank you I’ll take a look at this when I’m next in the mh

 

[Just smiffy]

Hail stone nets, stops caravans looking like golf balls….

 

[Just smiffy]

We saw two motorhomes in France that were under giant white nets! They had huge inflated gymballs on the corners. Made us scratch our heads but maybe it was a good idea! No phone with us to photograph.

We too saw something like this on caravans on a travellers site but didn’t get a photo. Maybe this is the solution?

Hail stone nets, stops caravans looking like golf balls….

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[Reallyretired]

One of the big drawbacks of the fiamma turbo vent we found was the difficulty of cleaning the flyxcreen. The maxxair on is so much easier.
A favourite stop ov ours in France is heavily treed and these seeds are a right pain. If anyone has an answer we would like to hear it.

 

[Grasmere9]

Hail stone nets, stops caravans looking like golf balls….

Ah! Would minimise mosquitoes too! My other half got bitten to shreds!

 

[Richard n Ann]

Buy a little helper, I looked up the other week and he had a pine needle in his beak

 

[jumar]

Yes I too have problems like you have experienced...I've had sprouting seeds in the channel between the Fiamma and the roof..I still believe having shade is a great asset...so I can put up with my new growth for now...

 

[kevenh]

We parked on a pitch under trees at Wellington County Park.
It rained and water collected on the leaves before eventually dropping onto the Motorhome roof.
The enlarged rain drops were incredibly loud
Luckily the pitches are large and we could move forward a few metres

One other time we got under trees was at Chatsworth House. A lovely riverside pitch but we had - it seemed - several litres of sap on the roof & rollout canopy. The canopy was very sticky. We prayed for rain

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[Ratcatcher]

When on Ile du re one of our neighbours had his tow car windscreen smashed by one of the giant pine cones
, not just a crack, car undriveable!