We were only on a site last year and whilst there watched someone doing the same. They had some old Euro wood pallets and spaced them over the area of the Awning. Then fixed some 18 mm thick exterior sheets of Plywood over them to make level floor, and screwed to the pallets. The Awning was then placed on top and around the sides were fitted timber boards the depth of the pallets, to stop any Rodents going underneath, and then the hold down straps fixed to the vertical boards with screws.I have a caravan on a permanent site in Caistor and I would like to put a raised flooring in the awning to allow more use of the awning.
Would appreciate any advice or local connections who could do the raised flooring
Thanks
We were only on a site last year and whilst there watched someone doing the same. They had some old Euro wood pallets and spaced them over the area of the Awning. Then fixed some 18 mm thick exterior sheets of Plywood over them to make level floor, and screwed to the pallets. The Awning was then placed on top and around the sides were fitted timber boards the depth of the pallets, to stop any Rodents going underneath, and then the hold down straps fixed to the vertical boards with screws.
The one we see being done ,the pallets were probably obtained free so the only cost would have been the 8x4 sheets of plywood covering. I don’t think any height was lost as the poles were adjusted down the 100 mm of the pallet as could be seen showing outside of the palletsQuite a few on my site use pallets, either wood or plastic. I have no been in those awnings, but I suspect the headroom would be very poor.
I have used the interlocking foam, which is not too bad. But I am seriously considering Isabella interlocking tiles next season. Would be about £450 for me. Might be a couple of hundred more than pallets, but has other advantages.
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John
I don’t understand your reasoning re the height. The limiting factors are ground level, to awning rail at the roof. Putting pallets down plus ply sheets has to reduce this by about 125mm.The one we see being done ,the pallets were probably obtained free so the only cost would have been the 8x4 sheets of plywood covering. I don’t think any height was lost as the poles were adjusted down the 100 mm of the pallet as could be seen showing outside of the pallets
The caravan owner had the axle on stands,and blocks under the legs which had the Caravan raised and its weight off the suspension and tyres.I don’t understand your reasoning re the height. The limiting factors are ground level, to awning rail at the roof. Putting pallets down plus ply sheets has to reduce this by about 125mm.
Lots do this, so perhaps it works out alright. But it would be a concern of mine. And I am only 5’8’.
John
Makes sense.The caravan owner had the axle on stands,and blocks under the legs which had the Caravan raised and its weight off the suspension and tyres.
