Draft skirt

[littlebasher]

My Bradcott awning has poppers attached to the side skirt in order to attach to the caravan. Trouble is, my caravan has no studs to attach it to!

What's the solution here, anything has to be better than the duct tape i'm holding it on with at the moment!

 

[Zbungle]

Do you mean the awning skirt that runs the length of the van? These normally slide into an awning rail that runs the length of the van right along the bottom. Or do you mean the bit of the skirt that goes over the wheel arch. These are often fixed with poppers although it does mean you have to screw the receiving half of the popper to the van.

An alternative to poppers is to fix eyelets into the skirt and then simply hook the skirt onto hooks that are part of suckers (the sort of thing you hang tea-towels on in the kitchen). When you are done you just pull the suckers off. Another method is to use sticky-back Velcro. The velcro on the van will need to stay there all the time, but is relatively easy to remove when you need to.

 

[littlebasher]

Sorry, i meant the portion of the draught skirt that covers up the wheels (the upper piece)

 

[Geraldine_374450705]

Sorry, i meant the portion of the draught skirt that covers up the wheels (the upper piece)

Mine has suckers on it too, OK if your van has smooth sides!

 

[Cockovan]

I have glued a length of white plastic track to the top of the wheel arch, hardly visible, and modified the wheel cover so that it slides simultaneously into the new track and the joining strip that holds it to the draft skirt.

 

[Ancientcaravanner]

Isabella do a kit for glueing the studs to the side of the van. I found it works well - much better than drilling holes in the side as some awning firms suggest.

 

[HenryB1]

If you have a recent Bailey caravan they have a wheel arch that accepts a draft wheel cover without the need for any attachment. Bailey sell a suitable cover for around

 

[BillD.]

I had same problem on my new Swift, obviously did not want to drill into the sidewall so drilled holes in the plastic wheel arch and fitted press studs, a few mods to the wheel arch skirt and does the trick a treat (no pun intended)

Bill D.

 

[S-MaxJon]

I used a few suction pads with loops on. Get them from any accessory shop. Just put a hole through the fabric part of the skirt and off you go.