Awning creaseing

[Benji Boy]

Hi all the awning on my cal T .61 has started to crease when winding up has anyone got any ideas to stop this and can it be adjusted it got very wet the other night would that be anything to do with it

 

[Ch1pbutty]

Hi all the awning on my cal T .61 has started to crease when winding up has anyone got any ideas to stop this and can it be adjusted it got very wet the other night would that be anything to do with it

If water pools in the centre it will stretch the fabric slightly, , always try and slope it slightly so the rain can run off (or use a rafter pole in the centre):

Fiamma Rafter F45 the original Roof Rafter for F45 Awnings

 

[Benji Boy]

Yes agree but is there some sort of secret remedy

 

[Louis II]

Mine also creases sometimes.
I wind it in slowly and at the first sign of a crease I pull the material out slightly then let go allowing the tension in the roller to pull it back. This normally gets rid of the crease and I carry on winding + repeat each time the crease reappears

 

[Maidment_Ocean]

Make sure the front of the awning where the legs are is perfectly level with the Awning case on the Van before you wind back. I had something similar the other week, I had dropped a leg as per normal practice and then tried to wind back and it did the same. Levelling the legs helped and got it back in ok.

 

[Hawthorn37]

Ours started to crease a bit after using in the rain - maybe as @Ch1pbutty suggests. The good news is that when it got nice a warm when wound out with the sun the fabric sorted itself out and now it doesn’t crease. We don’t now use it in the rain if we can help it, we’ve another canvas awning for that.

 

[Nick Stubbs]

Ours is badly creased, first owner must have let it get so, never managed to get it out, think it will end up being replaced at some point as it now has pinholes where it’s creased.

 

[Perfectos]

Really common, some have had material replaced under warranty

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Awning material creasing

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