We have a new awning over our main slide out. My question is this, when it rains we have water pool in the middle of the awning. If its a hard rain, it will almost sag down and touch the top of the slide. We were told this is normal and not to worry.. Has anyone else had this problem.
Not a problem. Until you close your slides and dump all that water on your wife as she is standing on your door steps. Then it's a problem.
2006 F350 V10 4X4 SC SB SRW 4.30 22,500 GCWR
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We’ve had rainwater pool in our slide toppers (awnings). As others have said, it is normal. It doesn’t likely cause any harm, but I wanted to prevent the pooling so that, when breaking camp, I’d stand a better chance of retracting dry slide toppers (awnings).
There are two inexpensive ways to eliminate the pooling - beach balls (already mentioned) or swim noodles – depending on how much height you have between the roof of your slide-out and the underside of the awning. In my case, the slide toppers were added by the dealer, and mounted lower on the side of the trailer than if they had been installed as part of the original (assembly line) build. Because of this lower mounting, beach balls were too big for my use.
So, last week, I went to Wal-Mart and bought four 5ft swim noodles; one for the bedroom slide; three for the main slide (I’ll cut these three to the right total length, then string them together with drapery cord). Wal-Mart’s noodles are available in two diameters; 3.5” ($3.88 each), and 2.5” ($1.50 each). I bought the 3.5” diameter size.
Yesterday, I went out to the storage lot where I keep my fiver - to do a test fit of my new “anti-pooling devices”. I’m pleased to report that the 3.5” noodles were the perfect size for my application.
It appears I’ve solved my pooling problem. As a side benefit, since the noodles take up the slack in the slide toppers, I should have much less flapping in the breeze.
2006 Ford F350 V10 2WD SRW SuperCab Short Bed
2005 Sunnybrook Titan 30RKFS Fifth Wheel
We had a Colorado Carefree awning installed on our slideout after we bought our TT. The manual says to periodically retract the slideout during rain to dump the build up, pooled water. We do this and it seems to work. What I REALLY don't like is the noise they make during windy weather. If it's really, I mean REALLY windy, we will bring our slide out in to avoid any possible tearing. It probably won't but better to be safe than sorry.
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Just be sure no one is standing near the slide when you bring it in with a pool of water on it.
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