Fitting your Isabella awning Porch style
Determine where you wish to position the awning and take a complete “A” measurement.
- For instance if you wish to utilise the door end of the van start at the groundthere, measure up the channel & to the horizontal part of the awning channel, along the roof, out of the channel at the required position and down to the ground. This should measure one of our awning sizes eg 800cm, or 825cm etc. Re-measure until you achieve an equivalent size to determine where the roof will leave the awning channel. Make sure no vents/lockers will be crossed with this side – and that you can fully open the caravan door.
- Once positioning of the porch has been confirmed, measure from the ground to the channel of the caravan at the point where the awning roof leaves the caravan channel.
- Nick the awning beading at this measurement* on whichever side of the awning will leave the channel. DO NOT CUT THE WHOLE OF THE BEADING, only the thick part that goes inside the caravan channel needs to be cut.
- Alternatively, you can break the piping inside the beading using a pair of pliers
* You will need to calculate this measurement, taking into consideration that the A measurement of the awning includes approx half the mud wall height.
TIP: To Measure an awning start at the bottom of the pegging elastic at the rear of the awning (on the side panel), follow the white bindle tape up the awning until it meets the beading then measure the beading until you reach the white bindle on the other side, then measure to the bottom of the rear pegging elastic.
The beading on the porch pad, the awning beading and the rear leg are connected using the two Grey "C" strips with double channel. The pad beading is inserted first in the only channel facing the opposite way, the awning beading is inserted in the channel facing the same direction as the leg "C" clip.
