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PERMANENT AWNING
“I could not do without my ‘permanent awning
clothesline’,” Kay Barnett wrote in an email to
GoRV. “For under $30 and about 10 minutes
to install, this has to be one of the handiest
and most-used DIYs my husband has done on
our van! No more tying up ropes – as soon as
we roll out the awning, the clothes line is there
ready to use!”
Kay says that all you need can be bought at
the local hardware:
• 2mm PVC-coated galvanised wire – enough
for the length of your awning;
• 2x3.2mm stainless swages;
• 1x5mm stainless D-shackle;
• 1x5mm stainless turnbuckle;
• 2x6mm stainless eye bolts; and
• 2x6mm stainless nyloc nuts.
Drill a hole in each side of the awning arm,
about 85mm from the roller (check when you
roll your awning up that there’s sufficient
clearance for the door).
Insert the eye bolts and nuts into the awning
arms, put one end of the wire through the D
shackle to form a loop and then crimp with a
swage.
Attach this to one of the eye bolts, attach the
turnbuckle (fully extended out) to the other
eye bolt, pull through the galvanised wire,
taking up most of the slack, form a loop, and
crimp with a swage.
Then do up the turn buckle to tighten the wire
(don’t over tighten).
“I have found this clothesline invaluable and
so handy. No worries if it starts raining as the
clothes are protected by the awning. I hope
you find this little project helpful.”