Side Tent ARB Awning Room question

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Kevin Ensign

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Hoping this question will be as easily answered as my previous one ( Thank you Carry).
With the room/tent installed on the ARB awning curious what others may have done so you are able to open/close cabin door and enter the tent. We found a great couple on You tube (Adventures of the Memory Makers) modifying this but mainly for Bushwhacker campers ( The Wizard of Modz ) were the wall of the room seals around the door of the camper. I had contacted them and unfortunately their solution will not work on the 550/560s.

Just wanting to keep bugs out and still being to enter the cabin without having that big door open at all times. Was hoping to come up with a way to secure / seal the room to the side of camper just enough so to prevent or minimize entry.

Thanks in advance Kevin
 
Hi Kevin! Welcome to the thing that distracts me from the work forum.

My wife came up with an ingenious solution using suction cups. The ONLY downside to these cups is that they did leave a very slight mark on the skin - but it's not that noticeable -- not enough to bother me, but it does knock me out of the best-of-show competitions :D The suction cups she uses are from Walmart -- and they are strong. They get a little weaker on subsequent uses, but they are cheap enough, it's not a big deal to replace them.

I spend a fair amount of time on YouTube -- There are some really creative people out there. I saw one chap who cut the inside wall to align with his side door. He marked the door location with a hem marker, then cut the line with a hot knife of some kind --- it might have been a soldering iron. Then, piping was put on the edge as insurance to keep the tent from fraying. He also used suction cups to hold the wall a little more firmly against the side of the camper.

Think I can find it? NOPE! But I think of all the solutions I've seen so far, his is the most elegant.
 
Sweeney said:
Hi Kevin! Welcome to the thing that distracts me from the work forum.

My wife came up with an ingenious solution using suction cups. The ONLY downside to these cups is that they did leave a very slight mark on the skin - but it's not that noticeable -- not enough to bother me, but it does knock me out of the best-of-show competitions :D The suction cups she uses are from Walmart -- and they are strong. They get a little weaker on subsequent uses, but they are cheap enough, it's not a big deal to replace them.

I spend a fair amount of time on YouTube -- There are some really creative people out there. I saw one chap who cut the inside wall to align with his side door. He marked the door location with a hem marker, then cut the line with a hot knife of some kind --- it might have been a soldering iron. Then, piping was put on the edge as insurance to keep the tent from fraying. He also used suction cups to hold the wall a little more firmly against the side of the camper.

Think I can find it? NOPE! But I think of all the solutions I've seen so far, his is the most elegant.
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Sweeney,
I PM'd Cindy and her Husband on youtube there channel is "Adventures of the Memory Makers" and their "buisness is "The wizard of Modz". Unfortunately his solution will not work on the Camp Inn campers. They do perform the mod on Bushwhacker units. There tips and tricks for the ARB tent is by far some of the best as we discovered the hard way.

Thanks for the suction cup idea and we will try it before our trip. Kevin

 
Do you have any photos of how you installed the suction cups? On our last trip we were just talking how it would be nice if the opening could be better.
 
PreyDrive said:
Got ya, so you think the suction will hold with the tent material between the suction cup and the camper?
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sorry i should have added that. Yes that is our plan, we won't know how successful this will be until we are in that environment. They make some pretty strong suction devices, some that will hold 600#'s that are used in the glass / car windshield industry. We could be dreaming that this will work LOL. I am looking for something that attaches to the camper then the device will still attach through the fabric but have not found it yet. Almost like a clamp if you will.
 
Kevin Ensign said:
I just ordered these and hope to do a trial run before our trip. May have to add some smaller ones but wanted to see how well 8pcs would hold.

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Those are good too, at least they were when I got them :)
PreyDrive said:
Do you have any photos of how you installed the suction cups? On our last trip we were just talking how it would be nice if the opening could be better.
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My lovely bride keeps those. I'll see if she can put something up here.

There's still a lot of gaps. It keeps things better, but still not perfect. If you're a maker with mad sewing skilz, I don't have a link for it, makes a J channel that you can stick to the camper -- i actually think they have it pre-cut for the campinn door. THen you can sew in an umbelicle that will give you a tight fit using an elastic band to hold the umbelicle in the J channel...if that makes any sense.

Pahaque used to make the "Cottonwood" which was THE galley cover of choice for many of us, but they discontinued it when they decided to go after the T@G and T@B market aggressively. I still haven't quite forgiven them for that --- I'd love to get my hands on one. That was an amazing canopy

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Just an update I received and tried the suction cups. No Go :(
Not sure if it is this brand but no matter what I could not get them to work with the material between it and the skin.
The flexible gutter rail has me interested as a complete seal is the solution. I just wish i knew what that material is??? We use a product called trim lock that I'm looking at next.

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Weatherproof Rubber Trim Seals

From rain to snow and extreme heat, Trim-Lok’s weatherproof trim seals protect against weather damage while creating a finished look for a variety of applications.
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