Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Poor Man's Awning
From:Pat Dooley
Date:Sat, 21 Aug 1999 01:03:58 -0400

I made a driveway awning from a tarp and a PVC pipe frame.
I used PVC elbows at the corners.
Make sure to get heavy enough pipe to carry the load.
My awning is 10x10, and kinda sags with 1.5 inch PVC.  2 inch would do the
trick.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of JeanneMaly
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 11:25 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Poor Man's Awning
>
>
> Has anybody come up with a cheap & easy way to use a tarp for a
> down & dirty
> awning?  How to attach to van, tent poles or something?  How'd ya do it?
>
> Jeanne
> '87 Syncro Westy
>