Caravan Porch Awning | Caravan Porch Awnings Review

A caravan porch awning can be an incredibly useful accessory to enhance your caravanning experience and holiday.


There are many leading manufacturers of caravan porch awnings and broadly your choice of caravan porch awning will come down to a lightweight porch awning or a standard porch awning.

A caravan porch awning, as opposed to a free standing awning, has only 3 walls and needs the support of the caravan to support it. A free standing caravan awning boasts 4 walls and can stand independently of the caravan and is very popular with rv owners and motor home owners.

If tensioning your awning poles is a struggle for you there are many awning tensioners on the market which will solve this problem for you as it is light and easy to use.

Caravan Porch Awning Cleaning And Maintenance

To clean and maintain your awning you will need to ensure that you let the water drain away easily from your awning by ensuring that it is correctly tensioned. Regularly remove dried dirt from your awning with a brush and clean your windows and skirts with a sponge and some warm water. However be sure to never use any detergents when cleaning your awning as this can damage the canvas, especially the water repellent qualities that have been built in at the factory.

Watch out for mildew and mold and don’t cook in the awning-you can ensure you won’t have mold or mildew by ensuring that you dry it properly before packing away and never storing it while it is still damp or wet.

Also do not pack away guy ropes or curtains or ground sheet or mud skirts with the caravan awning as you may damage your awning with the transferring of debris from dirty mud skirts etc.

The lightweight awning tends to utilize fibre shock-corded frames which are easy to handle and store away when finished. Standard porch awnings will boast aluminium, fiberglass or steel frames and are more robust, expensive but long lasting.

Leading suppliers of caravan porch awnings include Dorema, Eurovent, StarCamp, trio sport, walker and many others.

Lightweight Caravan Porch Awning

StarCamp Contempo lightweight caravan porch awning boasts a two hoop tunnel design and has a simple fiberglass frame. It is easy to put up and it also features mesh ventilation in both side panels and a door. The roof and wall material is made from polyester ripstop material.

Standard Caravan Porch Awning

A superb example of a standard caravan porch awning is the Dorema Vitesse XL which comes with a fiberglass frame is ideal for large caravan owners who don’t wish to use a full awning but do want the benefits of an optional sleeping annex on either side, removable front and side panels and a free standing frame that does not need to be attached to the caravan.

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