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Date:         Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:10:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Ed <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ed <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: DIY Awning Solutions
Comments: To: Dave Vickery <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
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I found this website (http://home.earthlink.net/~johndolsen/id9.html) last year and saw the awning idea and thought I'd try it. I used PVC pipe and awning fabric. It came out pretty well. It's not all that large, but not too bad. P-mail if you want more details.

Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Vickery" <davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:56 PM Subject: DIY Awning Solutions

> Has anyone come up with for good DIY functional and inexpensive awning. I > have been looking for a used awning in the Denver area and have given up > and > starting thinking of making my own. > > So with awnings on my brain, I saw a truck go by with what looked like an > awning on the side. Then I realized it was 3" grey plastic conduit. That > got me thinking could you make a permanent awning with that tube, a tarp > or > awning material, a pole to roll it up on and a couple of end caps to hold > the roll in the center of the tube. Has anyone come up with something > like > this, or something better? I have been using a tarp, a couple bungies > and > a couple extendable tent poles but it isn't quite good enough. >


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