anyone fitted a fiammia wind out awning

Cheaper but a couple of things would put me off - ‘Rolls back quickly and easily into the strong zippered storage bag mounted to the vehicle’ and ‘Fixes to a roof rack/roof bars using the brackets provided or can be bolted directly to vehicle body (requires drilling of bodywork)’

 

I think you could mount it onto the same brackets that the fiamma uses.

 

I like the idea that with the Fiamma, if I wanted to just shelter the door a bit I could wind it out a metre. Or any amount. If you look at the spares/exploded diagram, you can see why they cost a few bob.

 

Yeah true, it is a good bit of kit.

 

Steve your good with your hands so maybe you can fix this

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=281839500891&globalID=EBAY-GB

FIAMMA AWNING f45

Can't be a million miles from you.

 

5.5m long.

 

These Fiamma wind out things obviously do a good job, they are well made and sturdy when in use and wound out, but as anyone realised how gash they look when not in use on the side of any vehicle

 

Yep.

 

Bloody expensive that's for sure

 

Man of your abilities can shorten it if required.

For a quid you can barely go wrong.

 

I like fixing things Ray, but I don't feel the need to fix absolutely everything that comes into my possession.

That reminds me of my ex F-I-L used to dump endless broken things on us, things I had no interest in fixing or time to fix. Never anything worth having, just broken things. He had to be politely asked to stop it! Attraction to "bargain" junk must run in the family.

 

@The Bobdogs I have me a f45S 3m awning and T3 brackets.
I've eyed them up and it looks like I'll need to crush my gutters into a different shape. lol
So I thought I'd have another look at your pics but they've gone.

 

from what I gather, the pull outs are all about convenience, but if it's lashing down, you then need to fit extra sides...and a front......for considerably less money, it makes more sense (to me) to have a decent drive-away awning, with sides that can be rolled up/down.....this can then be used independent of the bus for camping etc.....just my tuppence worth

 

Exactly, but also this will NEVER come inside the bus, freeing up rather a lot of space compared to your alternative suggestion. All I want to be able to do is have the bliddy sliding door open when it's raining and not haul around stuff that needs "setting up". Poptop up, awning out, kettle on, whatever the weather. And the reverse, we've all had to get an awning out at home to dry it out at some point. I don't have a home so can't do this.

 

Here you go mate....I've put the 'full bracket' shot back up too...just because I know you like the quality finish...!!

 

Thank you very much, they've changed the brackets slightly so the hole for the clamping bolt is lower down and fowls the gutter, and the smaller bit is a different shape - though you might have chopped the bottom off it.
I shall be doing some lump hammering and grinding tomorrow I can see.

 

I got to hate my awning last year but nonetheless i do need to keep one in the hope we can get away as a family. My reference is as per above and im almost there. Shame the bus is falling to bits! At the moment though i have to have the roof up to have the canopy on. I can feel another awning rail coming on or something that goes over the poptop so i dont get the dribbles. That said as per your plan it will need to live on the outside like my current one does.

 

Your setup is pretty good and you win for having your canopy at a decent height! My old figure of eight one is just a bit too low, the Fiamma should be 3-4" higher up though. Worst of all was figure of eight canopy/lowered bus.

 

I think you're still going to have the frustrating dripping problem with a fixed wind out awning. You've sat under mine in the rain and there are no drips at all from the rubber seal I have on my homemade sun/rain shade.
The next one I make will be longer and wider to give a bit more covered sitting room.
You're right about the height though, on a standard height van the van end of the awning is slightly too low. I've solved the height issue at the other end of the awning by getting some taller poles.
Mine rolls up into a very small bag and drying it if you have to pack it away while its wet is as simple as putting it up again after the rain has stopped.
I looked at a couple of wind out awnings in my hunt for the perfect thing, I thought the best one was the one in the zippered bag as it seemed less intrusive when stowed away but I decided it wouldn't look right enough on the van.
I think a perfect solution may be a straight section of caravan awning screwed to the van just above the guttering which would enable you to quickly and easily slide the awning on in a matter of seconds. My rubber seal edge takes 3 or 4 minutes to wrestle onto the guttering which is the only downside to that system.

 

One of the bagged ones would be good for me i think but never seen on in action.