How To Tie A Tarp For An Awning

Tie a 1 4 inch cotton or nylon cord tightly to one of the end eye bolt screws you placed in the eaves and or other support structure.

How to tie a tarp for an awning.

This means patchwork tucking the tarp into tire wells and more bungees than you d like to deal with. There should be two bars on either side one at the top and five on either side in a 45 angle connecting them together. Attach the other end of each s shaped hook to the screw in eyelets at the top of the 8 foot long. Unless you have an unusually small camper you will need more than one tarp or a large tarp to cover everything.

Remove any rough areas on the washers with sandpaper and tie a washer to the middle of each piece of rope. Cut pieces accordingly so you can make a steeple style roof. To tie the knot. Form a loop with your rope and hold it with your left hand.

Adjust the pole to the required height tie a loop at one end of a rope for each corner and wrap the loop twice around the protruding end of each pole. Pull the awning cover into place on the frame. This will produce a frame with supports in the center to help the tarp. Put the pointed end of a tent pole through the corner grommets of the tarp from the bottom up.

Attach one s shaped hook to each corner grommet on a nylon mesh tarp that measures 12 by 12 feet. For a solid tarp you should create it at a 45 f angle. Line up the corner seams of the awning fabric with the corners of the awning frame and clamp in place with spring clamps. If you are putting the fabric on a curved frame clamp both back edges of fabric as well as the center front of the fabric to the frame.

Fasten a slip knot on each end of both ropes.