Figure of 8

[mantaJim]

Hi All

We bought a drive-away tunnel awning at the weekend and I have just offered it up to the van to check how much figure of eight to use. Trouble is having attached the awning I am having some difficulty removing the figure of 8 from the gutter on the van. Does anyone tend to leave this on the van ? I'm slightly concerned about it flying off at high(-ish) speed

Cheers

Jim

[cmm303]

Some do leave them on but personally, like you, I prefer to remove them. Remove awning then suggest firm upward pressure (=brute force ) at one end of the strip then peel it away from the gutter. Often easier with fig 8 slud to one end of the gutter. Wetting the paintwork may also help.

[mantaJim]

Thanks I'll give it a go with the water trick

[the laird]

On my bongo I had a thin PVC film that was clear so the fig 8didnt scratch when going on and off but never had any hardship gtn it off ,you do have to be firm and push upwards

[mikeonb4c]

I have 2.5m lengths of figure 8 permanently on either side of my Bongo. The offside one has never been used

But I get leakproof connections and a nice visual effect

[Snoozie]

OK, maybe a daft question about figure of 8, but be kind to me - I only heard of it a few days ago!

I have bought a porch awning advertised on Gumtree (an Outdoor Revolution Tech 200) and it looks as if a figure of 8 would secure it to my bongo gutter. The porch is quite wide and the top of it will fit along the whole of my guttering and a little bit also where it curves down at the front, so about 2.7m I guess (estimate).

Mike above says he has 2.5m lengths, but I notice that most for sale come in 3ft or 2.5ft lengths, e.g. in the bongo fury shop, and on ebay.

Questions:
1) Do I need the full length? Or will 3 or 4 shorter sections at intervals along the guttering be enough to hold up a porch awning (granted I suppose some rain might drip through the bits not attached).

2) If I need fig of 8 along the whole attachment length, can it be made up of shorter sections pushed together?

3) If a single long length is preferable, where can you buy a bit that long? e.g. Mike where did you get yours?

[karena]

had our Khyam on shorter lengths pushed together with no problems.thinking about it that might help with the other issue as well as it being more flexible could make removal easier -but it doesnt go into the bit that curves down -not flexible enough - that would need to be a separate piece -I looked at a picture of your porch and the top edge is straight i dont know how you would go on trying to fit that on the curve.You might have to discount that and have an overlap at each end where the beading of the porch is slightly longer than the gutter -i do this with a sideless canopy to no ill effect.

[mikeonb4c]

Long sections are hard to get (posted) and short sections will be fine. Long section just makes driving on to awning a bit easier plus eliminates drips where there are gaps. Plus, being permanently attached, I don't forget them or lose them in the Bongo

[Snoozie]

Thanks karena. The two lots of beading - look like black rubbery rods in a sleeve are a bit flexible, but I imagine that the figure of 8 is less so. As you said, they could just stick out a bit at each end.

I quite like the idea of long bit permanently attached or I would probably forget to take it too mike! Will look for a long piece, but if not easily available I'll use shorter pieces pushed together.

Thanks for the tips.