How To Tie A Tarp For An Awning

Cut pieces accordingly so you can make a steeple style roof.

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. There should be two bars on either side one at the top and five on either side in a 45 angle connecting them together. This will produce a frame with supports in the center to help the tarp. 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.

Put the pointed end of a tent pole through the corner grommets of the tarp from the bottom up. 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. Line up the corner seams of the awning fabric with the corners of the awning frame and clamp in place with spring clamps.

Cut 2 pieces of nylon rope measuring 25 feet each. 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. For a solid tarp you should create it at a 45 f angle. Attempting to wrap your entire vehicle in a blue tarp or tarps can be a headache.

Attach one s shaped hook to each corner grommet on a nylon mesh tarp that measures 12 by 12 feet. Form a loop with your rope and hold it with your left hand. Pull the awning cover into place on the frame. Remove any rough areas on the washers with sandpaper and tie a washer to the middle of each piece of rope.

This means patchwork tucking the tarp into tire wells and more bungees than you d like to deal with.