How To Tie A Tarp For An Awning

Attach one s shaped hook to each corner grommet on a nylon mesh tarp that measures 12 by 12 feet.

How to tie a tarp for an awning.

Remove any rough areas on the washers with sandpaper and tie a washer to the middle of each piece of rope. To tie the knot. 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.

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. Put the pointed end of a tent pole through the corner grommets of the tarp from the bottom up. Attempting to wrap your entire vehicle in a blue tarp or tarps can be a headache.

Form a loop with your rope and hold it with your left hand. 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. Thread the cord through each grommet and eye bolt screw in a. Cut 2 pieces of nylon rope measuring 25 feet each.

This will produce a frame with supports in the center to help the tarp. Fasten a slip knot on each end of both ropes. Line up the corner seams of the awning fabric with the corners of the awning frame and clamp in place with spring clamps. For a solid tarp you should create it at a 45 f angle.

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