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Old 04-08-2006, 07:34 AM   #14
Parrothead
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Chris and Dave
We lived for a couple of years in an area that had high winds every afternoon. We tried all the different things to keep the awning from blowing away. The deflappers we think work best are the ones that have a velco strap. Not the wide gray plastic ones. We put 4 or 5 on each side. Then we put straps on the roller and anchored them in the ground. One place we stayed was all pavement so we adopted the method the rest of the park was using. Concrete building blocks - the kind you use for a deck. We got the ones with the wood block on the top and then added a large screw eye. Most everyone just left the blocks out but since we were going to be there for a while, we purchased large square planters and put the blocks in them and then dirt and then planted flowers. It looked really nice and did the job.
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