General Boards > Redecorating and Updating your Motorhome
Queen to King Bed;Residential Fridge;New Table Area;Slide Topper;Remove Couch
Mike Groves:
Tom,
THANKS! For posting. I was meaning to contact you to find out how this went. RV Outfitters recommended the ZIP DEE over the Girard for higher winds when the slide is out and being attacked by the weather. Was this also the recommendation that you received or did you just pick the ZIP DEE because that is what they had.
Since Margaret is now again certain that we should keep our Marquis and simply do the remodel, the slide topper is now back on my radar as far as picking the right one. In re-reading Gerald's and Fred's opinion, I think they were talking about noise like "flapping" in the wind when parked with slide extended. I saw a Girard awning on a 2005 Monaco Signature over the weekend and the material appeared to be quite taught so I would think if stretched correctly then the flapping would be minimized.
Ok, finally to the question, when your ZIP DEE is extended is it stretched so that it is taught, or when a gentle wind blows does it ruffle a bit?
Could you take some pictures with slide extended and send them to me?
THANKS! Mike
Tom and Pam Brown:
Mike, will do. We were if Florida with winds around 25-30 and thunderstorms. No flapping at all.
It is taught, the installer added one extra turn to accommodate fabric stretch.
I choose the zip Dee to match the other awnings. The Gerard was a bit pricey and it appeared to be over kill for a 16 inch slide out to me. I also installed new metal covers on the window awnings as they looked a little tired and spotted.
Thanks.
David T. Richelderfer:
Our automatic Gerard awning on the living room's curb side slide makes no noise in the wind. If the wind gets bad enough to make it move much, then it automatically retracts. But the three slides' topper awnings do flap in the wind and make enough noise that we can hear the flapping when in the coach - usually the toppers up-wind side of the coach do the most flapping, obviously, so direction of parking regarding the wind direction can make some difference.
This past February while parked at the Pleasant Harbor RV Resort's (north Peoria, AZ) dry-camping area we saw a Monaco (similar to our Beavers) that had ropes thrown over its topper awnings with the rope-ends tied/weighted down so as to pull gently downward on the leading and trailing edges of the awnings. While likely a PITA to put up and take down, those would stop most of the flapping. Just don't forget to remove them prior to retracting the slides.
Michael Hannan:
--- Quote from: Bill Sprague on March 20, 2016, 06:15:56 PM ---RV Outfitters did a beautiful job on our '04 Monterey a couple years before we sold it. They are very good! And, we were very pleased.
I shot a video that is still on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8-wxx65Gtk
--- End quote ---
Great job indeed!
MJ
Mike Groves:
We got our updated Beaver back from RV Outfitters on April 18th. I'm waiting for Jim Sizemore to send me the pictures he took during the process and then I'll produce a web page showing the transformation.
The updates were great and better than I thought they would turn out, but I have to say we were simply dazzled by the coach's outside detailing which included a wash and wax and buff which removed all the clear coat tree branch marks we'd previously owned. And I was delighted with the tire black and the tire blacking of the rear rock guard flap as well. In addition the wheels were all polished nicely. I think that was a great deal for $500. I'd not waxed it since my ownership on 9/4/2013 but it looked fabulous and now I feel like its been protected.
We had changed the scope of our update to include fixing all windows (5) which had "snaked" over the years and had another refitted to make it easier to open. We opted to get the slide awning put on locally and that is in progress as I write this. I also had 2 awnings repaired which I had damaged due to getting too close to parking structures.
Our full-timing will begin May 31st. We'll see how long we last out there! :)
Mike
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