How To Bend Awning Rail

Using a hacksaw carefully saw slits in the flange of the awning track.

How to bend awning rail.

You can move the awning further away but that would then leave a. I removed the tube placing it on the the ground with the curved part up with each end resting on a 4 by 4 scrap lumber. This track was made specifically to bend and can curve in any direction. I haven t had to bend a new rail from scratch but that s how i d try to do it.

The main issue if your rail height is lower than the minimum level is the tunnel cowl may not be tight enough to prevent pooling of water on top of it due to the looseness of the cowl this is normally overcome by use of tension straps built in to the side of the cowl at the top but this would be assuming the height stated. Our neighbour on site has solved this problem and has a full sized caravan awning attached to his burstner i think he bent the rail himself using plumbers pipe bending equipment i can find out exactly how he did it if you like. Using a hacksaw carefully saw slits in the flange of the awning track. We used flex a rail awning track for this application.

This track was made specifically to bend and can curve in any direction. I had a slightly bent about 1 1 2 inch curve awning frame tube on a trailer i bought used. If you want to bend the track away from the flange slits are fine. To bend the track towards the flange cut in a v shape.

Remove the original rail from the ply and then screw the new universal to the board working it round the marked out bends as you go. To bend the track towards the flange cut in a v shape. That was enough to remove about 1 2 of the bend but no more. Be sure to put either and old number plate or a piece of wall board ply in the awning channel because it will try and close up when you bend it.

We decided to use awning track as opposed to snaps because the track gives a smooth finished look and is watertight. For a more versatile curving awning track try flex a rail. Awning rails do bend quite easly here s one i managed to bend back into shape. Since this awning track is already created to take a slight bend it makes it easier to create a sharper curve with it as well.

For a more versatile curving awning track try flex a rail. I would try warming the rail and if you need to add a curve either find something the size of the curve that you can gently bend it around or just gently bend it by hand.