Tagged With "Hand Rails"

The Mythbusters proved that you cannot be electrocuted even when pissing on an electrified 3rd rail, so you should be good to "go".

I won a Power Armor Solar through the Torklift Golden Ticket program and  I am sharing my experience with this product.   Torklift's new POWER ARMOR SOLAR is an all-aluminum battery box with an integrated10Watt Zamp solar panel attached to...

We made ours, courtesy of a LOA member, Pauls, ingenuity! We got the swimming pool skimmer poles from Amazon and the PVC pieces from Lowes. We did cut the saddle differently: just cut that large "tube" section in half and that created a cradle. We glued in a thin sheet of white closed-cell foam that was left over from our fantastic fan gasket. (My husband said the same material shipped with his computer to protect the screen during transit.) He did use a screw to hold that PVC to the pole.

Thanks for the mention. Here's a link to my DIY support poles. I have not added any straps yet, but as mentioned here it's relatively easy to do. When I made these Carefree was still working on their poles and I did not want to wait. They have worked out very well and are quick and easy to set up. I do strongly recommend some kind of support, either DIY or from Carefree. Too many posts here about awning failures.

About an hour ago I posted to an old thread re restringing a shade. Don't know why it was in FreeLoaders area, so I'm posting it here. I used the United Shade kit for restringing today. Worked great. Comes with instructions but I watched the video step by step while I was restringing. You must take the valance and shade down unless Lance has gone to a release on the top rail. Our top rail was screwed into a wood cross piece that is part of the valance.

I realize it's been a while since you posted this - but I'm wanting a bit more information. Our pleated blinds are extremely hard to raise and lower so I'm doing some research for solutions. Where did you see the video you mentioned?