How To Weigh Down A Portible Awning

You can also tie the cinder block to the tent leg using rope or bungee cord while still attaching rope to the top frame.

How to weigh down a portible awning.

Place sandbags or weights on the legs for added support. Sandbags can be purchased at hardware stores. A typical cinder block weighs about 28 pounds 13 kg and can be useful as a tent weight. 20 pound weights will be easier to manage than 40 pound weights.

Tie a rope around the cinder block and knot the rope at the top corner of your tent frame. The length and diameter of the pipe you choose will depend on how much you want the pipe to weigh. Canopy anchor bag shelterlogic anchor bags offer easy to use canopy stability weights. Many people aim for 40 pounds of weight on each leg but you may want to create 8 pipes that weigh 20 pounds each 2 pipes for each tent leg so each weight isn t so heavy to carry.

Though the stakes will hold tightly during small gusts of wind they may loosen and pull out of the ground during stronger winds. Use weights that are at least 20 pounds 9 1 kg on each leg of your canopy. Simply fill each bag with up to 30 lbs of heavyweight materials such as sand or pebbles attach to each leg with hook and loop fasteners and voila.