How To Weigh Down A Portible Awning

Here are a few canopy weight options for both shelterlogic and quik shade canopies.

How to weigh down a portible awning.

In this video we show you how to weigh down a gazebo on hard ground using our interlocking jigsaw leg weights which slide over the leg footplates of your gaz. 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. Sandbags can be purchased at hardware stores. Canopy anchor bag shelterlogic anchor bags offer easy to use canopy stability weights.

The length and diameter of the pipe you choose will depend on how much you want the pipe to weigh. Tie a rope around the cinder block and knot the rope at the top corner of your tent frame. Though the stakes will hold tightly during small gusts of wind they may loosen and pull out of the ground during stronger winds. 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. You can also tie the cinder block to the tent leg using rope or bungee cord while still attaching rope to the top frame. Try cinder blocks as tent weights.