Awning Cleaning and Proofing Prices
October 2024 to April 2025
Please read the information contained in this booklet carefully when leaving your awning with us for cleaning.
We start to take awnings in to be cleaned from the beginning of October. Once we receive your awning and the deposit is paid your awning will be given a number on the list and a rough idea of when the work should be finished can then be given. Our list will be closed when the number of awnings waiting to be finished take us up to the end of April. We do not clean from the beginning of May through to September (only repairs are carried out then). All work is done on a strictly numeric order.
We clean only certain makes of acrylic roofed rigid internal poled awnings, we do not clean tents, trailer tents or their awnings, cotton roofed awnings, flexible poled lightweight awnings, air awnings, groundsheets or curtains.
All awnings should arrive completely dry and neatly packed or tied, with all guylines, tie down straps, curtains and loose fittings removed. If your awning is badly packed, or needs to be packed, this will be done at an extra charge before it is put into storage prior to cleaning.
We start to take awnings in to be cleaned from the beginning of October.
If your awning is wet or even slightly damp we need to be informed and a drying charge will apply as some awnings are stored for a considerable time before cleaning. The extra drying charge could be up to 25% of the standard cleaning charge. If we are not informed and find your awning to be wet or damp when unpacked it may need a heavier clean than normal due to mildew/fungal growth. The extra cleaning charge can far outweigh the drying charge and we cannot guarantee to remove mildew/fungal staining from this or any previous wet storage, nor can we be held responsible for any damage to your awning fabric/threads due to mould. You will also be charged for any damage done to other awnings whilst stored next to yours whilst on our premises.
If you are sending your awning by carrier and need it back by a specific date it may be best to get in touch to see if we can manage this date as the numbers we have coming in can mean it may take a while from your awning coming in to completion.
If awnings arrive with us in any of the following extreme conditions surcharges will need to be applied as more extensive cleaning may be needed. These surcharges can be anything from 10% to 25% for each of the following cases :-
• Extensive dirt/mildew on inside of the roof
and walls including windows.
• Dirt on the outside of the awning which has accumulated over a large number of years.
• Awnings caked in mud due to careless packing.
We expect all awnings to be collected within a reasonable time of being informed that it is ready. Once the caravan sites open we expect all awnings to be collected or within 3 weeks of being informed it is ready. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN STORAGE CHARGES to cover extra insurance and handling charges.
If you have contacted us for a price, unless otherwise specified, you would normally have been quoted for cleaning a standard depth awning at the size you have given. This would include cleaning dirt, mildew/fungal and green algae stains expected on woodland pitches for a year or two. If your awning is found to be a different size than stated or dirtier than expected the final price will be altered accordingly. PLEASE READ SURCHARGE SECTION. 3m and 3.5m deep awnings are charged at a different rate also annexes, skirts and wheel arch covers are all cleaned at an additional cost. As most awnings do not need to be fully reproofed after cleaning, this is also an additional charge although only roof seams can be re-proofed at a lower cost than a full re-proof if needed.
Upon receipt of your awning a deposit of 50% of the regular cleaning/proofing charges must be paid. Only once this deposit has been paid will you be added to our list. Deposits must be paid within 7 days of receipt of awning. Any rough finishing dates given prior to this will be altered accordingly.
We also accept awnings sent to us by carrier. Some carriers will accept awnings in a bag as long as they are well tied/sealed and a label securely fixed, others insist on awnings in boxes. Please include your name and contact details with the awning together with details of the work you wish carried out (including repairs and re- proofing). Upon receipt we will inform you of its arrival and be in contact for the deposit.
Parcel2go are one of the internet sites who can arrange carriage for you, you need the height, width, length and weight of your neatly and tightly packed awning and once these details have been entered on the site a variety of carrier options will appear. If no dimension is more than a metre this will keep the costs down.
Please be aware that after cleaning there are sometimes weak or broken stitches, age or sun weakened areas which have not been evident before cleaning. Also with awnings which have been in a lot of sun it is possible that the fabric and trimmings can deteriorate, usually the white binding on the seams flaking away. As we are working by hand and close up we notice this damage. If these areas need to be repaired we will ring before hand to discuss costs.
We clean all awnings ourselves, they are not sent to anyone else. All awnings are cleaned by hand, no washing machines, rollers, brushes or abrasives are used nor is there rubbing motion of any kind. Solvent cleaners are not used as these can cause damage to waterproofing, coated fabrics and windows.
Water based cleaning solutions are sprayed on, left to do their job and rinsed off. Awnings are checked for any further cleaning and if okay they then get a final rinse and are dried over 2 days. Any repairs that have been mentioned are then carried out and then if needed or asked for waterproofed before packing.
We cannot guarantee to remove every dirty mark or stain, some may be left. We cannot always remove oil stains, paint, rust marks (from pegs/poles), tar from some hard standing pitches or from paths and/or roads or some mildew staining (although we can remove a lot of mildew stains). We cannot remove stains on roofs caused by folding PVC mudwalling or splashwall, tinted windows and coloured pegging bands onto outside of roof (usually when wet or damp) or some grease marks or oily soot marks caused by BBQ smoke.
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