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Purchased two replacement bunk covers some time ago, and only now got round to installing, so for those considering doing similar be aware of how easy it is to shear the bolts securing the end brackets,despite lots of releasing oil and gentle touch, and then after all the faffing around with eazi-outs and reinstallation, the bunk covers are a fraction too tight and have only a single line of stitching, which resulted in several inches of seam letting go when the bunk was opened out to full width.
Is it just me, or is there a race to the bottom these days to churn out replacement parts with little or no attempts made to quality check or dimensional control?.....if this had come in a Blue Box I might have just shrugged it off, but .

Troika wrote:Purchased two replacement bunk covers some time ago

I need to buy two for my Dormy. Which supplier did you use so I can place my order in the right direction ?

Thanks
Ian

Purchased from Dormobile themselves, first thought was that they were perhaps tapered for some reason but after measuring carefully it is not the case. Will be removing them and taking them to an Aberdeen sailmaker to unpick and resew with an appropriate adjustment in seam position and inclusion of some strengthening web's.

Hmmm, thought you might say that.

OK thanks
Ian

Maybe a sail makers would be a better starting point? Assuming you can still get canvas sails and not just the nylon stuff I've seen on boats.

Assuming you can still get canvas sails and not just the nylon stuff I've seen on boats

??? the original material was nylon or polyester. It definitely wasn't a natural fibre.

Think I will make my own, again.

Mick

Hi have a look here: http://www.rms1.co.uk/lrcc/forum/viewto ... f=10&t=642

Cheers,

Michiel

We had the original tartan polyester ones on our first Dormobile - they were pretty perished because the fabric wasn't particularly UV-stable/resistant and the PO had not long returned from a trans-Europe-trans-Africa expedition. We were living in Manchester at that time, which had an amazing fabric wholesale warehouse called Bachers selling everything from fine lace to tarpaulin in pretty well any length or width. I had previously bought a lot of curtain material from there, so when we realised the bunk fabric would need replaced, I trotted along to Bachers and discovered that they had genuine deckchair cotton canvas. Norman dismantled the bunks and measured the length and width (but only at one end), I marked up the fabric and ran it through the sewing machine........brilliant...........but with one small problem - the bunks have a very slight taper to one end So I then had to partially unpick one seam on each and then restitch them slightly wider - after which they fitted perfectly
(Those bunks are still in perfect condition and I salvaged them to go into the blue (Elgin) Dormobile whose bunks are knackered.)