Looking after and Maintaining your Canvas Tent

These Canvas Tents and Shelters are made to a high standard and, properly cared for, will provide you with many years of excellent use. In order to ensure continued enjoyment of your Canvas Tent, recommend you undertake the following steps.

• When pitching your Canvas Tent, take care the material does not snag on protruding pegs, overhanging branches or other objects. Pitch your tent on dry ground with the door facing down hill if on a slope, away from trees if possible, and be certain to clear any sharp stones from the ground where your Canvas Tent will be pitched. If there is a stiff breeze prevailing from a particular direction, it is best to avoid pitching your tent at an angle whereby the breeze will blow into the tent through the door.

• Never drag your Canvas Tent along the ground or floor.

• When not in use, pack your Canvas Tent carefully in the bag with which it was supplied and store at least four inches off the ground. Before packing, ensure the tent is completely dry and showing no signs of mildew, checking particularly the seams and edges. If there is dirt on the canvas, remove it with a stiff brush. If the tent is damp or mildewed, hang it outside in bright sunlight, clear of the ground. Never fold or roll your Canvas Tent while it is wet, even if it is only damp from dew, as this will cause the tent to mildew. Where necessary, you can dry your Canvas Tent indoors in a well- ventilated place, hung high enough to permit the tent to be suspended off the floor.

• Pack the pegs and poles of your Canvas Tent separately from the canvas, first checking that the pegs are dry to prevent them rotting during storage.

• While your Canvas Tent is erect, it is important to protect it from adverse weather conditions and damage through general wear and tear. Check your tent regularly for evidence of mildew, any foreign matter collected on the tent, and anything else out of the ordinary.

• Your Canvas Tent is water repellent, however, rain will cause the canvas and lines to shrink. This shrinkage can be sufficient to tear the canvas. Avoid damaging the tent by loosening lines before they become water soaked, so that when they shrink, there is enough slack to prevent your Canvas Tent from tearing.

• In windy conditions, tighten all the lines of your Canvas Tent immediately, check that all the pegs are secure in the ground and fasten the door entrances closed. It is imperative that this is done, even if it is also raining heavily.

• Keep a fire extinguisher containing water in the area of your Canvas Tent in case of emergency.