5 reasons caravan owners don’t cover the roof, and what the roof goes through instead.
If your caravan or motorhome sits through the winter with nothing on the roof, there’s probably a reason. We’ve heard lots of them, and five come up far more often than the others. Here they are in order, with what the roof takes while the reason stands, and a straight answer to each one, or an honest “we don’t know” when that’s the truth.
By Mark from the warehouse.
Last updated 3 November 2026.
Summary: The five reasons, in the order we hear them: none of the photos look like their roof, the price they saw wasn’t the price for their caravan, their last cover did more harm than good, for that money they’d rather cover the whole thing, and nobody they know has one. Each one is answered below.
The cover itself: black 210D Oxford fabric, waterproof and UV-resistant, eight lengths from 16 to 41 ft (5 to 12.5 m), all 10 ft (3 m) wide, from £85.99 for one. Woven straps on all four sides, one person to fit it, free UK delivery in 6 to 12 working days, and 90 days to send it back for a full refund.
Your length, your price, before you click anything
Every size is 10 ft (3 m) wide, so the only thing to measure is the length: the body of the caravan or motorhome, without the A-frame or tow bar, rounded up to the next size if you fall between two. A cover costs what its row says. On the product page, the offer selector opens on 2 covers: if you only have one caravan, switch it to 1 cover and you pay the price in the row.
Nothing here is shorter than 16 ft or wider than 10 ft. A smaller or wider vehicle needs a different cover, and we’d rather lose the sale than your trust.
1. None of the cover photos look like their roof.
Roof cover adverts, ours included, nearly always show the same thing: a long, flat, empty roof. A real caravan has an air conditioner or a fan, a couple of vents and a rooflight, and the owner who compares that smooth roof in the photo with their own decides the cover was made for someone else. So the roof stays bare, and rain sits around the rooflights and the seams that a cover is meant to keep dry.
Here’s what we can tell you, and only that. The cover is a flat sheet of waterproof fabric, 10 ft wide, in eight lengths up to 41 ft. It covers everything on the roof, and the straps hook under the edge of the body on all four sides. Over an air conditioner it goes on the same way: it runs over the unit, the vents and the rooflight, then the straps pull it tight. With a rooftop air conditioner, take the next length up, because the unit uses up a bit of cover. An aerial is folded down or removed before fitting. And you have 90 days: put it on, see how it sits over your roof, and if it doesn’t work, send it back.
2. The price they saw wasn’t the price for their caravan.
The advert says £85.99, and £85.99 is true, for the shortest cover. Your caravan is probably longer than 16 ft, and when you click, the basket shows more than the advert did. That’s where an honest price starts to look like a trick, and the tab gets closed. The roof, meanwhile, takes another winter of weather with nothing on it.
So the full price list is on this page, above this text, one row per length: £85.99 for 16 and 21 ft, up to £156.99 for 41 ft. Each row has its own button that opens exactly that size, so the price you see up there is the price you pay for one cover. If the price for your length is more than a roof is worth to you, that’s a fair choice. It just shouldn’t be a choice about whether we’re honest.
3. Their last cover did more harm than good.
Ask around at any storage site and someone has a cover story: bungee cords that had lost their stretch by February, plastic hooks that snapped in the first storm, a cover that turned into a sail, and rub marks along the sides. A bad cover teaches an owner to leave the roof alone, and from then on the roof takes every winter with no protection at all, because a cover already let them down once.
That’s why the straps on this one are what they are. The manufacturer uses woven strap rather than elastic for a simple reason: elastic loses its stretch over time. There are straps on all four sides, adjustable, with hooks that clip under the edge of the body, plus two reinforced straps that run right over the roof. The manufacturer also says the straps won’t mark the paintwork. We haven’t tested that ourselves, so it’s their word here, not ours. One thing you won’t find on this page: a wind rating. Nobody has measured one, and a figure nobody measured is worse than no figure at all.
4. For that money, they’d rather cover the whole thing.
It sounds like the obvious upgrade: if you’re paying for a cover anyway, why not one that does the sides and the wheels too? The catch is what a full cover asks of you every time it goes on. Two people, a wall of fabric to drag over every corner without snagging it, then a whole winter of that fabric flapping against the sides in the wind. Ask a full-cover owner how many winters theirs has actually been on.
This cover makes the opposite bet. It covers only the roof, because the roof is where rain sits all winter, around the rooflights and along the seams. One person unfolds it on the roof, hooks the straps under the edge on all four sides, pulls the two reinforced straps across and climbs back down. The sides stay open, and yes, that means the sides stay exposed. If wrapping the whole caravan is what you want, this isn’t your product, and we won’t pretend it is.
5. Nobody they know has one.
With a tow car or a motor mover, you can ask the person three pitches down what they think. With a roof cover from a shop you’ve never heard of, you can’t. There’s no neighbour to ask, and the price came from a Facebook advert. So the sensible thing seems to be to wait, and waiting means the roof takes another winter while you decide.
Here’s what we put on the table instead of a neighbour. We won’t invent one for you. The full price list is above this text, so the number is out in the open before you click. Delivery in the UK is free and takes 6 to 12 working days. And you have 90 days: if it doesn’t fit your caravan, doesn’t work over your air conditioner, or you simply don’t like it, tell us within 90 days and the cover comes back to us, your money comes back to you. It’s not a testimonial. It’s a way to find out for yourself without betting the price of the cover on it.
The questions we’re asked most, short answers
Does it fit a motorhome with an over-cab?
Yes. The cover is a large flexible rectangle, so it follows the raised over-cab like the rest of the roof. Measure the whole roof, from the front of the over-cab to the back, and take a length at least that long.
What about solar panels?
The cover goes over them, so they’re covered while it’s on. If your leisure battery relies on the panels over winter, this cover works against you, and we’d rather tell you that.
Doesn’t a cover trap moisture underneath?
It can. The fabric is waterproof, so not much air moves underneath. The fix is simple: slip something under it to keep a gap, a couple of pool noodles along the middle of the roof will do, and wait for a dry day before putting it on.
Is it waterproof?
Yes. The fabric is black 210D Oxford, made to shed water and stand up to the sun.
Will it hold up under snow?
It’s sold for winter storage, and the product page says to clear heavy, wet snow when it builds up. We don’t have a figure for how much snow the fabric can take, so you won’t find one here.
Can one person really fit it?
Yes. It unfolds from the middle of the roof towards both ends, then the hooks clip under the edge and the two long straps cross over the top. Doing the whole job from a ladder, without stepping on the roof, is something we can’t vouch for.
Can I order two different lengths?
Yes. In the offer selector, each cover has its own size, so two vehicles of different lengths fit in one order.
How long does delivery take?
Free anywhere in the UK, and 6 to 12 working days to your door.
So what do the people who cover their roof do differently?
They stop waiting for the perfect cover and buy the one they’ll actually fit. The length read from the table, the offer selector set to 1 cover, and the 90 days treated like a test drive: the cover goes on before the first proper rain, and if it turns out the air conditioner or the straps make it wrong for their caravan, it goes back.
The box holds one cover in the length you chose: black 210D Oxford that sheds rain and stands up to the sun, 10 ft wide, woven straps on all four sides with hooks for the edge of the body, and two reinforced straps for the top. At the end of the season it folds into a bundle you can carry in your arms. Delivery is free across the UK in 6 to 12 working days, and it comes with the one thing we can truly promise: 90 days to send it back for a full refund.
I’ll be honest:
this cover isn’t for every caravan. Shorter than 16 ft or wider than 10 ft, and none of the eight sizes will fit, so keep your money. Stored somewhere damp, keep an air gap under the cover: two pool noodles along the middle of the roof are enough, and the problem is solved. And if you want the sides and the wheels covered too, buy a full cover from someone who makes one.
There’s also one thing we don’t know about it: how much snow it can take. We don’t have the manufacturer’s answer on that, and an honest gap beats a confident guess.
Finally, the price. It’s set by length, from £85.99 for 16 and 21 ft to £156.99 for 41 ft, and the table above is the price for one cover. The offer selector on the product page opens on 2 covers, so if you only have one caravan, click to bring it back to 1.
That’s why you can try it risk free.
Read your length in the table, or open the product page and pick it there. Then let the 90 days decide. Wrong size, wrong roof, wrong idea, whatever the reason, tell us within 90 days and the cover comes back to us, your money comes back to you. UK delivery costs you nothing.