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2-14.
OPERATION OF WINDOWS . Windows of the tent are made in three layers: a rain flap on the outside, a
screen in the middle, and a clear plastic window on the inside. The rain flap and the clear plastic window are closed by
hook and pile velcro. The rain flap can be held open with tie tapes. The rain flap must be rolled up towards the inside of
the tent to prevent rain from being trapped within the folds. To open the clear plastic window, simply unsecure velcro
hook and pile and let it open.
2-15.
ANNEXING TENTS TOGETHER. If the tent is to adjoin another tent then the tents must be positioned next to
one another with their corners lined up. They should be spaced three to six inches apart. It does not matter which sides
face one another as long as they are approximately the same height and the corners are lined up. Tents may be joined
side to side, end to end, or side to end. When adjoining tents you will connect the rain gutter/interconnecting sleeve as
follows:
a.
If only one tent is erected, repeat paragraphs 2-5 through 2-14 to erect additional tents.
b.
Connect one side of the rain gutter to the inside of the roof cap of one of the adjoining tents. This is
accomplished by pressing velcro hook and pile and connecting the buckles.
c.
Fold the dangling edge up and into the adjoining tent and connect the buckles and velcro of the adjoining tent's
roof cap to the buckles and velcro of the gutter. You now have formed a channel, or rain gutter, between the two
tents. There are flaps, with velcro strips, attached to each end of the rain gutter. These will go outside the tent as
explained next.
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