Can someone offer their experience, bad or good with patio awnings, retractable cloth or fixed aluminum?
I currently have a wood awning covering my 12×16 patio and I’m stuck trying to decide whether to repair it, installing a new roof and updating the wood to pressure treated wood. There is some water damage and I have problems with carpenter bees nesting in the wood.
Which solution would be best, update and fix the existing wood awning, purchase a cloth retractable or purchase an aluminum awning? The difference in cost for each is within a couple of hundred dollars.
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I prefer the cloth type, with good care they last a long time, are quiet in rain storms, and to me are better looking and offer a softer look, and are available in many colors. It may be cheaper for you to repair your current one but if you are looking for a new look I’d get the canvas cloth awning, this would eliminate the bees also
I would prefer the retractable cloth. Our neighbor has one over their porch and that way if strong weather occurs you can roll it up for protection yet unrolled provides shade too. If you want to get sun you can unroll as well. You get the best of all worlds by going this way.
Skyler
try http://www.sunsetters.com