Anyone have a retractable awning mounted on their home?

[Charlie Spencer]

I'm looking at them on line and wondering if anyone has useful feedback. I want to ditch my 9' octagonal umbrella, and mount an awning over the 8' wide, 10' long deck. In particular, mention if you have manual vs. motorized, brand names, any problems you've had, whether you mounted it yourself, whether you'd buy one again, etc.

Thanks!

 

[Greg]

I'm looking at them on line and wondering if anyone has useful feedback. I want to ditch my 9' octagonal umbrella, and mount an awning over the 8' wide, 10' long deck. In particular, mention if you have manual vs. motorized, brand names, any problems you've had, whether you mounted it yourself, whether you'd buy one again, etc.

Thanks!

I consider doing that. I just wasn't sure about the moving parts and constantly raising and lowering it. Eventually, we built a 12x40 deck with a covered metal roof.

The old umbrella is put away in the workshop. I'm not sure what we will use it for in the future.