Sun Awnings have uses in variety of applications. Ideal for schools, restaurants, shops and offices to shade people, rooms or products from the sun. As well as these more commercial uses, Sun Awnings are the ideal investment for your home.

Awnings for homes brings to you something special. It is almost like having another room on your house that is fully retractable when not in use. At the press of a button your sun awning will extend offering you shade from the sun as well as providing shelter when there is light rain. On top of this your home remains cool and your furnishings protected.

UV rays from the sun damage furniture and cause skin damage so it is very important to be protected if you intend to sit outdoors or you have a window that tends to get a lot of sun. With the use of sun and wind automation your awning can come extend and retract even whilst you are not at home. This ensures that you get home to a cool room and your furnishings are protected.

Many people are put off of the idea of getting a Sun Awning for their home because they believe there is not the possibility of achieving successful installation. Sun Awnings are were first designed for across Europe. Many of these buildings have no obstructions such as drain pipes and chimneys in the middle of the wall you would intend to fit to. Bungalows or houses with low soffits are also very uncommon. Here in the UK almost all walls have some kind of obstruction that would prevent a Sun Awning being installed in the ideal location.

Sun Awning specialists can overcome these obstacles with ease. Using specially designed brackets made out of steel and powder coated to remain aesthetically pleasing and resistant to rust, an awning can be mounted in almost any location.  Here are some of the main types of brackets you will find.

Pipe Brackets

Pipe brackets are specially designed to bring the awning away from the wall to miss obstacles mounted on the wall. Often gutter downpipes, soil pipes or even plants such as ivy will stop the awning being able to be installed flat on the wall. Using two or more pipe brackets you are able to bring the awning past the obstructions. Bear in mind that this will leave a gap behind the awning. This is usually no problem unless you are looking for rain shelter. The easiest method to overcome this is to fit some PVC soffit board to the back of the awning, filling the gap.

Gutter Brackets

Gutter brackets, often called S brackets because of their shape, are designed to bring the awning out then up. These are the ideal solutions for bungalows or where there are low soffits. Mounting an awning too low will reduce the view and potentially make it dangerous as people could hit their head on it. using gutter brackets you are able to bring the awning out from under the soffit and in line with, or slightly above the gutter line.

Spreader Plates

If you have a single storey extension or very few bricks above where the desired location for the awning then you may well need spreader plates. If you install an awning on the top few courses of bricks, especially when there is little weight above the awning you can often find the brickwork could pull away or crack leaving you with all sorts of issues down the line. Spreader plates are usually 500mm to 1m in length and they allow you install your awning in the desired location but bring the fixings further down the wall where they will be much stronger.

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Sometimes your building will not have the strength to hold and awning full stop. This might be because the walls are made of weak brick or perhaps it is for a static home or even wooden summer house. Either way, your building will not hold the weight of an awning no matter what. Using 80 x80mm posts you can install them into the ground, usually 600mm deep or so and mount the awning to these posts. This makes a totally independent free standing structure so no weight or strain is put on your building at all. The posts can mount very close tot he building and be powder coated to blend in. You would hardly even notice that it was a free standing structure.

To summarise, there are very few situations where a sun awning for your home cannot be installed.  Of course you should seek the advice from an awning expert but you should be able to achieve the shade, shelter and protection for wherever you feel it would most benefit your property.