Palram-Canopia Aquila 2050 7x3 Door Awning for Door Entrance, High-End Polycarbonate Window Awning with Solar Gray Panels, UV Protection, Modern Metal Frame, Weather Resistant Overhang, DIY Exterior

Overall, this awning is very nice. I installed one to help keep my patio entrance a little drier during rain storms and to reduce the amount of water getting into the doorway. My house is stucco and I had to drill into it for the installation. The supplied hardware works well for mounting into thicker substrate like concrete or wood, but if you happen to miss a stud, you will want toggle bolts for a more secure hold. I missed the stud on one side and the included bolt anchor just couldn’t get a strong enough grip into the stucco and it just spun when I tried to tighten up the support arm bolt. As a result, that side drooped because it wasn’t as tight up against the stucco. I ended up fixing it by reinstalling it with a toggle bolt, some industrial adhesive, and added a supporting wire above. Not necessarily any fault of the company’s for not being able to accommodate all and every possible installation. More like a homeowner’s responsibility to know what they are drilling into and how to accommodate for it.I would highly recommend caulking the hardware to the wall during the installation. The weatherstripping is good, but it still leaked when up against a very rough surface like stucco. I used Sashco Mor-Flexx grey stucco caulking and it blended in perfectly with my stucco and sealed everything up nicely.

As noted by other reviewers, packaging took a beating in transit but product was in perfect condition and all parts arrived. Installation was not easy breezy in my case but not by fault of the product which is heavy and appears to be of great quality.My install was above a patio door that was only half covered by a deep eave, the other half of which got direct exposure from rain every storm needed to be covered without obscuring my view with a canvas option. This seemed like the perfect solution and I am happy to say it is...now that it is installed which took some wrangling.The existing eave presented a problem when it came time to install the awning due to limiting the clearance (photo attached). The install of the solid material of the awning requires that the solid piece flex up and then be put into the front edge during assembly and after the brackets are mounted. The instructions show the clearance required so my bad for not noticing it prior to mounting the brackets because it would not fit without a work around.We were able to get it done by removing from wall, assembling the whole awning first, including the solid plastic piece, and THEN attaching to the wall, with very little clearance above the partial existing deep eave. Not as easy as the assembly they call for but necessary work around in this case due to minimal clearance. Hope this helps someone else.Overall, great product so far. It rained the next day and looks like it will doing a great job of protecting the wood door for the future without obscuring a view and staying true to the modern look of my home. Would recommend this product.

The good:I just installed this today, and I've already gotten compliments on how good it looks. It's a great product. It was not too hard to install, it took me a few hours and I needed a pretty decent A frame 8' ladder to complete the job. Most things just clicked together or screwed in place, so no issues there.The bad:The packaging / delivery is horrible and I needed to send it back twice (the panel broke both times). The second time I received the panel, and I saw it was broken in two spots, I was fed up with Amazon's failures, so I just contacted Palram, and they were great. I had a new pristine panel within three days. I've also left feedback on the packaging for amazon. I want others to be wary to examine everything before beginning. If you need to reorder a panel from Palram, make sure to mention you have the grey or clear. They accidentally sent me the clear.One other minor annoyance was that I was given 8 washers, when I should have been given 9.

This is a really nicely made (Israel?) awning and is very sturdy. Like someone else mentioned, you can cut the end pieces I order to move the arms and find studs to bolt to. The included hardware is for brick or concrete, not typical U.S. lapped siding. The smoke is very subtle. Nice!

Du bel effet,facile a installer.

This is a good sturdy canopy. The over design is well thought out with ease of assembly being very important. The canopy arms are very strong and with the top covering strip incorporating rubber seal for the sheet as well as at the bottom it makes for a good quality product .

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Ordered this because I didn't want one of those cheap all plastic affairs, have to say it's well engineered, if I'm honest, as an engineer myself, it's a little over engineered, the supporting arms cut from 5mm plate, so this thing isn't going to fall down any time soon, it's well made, everything is nicely powder coated, fixings are stainless, and the bolts for the support arms overkill just like the arms, I think I could hang off the end of this door cover with out any issues, weather strip seals are provided for the wall plate and the roof, the instructions are clear and simple, although the order they tell you to put the item up isn't the best, put the wall plate up first and fixing it to the wall, leave the roof weather strips out and fit them last, its much easier to fiat the weather strips to the roof than it is to screw the wall plate back to the wall when you are working over the top of the cover, the instructions also say to mount the cover 12" above the door, which is ok but a little too high, 8" would have been plenty for an exposed door and the dropped end of the cover would still be 4" above the top of the door frame, also I put this up in a couple of hours by myself, it's a bit tricky but can be done if you have a decent set of steps to work from and a ladder to fit the roof weather strips last, finally if you are fitting this on a side door don't fit it perfectly level, as water will run off both sided of the gutters, either angle the wall plate slightly or as I have done pack the top of the support arm that is furthest away from the side you approach from, out slightly to make the water run off the other end of the cover, one final, final thought now it's raining, fit the wall plate so the weather strip runs along the motor line, not across the brick as I have done or it might not seal properly and required some help from builders silicone sealant, as mine did. All in all a good quality metal constructed door cover, bomb proof and good loooking, having learned lessons from fitting this, it would been perfect first go if I had just thought about it a little bit more when I was putting it up. PS. Use plenty of soap and water to get the wall plate weather seal in or even so light oil, I used soap otherwise it's a real struggle, with soap it's easy, if a bit messy, but it washes off in seconds with a hosepipe

Das Vordach ist sehr stabil gebaut und ist entsprechen schwer. Die mitgelieferten Schrauben und Dübel sind sehr gut und halten das Gewicht sehr sicher an unserer Klinkerwand. Abdichtung an der Wand mit Silikon oder ähnl. ist nicht notwendig, da das Vordach da über eine gut anliegende Gummilippe verfügt.