Although aluminum awnings are more commonly used now to provide shade for big windows on store fronts, you can use them in a residential setting too. One of those ways includes replacing the aluminum awnings you currently have on your home if the home is a circa-1940's or 1950's home. A much newer style of awning, the collapsible aluminum awning has several other applications. A few of those applications for this updated version of awnings are listed below.

Awnings on Your Camper/Trailer

If you have a camper or RV trailer that you use often for camping in the warmer months or touring any time of year, then you probably experience a lot of indoor heat as the result of the sun beating through the windows all day. While that may be ideal for traveling during colder months or colder evenings and nights, it is not so ideal during the summer months. To conserve on the energy required to run the air conditioning and cool your camper, you can install collapsible aluminum awnings over the windows. That way you can keep the sun out while the camper is moving and then lift the awnings just enough for light when the camper is parked.

Ventilation Covers on Your Garage Roof

If you install some screens in the roof of your garage to vent excess heat from the garage's attic or rafters in the warmer weather, then you may want some sort of covering for the vents the rest of the year. Collapsible awnings can lift up to release the pent-up heat in the summer and collapse back down to keep snow from entering the garage through the screens. If you choose a complimentary color or pattern for your awnings, then they can add a nice decorative touch as well. (When fully extended they may make your garage look like it has small dormer windows, an effect that can be quite charming on some garages).

Shade for a Porch and Patio Doors

One final use for collapsible aluminum awnings can do double duty as the shade covering for a covered porch and as a barrier for the patio doors. If you buy one very large aluminum awning that stretches across the width of your patio doors and is as long as your patio doors are tall, then it provides a lot of shade for the patio/covered porch when the awning is extended. When it is collapsed, it acts as a covering or barrier for the patio doors, a very effective means of shutting out bad weather and even prowlers. Contact an awning company, like Allied Awning, for more help.

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