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tru

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5. awnings

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 03:28 PM

Jul 2012

I know that awnings are very effective. The problem is I live in a very windy area, and I'm too long in the tooth to go pulling them up whenever there's a strong wind or storm. The canvas ones are surprsingly heavy. Plus I'm not always home or awake when one starts up. I can't see myself out there at 3 am in a storm raising the awnings.

If I were fabulously wealthy, I'd get those motorized ones you can work from inside the house and some automatic thing that would close them up over a certain wind speed

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Window film or heat blocking shades? [View all] tru Jul 2012 OP

Decades ago I used window film in a 2nd floor apartment in College Station Tx. HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #1

Window film does make a difference Warpy Jul 2012 #2

thanks both of you tru Jul 2012 #3

We did film last year and love it. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #4

awnings tru Jul 2012 #5

I created a living shade outside my windows - climbing green beans on twine, and sunflowers. ehrnst Jul 2012 #6

I do have stuff growing on the outer side of the deck tru Jul 2012 #7

I always wanted to try these shades that snap on to the outside of a window Kolesar Jul 2012 #8

Wow. Thanks for those links. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #9

"Greg it looks like West Virginia" Kolesar Jul 2012 #10

Definitely have to watch out for that fine line between craft and trash. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #11

Depends on the goal quakerboy Jul 2012 #12