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Post by Outspoken on Apr 25, 2016 1:54:50 GMT
Anyone have one of these on their house? And if you do, do you like it?
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Post by anniefb on Apr 25, 2016 2:14:36 GMT
Yep, I have one over my bedroom balcony on the north side of my house and it's definitely needed in the summer when the sun just streams in. It's a motorised one and you just turn a knob to move it out or in. It's lasted really well.
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Post by KikiPea on Apr 25, 2016 2:16:47 GMT
We had one at our first house, and hated it. It was too much work. We removed it, and built a stationary patio cover. It was SO worth it!
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 25, 2016 2:33:37 GMT
We have one. It's no work at all. What did you have to do to yours Kiki?
Ours is motorized. There is a control panel near our slider (looks like a fancy light switch). You push a button to make it extend and retract. It has an auto setting so it will open automatically based on how sunny it is. There is another sensor that makes it auto retract if it's too windy.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 25, 2016 2:37:59 GMT
Cool. I've always wanted one of those, too. But I probably need to get permission from the dratted homeowner's association for it.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 25, 2016 9:33:28 GMT
Yes it reaches really far onto our deck. We LOVE it! Love, love, love it!
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Post by carhoch on Apr 25, 2016 10:31:58 GMT
The electric ones are great and I you don't it's a good upper body workout  |
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Post by kitkath on Apr 25, 2016 13:04:55 GMT
We have had one on our deck for over 20 years. It's not automatic but only takes a few minutes to set up and ours is huge, it completely covers our deck and is perfect for hot sunny days as the deck faces west.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 13:14:30 GMT
This was soooo confusing until I saw where you live. Of course!
We have been thinking about an awning, but will probably go with a pergola or something built - the wind and rain here would make us constantly worry if we'd remembered to close an awning.
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Post by tduby1 on Apr 25, 2016 13:43:37 GMT
We had one at our first house, and hated it. It was too much work. We removed it, and built a stationary patio cover. It was SO worth it! We have one over our patio doors onto our deck. It only offers really good coverage for a few hours a day. We have a large deck and ended up building a roof over the half of our deck this doesn't cover and will probably move this to off the front of roof, since that is where we sit most of the time now. It will extend our shade from the deck roof, but as a stand alone it was kind of useless for the majority of the day. |
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Post by Outspoken on Apr 25, 2016 13:49:10 GMT
We have one. It's no work at all. What did you have to do to yours Kiki? Ours is motorized. There is a control panel near our slider (looks like a fancy light switch). You push a button to make it extend and retract. It has an auto setting so it will open automatically based on how sunny it is. There is another sensor that makes it auto retract if it's too windy. Is this a specific brand or did you contract someone local to you? |
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Post by KikiPea on Apr 25, 2016 14:19:45 GMT
We have one. It's no work at all. What did you have to do to yours Kiki? Ours is motorized. There is a control panel near our slider (looks like a fancy light switch). You push a button to make it extend and retract. It has an auto setting so it will open automatically based on how sunny it is. There is another sensor that makes it auto retract if it's too windy. It was a hand crank, and a PITB. It was on the house when we moved in.It didn't last long. |
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 25, 2016 22:14:49 GMT
Ours was installed by the previous owners. Not sure of the brand. The control panel says Somfy on it though.
We also have one window with a light switch next to it that raises and lowers a retractable mesh blind on the outside. That particular window doesn't get a lot of sun now. I assume it did when the house was built and the trees were shorter. It is pretty slick though.
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 25, 2016 23:22:20 GMT
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Post by anonrefugee on Apr 26, 2016 12:26:21 GMT
This was soooo confusing until I saw where you live. Of course! We have been thinking about an awning, but will probably go with a pergola or something built - the wind and rain here would make us constantly worry if we'd remembered to close an awning. count me in, another one causing you to get a notice someone is peeking at your profile. |
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 26, 2016 15:13:56 GMT
Our neighbors have one. It's great, but I'd want the motorized version.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 15:19:44 GMT
I do and I LOVE IT.
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