The Best Manual Retractable Awnings for Your Home

As we wander through this thing called life, we’re presented with quite a few double-edged swords. The sun, for instance, gives us vitamin D and blessed oxygen, but it also gives us heat stroke and skin cancer. This beautiful ball of exploding fire creates interesting situations for those who are the experts at patio climate control (that’d be us). How can we keep you warm when it’s cool out, and cool when it’s warm out with one device? Our absolutely favorite answer to this conundrum is a manual retractable awning.

How Manual Retractable Awnings Keep Your Patio Welcoming

It’s rare to find a single solution to both keeping things warm and cold. A thermos comes to mind (the hot stays hot and the cold stays cold… “How do it know?”). Manual retractable patio awnings do much the same thing – they attach to your structure (typically the side of your house, but it could be a garage or pergola) on one side and can be easily opened to extend a tarp-like cover over your outdoor living space.

In this way, when it’s a little chilly outside and you welcome the rays of the sun, close the manual retractable awning and bask in the glory of this gorgeous day. When it gets a little too hot (or rain clouds are coming in fast) you can easily open your manual retractable patio awning to provide shade (up to 80+ UV protection) and protection from water falling from the sky (keeps your patio furniture dry too).

Choosing Which Manual Retractable Awning is Right for You

With all the different brands available, you have to focus on those that are of the highest quality available to make sure you get a product that will stand the test of time. That’s exactly what our patio experts have done when they researched the different companies that manufacture manual retractable awnings. When all was said and done, Advaning has been selected as our retractable awning manufacturer of choice for their quality, reliability, and color options.

When you’re sizing your awning, take a look at the space you’re going to want to protect. Once you know your space, select from awnings as small as 8’ x 6’, or as large as 14’ x 10’.

From an aesthetics standpoint, your ability to select from up to six different color options (including solids and stripes) ensures that one will be just right for your home.

Styling Your Outdoor Space with Manual Retractable Awnings

Welcome to a day in the life… today it’s the life of your dog. At breakfast, your family heads outdoors (where they prefer to spend most of their time) to make brunch. Your dog (let’s call her “Lady”) faithfully follows the family, as she does just about everywhere, hoping for scraps of [enter any kind of food here] to fall to the ground. As Dad fires up the side burners in the outdoor kitchen, Lady keeps a close eye on the egg basket and slowly goes crazy smelling the bacon sizzling in the pan. Mom grabs the lever and closes the manual retractable awning so the little ones can get some sun on this gorgeous morning… and we all await the breakfast bounty only minutes away.

Lady spends a lazy morning dozing in the sun, and the afternoon arrives with warmer temperatures and cloud-free skies. She has already had her water bowl refilled once, and it’s looking like she may need it again. Thankfully, Mom asks Tommy to open the manual retractable awning… and that blazing ball of fire is replaced by blissful shade.

The kids continue playing some variation of hide and seek that requires smacking one another on the top of the head, and lady leaps after them enjoying her family. But it’s hot out here in the yard… that’s when Dad fires up the patio mister which almost instantly makes the entire family (Lady included) feel cooler.

As the evening advances and the little ones are put to bed, Mom and Dad retire to the twin chaise lounge chairs. Armed with a glass of red wine and their current book, they settle in and enjoy listening to the sweet sounds of Coleman Hawkins played through their outdoor speakers. People say, “It’s a dog’s life” as a bad thing… but I’m not seeing it.

Manual Retractable Awnings Expand Outdoor Living Spaces

As the magicians of the outdoor climate world, manual retractable awnings provide warmth or shade at will, keeping your family comfy throughout the day. Be sure to take the time to verify your space and select the size and color awning that will perfectly compliment your home.

If you have questions on sizing, materials, or just about anything related to patios, our experts are available for a consultation. Give us a call at (855) 298-4922 and we’ll be right there with you, every step of the way.