This review may be a little late but only because we need new cover for the awning that was put up several years ago by Thompson Awning. We have a rather large deck on the back of our home that faces west and gets all of the afternoon sun. It got rather hot out there. especially in the summer months. It also let the sun through our large glass doors into the house, heating the house and raising the cooling bill during the summer. We did not want to build a complete enclosure but wanted to take advantage of the outdoors. The folks from Thomspon Awning came out and discussed our needs...we ended up with a sturdy aluminum frame over the deck covered by a very sturdy, weatherproof material that has kept put the sun and rain for several years and also lowered our electric bill during the summer. It does need to be replaced now and we will be calling Thompson Awning to do that in the next few weeks. Very satisfied customers