Awning Vs Pergola

Pergolas and patio covers can help define a backyard space and provide shade for many years.

Awning vs pergola.

Door aluminum awnings shelter you from the rain as you enter your home and canvas keeps rain out of the pergola. Depending on the desired amount of shade and shelter the opening can accommodate any number of top slats a canopy or other shade covering. What are the differences. The patio cover can be attached to a house or freestanding and provide protection from the rain and sun.

If you go with canvas awnings you have to pick a darker fabric to create more shade and darker fabric may cost more and attracts the sun. Let s say for example when canopy extends it shades 10 x 10 area and when it retracts it shades about 1 x 10 area only. A pergola often defines an outdoor space where it provides shade. Pergolas are outdoor shade structures offered in a wide range of sizes that consist of vertical posts that support an overhead set of beams rafters and top slats.

So is about 10 of the total area gets block. Sun protection when a pergola is attached to the side of a house it serves many of the same functions as an awning. A pergola is not attached to your home which makes extra heating difficult. An awning is permanent or retractable sun protection product attached to a home building or structure like a trellis pergola or rv.

Gazebo take the time to relax in your backyard whether you re dining al fresco catching a few rays by the pool or enjoying an evening under the stars. With backyard shade you can add protective covering from the hot sun a climbing wall for plants and even an enclosed space to keep pests away. The plants that line your pergola need regular grooming. Pergolas offer no shelter from the rain and are difficult to attach an awning to.

It provides shade to a window door or outdoor area attached to the building. Plus the canopy s trolley channels can be installed parallel to house as in the pictures above or perpendicular to house. It is always securely fastened to the structure but can be removed without destroying the building.