How To Install A Manual Retractable Awning On Vinyl Siding

Fit the awning with brackets.

How to install a manual retractable awning on vinyl siding.

Replace the siding and install your brackets. First determine the location of the awning and take an accurate measurement of the same with the measurement tape. The awning should be at least 7 to 8 feet above the ground or the patio. You gave me a great idea of the test holes underneath the lip of the siding.

Attach the brackets to the house even with the chalk line making sure they are plumb. The users then need to fit the retractable awning within the affixing brackets and after that they need to affix down the bolts from the awning base within the drilled holes. The vinyl siding tool has a hook that grabs the vinyl siding and opens it so you can install the brackets to the wall behind easily. For installing the retractable awning on vinyl siding you need a vinyl siding removal tool so you can remove the vinyl siding wherever you need it and put it back on.

Your video was fantastic as we have the old aluminum siding with the old wood siding behind it trying to find the studs is going to be a pain. Pop a caulk line to mark the position for the support brackets. In some cases you may want to cut and place blocks behind your siding where the brackets are being installed. Mark the location of the awning on the side of the house making sure it is level.

Then secure the lag bolts by using the wrench and then affix the awning with the affixing brackets. Locate the studs that you will need for hanging your brackets. Once the location is determined mark the ends with e for ends with the pencil. Looking to install a 12 x 10 retractable awning off the back of my house to cover half of my deck 10ft wide.