Love this awning so far! We have had one up for a couple of days now and plan to hang another soon. It looks great but will see if it stands the test of time.  The traditional fabric awnings where destroyed by sun exposer which is quite intense at our house, so im hoping these will withstand a little more exposer.   Because the awnings are light weight and are using compression to hold the middle pieces together they are slightly challenging to hang, requiring at least 3 people to prevent them from sliding apart.  We temporally used electrical tape to hold them together until we got them hung, then removed it. That worked well.  Love the way they look and priced right!