Was so excited to get this awning up. It is not so much for sun protection but for tree debri and keeping the deck dry for an extension to our tiny home.  Finally got it up after having to remove a piece of siding to find studs on the house to add the extra support wood to hold the awning. It looked beautiful and I decorated the space so nice. Then the first rain storm came and we had to keeping pushing the rain that was pooling on the top of the awning off so it would not collapse.  My deck is soaked once again . It's fine in a gentle rain. Otherwise it's not going to work for me.