Njmurvin
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Great replies!!! Thanks, everyone.
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I had a Company in Ventura CA a few years ago to run me up one using Sunbrella fabric.
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Njmurvin
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Update. I ordered the acrylic material fabric replacement with the metal weather shield from ShadePro. Since I live near enough to them that they will do the installation, I opted for the installation. They charge $250 for the installation BUT, they bring the awning with them on their truck instead of charging $150 for shipping. So the install is really only $100 (no brainer for me). They offer free shipping for fabric only orders, but adding the weather shield means they have to ship by truck ($$$$). I'll provide another update when the installation is finished.
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ReneeG
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Njmurvin wrote:Update. I ordered the acrylic material fabric replacement with the metal weather shield from ShadePro. Since I live near enough to them that they will do the installation, I opted for the installation. They charge $250 for the installation BUT, they bring the awning with them on their truck instead of charging $150 for shipping. So the install is really only $100 (no brainer for me). They offer free shipping for fabric only orders, but adding the weather shield means they have to ship by truck ($$$$). I'll provide another update when the installation is finished.
You'll be very happy with both. Looking forward to seeing your update.
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Update: The awning was installed by a ShadePro team of 2 guys. It took them less than an hour and one was a trainee. It was SO worth the net $100 to have them do the install. The weather shield option is totally worth it. The first 18" or so of the awning is metal and then it connects to the fabric for the rest of the way. The fabric ends up rolled under the metal portion for sun protection when retracted. I really like the acrylic fabric too. I expect this to last much longer than my previous unprotected vinyl shade. Slide toppers are next!
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joebedford
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I replaced our 20' awning this year with a Shadepro vinyl one from amazon.ca. About $350CDN - ~ $250US.
Our RV is as tall as an RV can be so for some smaller RV I'm sure two people could do it. For ours, THREE people were necessary and a FOURTH helped for about 5 minutes when we slid the new awning in the channel and roller.
Because the RV is so tall, it needs a third person to hold up the awning otherwise there's too much of a bend in it to thread it on.
Hardest thing was getting the old awning off - lots of silicone spray.
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fj12ryder
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Njmurvin wrote:Update: The awning was installed by a ShadePro team of 2 guys. It took them less than an hour and one was a trainee. It was SO worth the net $100 to have them do the install. The weather shield option is totally worth it. The first 18" or so of the awning is metal and then it connects to the fabric for the rest of the way. The fabric ends up rolled under the metal portion for sun protection when retracted. I really like the acrylic fabric too. I expect this to last much longer than my previous unprotected vinyl shade. Slide toppers are next! FWIW, installing slide toppers is pretty much a piece o' cake. I installed three of them on our 351M, and the only one I needed help on was the living room slide, at 10 feet wide. And that was to hold up one end while I slid the other end into the channel, about 5 minutes.
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ReneeG
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fj12ryder wrote:Njmurvin wrote:Update: The awning was installed by a ShadePro team of 2 guys. It took them less than an hour and one was a trainee. It was SO worth the net $100 to have them do the install. The weather shield option is totally worth it. The first 18" or so of the awning is metal and then it connects to the fabric for the rest of the way. The fabric ends up rolled under the metal portion for sun protection when retracted. I really like the acrylic fabric too. I expect this to last much longer than my previous unprotected vinyl shade. Slide toppers are next! FWIW, installing slide toppers is pretty much a piece o' cake. I installed three of them on our 351M, and the only one I needed help on was the living room slide, at 10 feet wide. And that was to hold up one end while I slid the other end into the channel, about 5 minutes.
Good to know. DH is going to replace the slide topper on a small slide that is on the south side when we park it. It's deteriorating close to the side due to sun damage. It's on the same side as our awning, but due to the awning having the Alumagard, it covers it from sun exposure when rolled up.
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Njmurvin
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And ShadePro doesn't offer a topper with the aluminum guard. Too bad. I have one topper (bedroom wardrobe slide) that's on the sunny side when it's parked.
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