This video by Technology Connections talks about how window awnings can greatly help cool your home.
Another thing I want to add is that window awnings can protect windows. We get pretty big hail here, and (wood or aluminum) awnings can save your window glass. I have also heard of “Clamshell Awnings” which are on hinges, so you can remove the poles and lower the awning to cover and protect windows in extreme weather.
Lastly, here are some old window awning ads for your entertainment (from Wikimedia commons)
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I’m really convinced that the whole world decided one day that air conditioning was magic and gave up on everything else.
Haha agreed! I often have “why did we stop doing this” thoughts.
I think you’ll also find Transom windows interesting, as well as Qanats paired with wind towers. 🙂
Awnings are orders of magnitude more expensive than blinds, and blinds are expensive enough. There isn’t an off the shelf design that will work for every house so you need to be able to customize them. Awnings tend to look shabby in 5 years and need regular maintenance to keep from being overrun by spiders.
I’m a marine fabricator and make awnings.
no earthly clue what you’re on about, retractable awnings are perfectly common here in sweden, and most office buildings even have them automated.
They’re perfectly affordable and you kinda just screw them into the wall…
I don’t make retractable awnings. China makes retractable awnings. I would expect the average cheap awning to last 3 to 5 years on the high end. A quality awning will last more, and you’ll pay more. A permanent awning like on a business will be thousands of dollars, depending on size. Per window. I’m talking about custom work, not off the shelf.
If you weren’t being stolen from en masse then we could easily afford another job structure for all the windows in our own houses. Not to mention maintenance, replacement, etc. AC popularity is literally theft. Back in the early 50’s there were AC’s that just worked forever. Now they all break and require a resale of new parts and whole units in years. I know this because I have an original piece that still works.
I can tell you that I would not take on any anlwning jobs. I’m quite busy enough without the hassle of drilling into brick or dealing with rotten headers or any of that crap. I’d guess $1000/window would be a starting price. How many windows do you have? Do you want to recover the awnings every 7-10 years and take them up and down twice a year? Or buy an air conditioner now and again. That’s why the awning trade has died. Except for automatic ones that come in a box.
AC isn’t the kind of thing you have to crank the energy for 15 Million Merits. Don’t see why an awning should cost a popular media labor of obligation versus just burning oil and, of course, the whole fucking planet. I’d call you (as in everyone, nothing personal) a sloth but I ain’t trying to insult that mammal.
You should proof read your comments. That reads like a tweaker’s stream of consciousness.
Okay, nix that earlier meta-direction of a reference. I do now, in fact, make a personal insult.
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