Structural awnings, flashed so they never leak
An awning is the smallest roof on your house and the one most people get wrong — screwed through the siding, sloped flat, leaking within a year. We frame ours into the structure and flash them like the roof they are.
Why build an awning at all
A framed awning over a door keeps rain off you and the door hardware, shades a west-facing window that's cooking a room every afternoon, and covers the grill or the walkway you use in every weather. It's the highest value-per-square-foot roof you can add: small material bill, real daily payoff, and — done in matching siding and trim — a visible upgrade to the front of the house.
How we build them
- Anchored to framing. Ledger and brackets land on studs or a header, through-bolted. Siding alone can't carry a roof in a wind gust, so we never ask it to.
- Flashed at the wall. Step flashing tucked under the existing siding, counter-flashed at the top. This is the difference between an awning and a future rot repair.
- Sloped to shed. Enough pitch for Tennessee downpours, with drip edge so runoff clears the doorway instead of curtaining across it.
- Finished to match — siding, trim profile, paint, and shingles matched to your house, or deliberately contrasted if that's the look you want. Our vinyl-sided and painted-Hardie awnings are some of the most-photographed work we do.
Sizes and styles
From a 3-foot door hood on knee braces to a full patio cover on posts, the structural logic scales. Post-supported patio awnings blur into porch territory — if you're planning a floor under it, read that page too, and we'll quote whichever the project really is.
What it costs
Small door and window awnings are among our most affordable builds — often a one-day job with a modest material list. Patio-scale awnings price by footprint and whether they need posts and footings. Like everything we do, the quote is itemized, free, and usually same-day.