How to Mount a Balcony Awning (2025) (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

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I have always wondered why awnings and similar covers aren't used more to shade buildings and keep them cool. It seems like the investment should pay itself off in reduced energy expenditures relatively rapidly.

A quick tip: with more than (3) anchor points, make your anchor positions non-planar. This imparts a constant curvature and thus constant tension on the membrane and goes a long way to stabilize its position in moderate to heavy winds. Or less flapping.

Balcon awnings Russian style (the land of no enforcement of building permits on small things) - full glass enclosures

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some get very creative https://kvartira.mirtesen.ru/blog/43698892000/15-sumasshedsh... , https://masterok.livejournal.com/7601098.html?

I used rope and suction cups to mount a shade cloth (neatly) over my apartment balcony. I quite liked it, it made the balcony more cozy, gave a bit more privacy, my apartment was cooler, my plants were less stressed.

The building manager made me take it down...