Hi Andrew
Sorry no-one has taken time to reply to your post yet. Everyone has their own idea of which is best, either due to cost, easy to put up, easy to store etc.
If you go to the light blue box at the top of the page and click on forum search, then put "porch awning" or similar into the subject or message box, you will get at least 2 pages of previous postings on this subject.
This is what I did before buying our porch awning and to start with it confursed me even further but eventually I was able to narrow it down.
Happy shopping
Sophie
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