Awning Fabric Replacement

Awning fabric replacement. Dealer quote — fourteen hundred bucks. Doing it yourself — two hundred for the fabric, an hour of your time. Here's how.

Step one — extend the awning. Step two — release the spring tension on the roller. There's a pin or a latch on the roller end cap — refer to your awning's manual. Spring tension is real. Respect it.

Step three — slide the old fabric out of the channel. The fabric has a beaded edge that slides like a curtain rod. Same on the roller side.

Step four — slide the new fabric in. Both channels. Step five — re-tension the spring. Same number of turns as it came with — varies by awning brand.

If you mess up the spring tension — awning won't retract. Adjust until it does. Trial and error. You won't break anything as long as you don't release the spring fully without preload.