Signature Awnings
Big, motorized shade with no posts and no poles. Both built to your exact opening, wrapped in premium solution-dyed fabrics, and installed by our own crew.
The workhorse
The classic open retractable — folding lateral arms hold the fabric taut with nothing touching your deck. No posts, no poles, no obstacles. Just shade on demand.
The flagship
Our premium retractable. When closed, the fabric and arms disappear completely into a sleek aluminum cassette — protected from weather, invisible against your house.
Side by side
| Legend | Salute | |
|---|---|---|
| Style | Open lateral-arm retractable | Premium full-cassette retractable |
| Best for | Decks & patios that want big, flexible shade | A sleek, fully-enclosed look that protects the fabric |
| Width | Custom-built to your opening | Up to 20 feet wide |
| Projection | 6'11" · 8'6" · 10'2" · 11'9" · 13'5" | Up to 11'9" |
| Mounting | Wall mount | Wall, ceiling, or roof mount |
| Frame | Extruded aluminum + stainless hardware | Extruded aluminum, full protective cassette |
| Fabrics | Sunbrella · Dickson · Sattler · Tempotest · Recasens | Same premium range + select 100% solution-dyed acrylics |
| Lighting | Optional LED arms | Optional LED arms |
Lateral-Arm Retractable
Full-Cassette Retractable
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Not sure? That’s literally what the free in-home consultation is for — we’ll look at your space and tell you straight.
Every signature awning includes
We measure and spec it to your exact opening — never a catalog guess.
Installed by our own Manchester crew, mounted into structure, clean and true.
Take-down, storage, re-hang, cleaning, and repair — we service what we sell.
Choosing between them
The Legend is an open lateral-arm retractable — the arms and roller are visible when it is closed, and it suits decks and patios that want big, flexible shade. The Salute is a full-cassette model: when it retracts, the fabric and hardware fold up inside a protective housing, which keeps the fabric cleaner and gives a sleeker closed look.
If the awning will sit closed for long stretches, yes. The cassette shields the fabric and hardware from rain, grit, and UV when it is retracted, which is the main thing that ages an awning that is not in use. The Salute also mounts to a wall, ceiling, or roof, so it fits openings the Legend cannot.
Both are available with Somfy motorization — Altus RTS motors with Telis remotes. Manual override is available so a power cut does not leave the awning stuck out.
A retractable awning should not be left out in a storm. The Somfy Eolis 3D wind sensor handles that for you: it detects movement in the awning itself and retracts it automatically once the wind passes the threshold, without you being home.
Yes, with the Somfy TaHoma app, which also brings in Alexa and Google voice control. You can open and close it remotely and set schedules.
Retractables can stay up, retracted, through winter. If you would rather have it off the building, we offer seasonal take-down and re-hang — we pull it in the autumn, store it, and put it back in spring.
The Legend is custom-built to your opening. The Salute runs up to 20 feet wide, with projections to 11 feet 9 inches — the Legend offers projections from 6 feet 11 inches up to 13 feet 5 inches.
“Five star service from Jeff and Manchester Awning. Jeff offered many suggestions and was mindful of the budget I set… The end result is absolutely perfect.”
— Candace, verified customer
Get My Free EstimateEvery installation is covered. Ask us for the full written warranty before you order — we will send it or bring it to your appointment.