Yaheetech Front Door Canopy Outdoor Awning, Window Garden Canopy Patio Porch Awning, Rain Shelter Cover, 100 x 80 cm

Ordered this canopy based on reviews and price, and not disappointed. Came the following day and I installed it in a matter of hours. A lot of comments made by other reviewers are relevant, so I will keep my main tips brief. Fit the front and back rails are pushed onto the polycarbonate sheet, I used 4 pieces of gaffer tape to hold them in place while I fitted the side rails (2 screws each side - 6 of them in the packet). Using the box the product came in I made a simple template to mark where the 4 fixing holes need to go on the wall above my front door - this enabled it to be a one-man job and cut down on the manhandling of the canopy assembly. As noted by others the hole size to drill in 10mm, NOT 12mm as stated in the instructions. The rawlbolts are best pushed in complete through the mounting holes on the canopy, and tightened.Easy enough job if you take your time, and good end product for the price paid.

It is a pain to assemble, 3 pairs of hands are a good option for the fiddly bit of folding the cover into the ends. Once that is done, I used the cardboard box to make a template to mark the wall. Didnt like the rawlbolts supplied so used my own. Once up, a very sturdy cover that works well.

Given 4 for sturdiness because once together it seems fine but only time will tell.This is the 2 meter canopy.Two people to put it together, did one half then the other and took about an hour to complete. Siliconed the edge touching the wall.We are very pleased with the result.

What should have been an hours job to measure and fit took way longer than this due to the rubbish instructions.We had also hoped to have this in white however when removing the corner protectors the sellotape was so string it pulled the coating off the plastic so we ended up having to remove it.

Nice product easy to assemble and fit only downside was the fixing bolts provided weren’t the best quality, kept spinning without gripping even though I used the drill size recommend. Bought some anchor bolts from a diy supplier and it’s rock solid.

My canopy was light weight easy to assemble and products you from weather!!Very pleased with my white canopy and looks nice with my other white back door and windows

I purchased this canopy last month but due to excessive rain in my region, did not make a start on fixing it up until last week. I watched a video on You Tube before starting - and I recommend you do this too. The guy in the video suggests that if you are going to attempt the installation by yourself, firstly put the frame and acrylic sheet together as indicated in the "instructions" provided. (More about that later).Fitting the flat acrylic sheet into the curved end brackets is not as easy as you might think, because the sheet is VERY resistant to bending! You really would do better with THREE hands and arms for this part! You need the extra hand to push the sheet in the middle to bend it. Once you have forced one end of the acrylic sheet into the bracket, you then need to force the other end into the opposite end bracket. I suggest the easiest way to do this is to stand the canopy bracket (that you've just fixed into the acrylic sheet) on the floor, then force the second end bracket over the open end of the acrylic sheet, by firstly pushing the sheet into one end of the curve and bending the sheet as you push down on the upper bracket. When you have these main three pieces together, screw in two of the SMALL steel "bolts" supplied, which hold the end bracket to the acrylic sheet. Once this end is secure, you can flip the canopy onto the opposite end and screw in two more small steel "bolts", which I would really call screws. The instructions seem to have mixed up what the UK refers to as screws (which have a sharp end) with bolts (which do not). Later you will see that what they call "Setscrews" are really what we would call "Rawlbolts".Now - the advise for fitting one by yourself: The YouTube video suggests marking the four holes (where the end brackets need fixing to the wall) on a flat piece of wood, then drilling through the piece of wood and following through into your wall. For anyone who does not have a spare piece of timber, I suggest using one side of the thick cardboard box it is supplied in instead. Place the assembled canopy onto the box and mark the four holes with a pen/pencil through the holes in the end brackets onto the cardboard. Then drill or use a sharp tool or screwdriver to open these into 4 small (10mm) holes. Using a piece of cardboard against the wall is far easier than trying to hold the entire canopy up there, on a step ladder by yourself, especially as you would have to hold it with one hand, with no spare hand to hold the ladder - or to mark the wall either! If you have a standard/modern brick wall, then I assume that the bricks will be level, so you don't need a spirit level to check your markings are level BEFORE drilling! REMEMBER to check that if your canopy if being installed above OUTWARD-OPENING DOORS, that the outer (lowest) edge of the canopy is sufficiently far above the top of the doors. ( such as French doors/windows). You must do this before drilling, so hold the canopy in position with the French doors open below to check for clearance. No need of course, if installing above an inward-opening door or sliding patio doors.Another reviewer on here has pointed out that the 4 "SETSCREWS" provided, being 80 mm long are around the same width as a house brick. This is not good, because as another reviewer said, this means the innermost part of the Setscrew is beyond the innermost edge of the brick, whereas it needs to be INSIDE the brick when tightened to ensure a good grip! (It would have been better if the Setscrews provided had been 60 or 65 mm long for use in bricks). If you are drilling into stone, maybe no problem with the 80 mm long setscrews.Please DO NOT make the mistake of trying to "test" the assembly in situ beforehand, as suggested by one reviewer! By hammering the Setscrews even partially into the wall to check for alignment makes it virtually IMPOSSIBLE to remove them! Note that the 10 mm holes you have drilled only just allow the Setscrews to be hammered in - and once in - they are NOT willing to be pulled out, no matter how hard you try! As you try to pull the Setscrew out, the tapered nut expands the sleeve, forcing it open and locking the bolt sleeve against the drilled hole! Just make absolutely certain that your 4 pre-drilled holes are aligned as you want before hammering in the Setscrews!!! It is NOT CLEAR on the "instructions" provided that you MUST FIT the setscrews through the end brackets, so that the hexagonal bolt heads and steel washers are on the outside of the brackets and the bolt's expanding sleeves and retaining nuts are on the inside edges of the end brackets.The "Assembling Instructions" supplied are only 4 small diagrams - you have to guess what they mean! They are far from clear, to say the least and are the worst item in the entire canopy kit!

I waned to put the canopy over the back door,It was to wide and to deep so I had to cut it to length and reduce the brackets top and bottom it was easy to cut to length but a little more of a challenge to alter the bracket length.As doing so lost the fixing holes.I drilled new fixing points and it fitted the space I need it to fit!The only thing this you should not do is follow the drill suggested for the bolts supplied as it’s not correct do your own calculation on the drill size as the suggested 12 m drill is tooooo big for the bolts that came with it!!