10x10 Folding Canopy

Have I mentioned it rains a lot here? Well it also gets pretty sunny in the summer, and the way our deck is positioned the sun can get pretty hot. My wife is on medication that makes her extra sensitive to the sun, so we've tried various means to cover the deck.

Ultimately the right answer will be something like a retractable awning, but we've got plans to rebuild the deck and until we do that it doesn't make sense to put in anything permanent.

We finally hit on one of these 10x10 folding canopies from Quik Shade. They're cheap and remarkably sturdy; while they say they're not for "permanent use" ours stays up almost all year and does great.

It definitely extends our use of the deck into the start of the rainy season, and makes summer dinners much more pleasant.

A hint --- on a wood deck like ours, you can actually secure the feet to the deck with cable ties; trim the ends and they're virtually invisible.