You bet they do! But you need a good product, professionally installed. A good retractable awning is designed to operate reliably to enhance the comfort and beauty of your outdoor space, whether at home, your office “break area,” or your restaurant’s outdoor dining space. Some of the best recent designs include weather-sensing technology which can close the awning during damaging wind storms, even if you’re away from home. And with the variety of awning products available today, you can have everything from a standard retractable deck awning, to a simple sun shade, to a retractable pergola cover, to a fully-enclosed outdoor “room.” Awnings also form an excellent investment. They add value to the property (and, in the case of a restaurant awning, they create enough extra revenue opportunity through outdoor dining to quickly pay for themselves). And they’re an excellent way to reduce your home or business utility bills, keeping outdoor spaces up to twenty degrees cooler in the