Video Highlights:
00:12 – What do you notice most in this before photo?
00:45 – Nothing wrong with the condition of these awnings but…
01:05 – So what was the answer?
01:20 – Why would you do this?
01:33 – So that’s what we did with this customer
Video Transcription
Hi I’m Jason from the company Blockout Blinds and today I’m here to show you an outdoor awning transformation.
00:12 – What do you notice most in this before photo?
So let’s have a look at this first photo here of one that we took ourselves. Now what do you notice looking at this photo? Is it the nice tree sitting out the front or the new plants along the front of the home or maybe it’s the relatively new paint job that is on the house. I’m guessing none of those are your answer, you’re probably thinking yeah those awnings with the yucky green and beige stripes! Yep that’s all you notice isn’t it.
00:45 – Nothing wrong with the condition of these awnings but…
Now what you can see with these awnings is that they’re actually in pretty good condition. The fabric looks like it’s held its own over the years, it’s not torn, it’s not even faded or worn. But does it look good? NO!
To make things worse this is the front of their house, imagine people driving along the street, you’d nearly have people crashing into poles out the front of your house.
01:05 – So what was the answer?
Was it to get new awnings? Well it sort of was.
What a lot of people don’t realise is that if you have awnings where the components are still in pretty good condition you can replace just the fabric only on your awnings and that is called a recover.
01:20 – Why would you do this?
Well because it is cheaper than getting new awnings, it’s around about 25-30% less than getting completely new awnings.
01:33 – So that’s what we did with this customer
Let’s have a look at this next photo and what do you see, yes a lovely slate grey solid material which completely blends in with the home. So once again you’re not just looking at those ugly green stripes it now looks more modern, it looks like the home is finished. The painting down the bottom is done, the new plants are done, everything is done and it looks great. I can tell you that the owners of this home after we had finished walked outside to look at their awnings and they had a big smile from ear to ear.
So I hope this transformation was interesting to you and until next time.
