Awnings made to measure, built in the Alpes-Maritimes

An awning is judged on two things: how it behaves in wind, and what it looks like once it is closed. Fabric, colour and motor all follow from those two answers. We build three ranges in our workshop at La Gaude, and the right one depends on how exposed the façade is.

TradiRolh, the open traditional awning

The frame stays visible when the awning is retracted. It is the simplest arrangement, the least expensive, and the easiest to service years later. It mounts on a façade or under a ceiling, shelters a terrace from sun, light rain and wind, and takes an integrated LED strip if you use the space after dark.

RolhBox, the cassette awning

Closed, the fabric and the arms fold entirely inside an aluminium cassette. Nothing stays exposed to the weather, which is what keeps the fabric clean and the mechanism moving on a seafront façade. The load bar seats flush into the cassette, so a closed RolhBox reads as a discreet aluminium line above the opening rather than a piece of equipment bolted to the wall.

Banette, the window awning

A small drop-arm awning for a single window, with side arms that hold the fabric right down to the end of its travel. It is the traditional Mediterranean answer to a west-facing bedroom window, and it shades the glass without darkening the whole room.

Arms, motors and fabric

Arms are high-resistance, articulated or telescopic depending on the projection. Somfy radio motorisation is fitted as standard, so the awning is driven from a handset or from the same home automation box as your roller shutters.

The fabric is where the money shows. Beyond the standard range, we offer a heat-welded fabric: four times the tear resistance, fully waterproof, and no visible seam across the width. On a wide awning facing the sea, that single choice decides how the fabric looks in five years’ time.

Ordering

Every awning is made to measurements taken at the opening itself, not to a catalogue size, and it is fitted by an approved installer from your area. Send us the width, the projection you need and a photo of the façade, and we will come back with a price: use the quote form or read more about the workshop.