FAQs · 2026-04-17
What does the full cassette actually protect?
Fabric, arms, and roller — everything — sealed inside the housing whenever the awning is retracted.
What does the full cassette actually protect?
Everything. When a Full-Cassette awning retracts, the fabric, the folding arms, and the roller tube all withdraw into a fully enclosed square housing — no component is left exposed to sun, rain, snow, or grit. Compare the alternatives: an Open-Roll leaves the roll on the wall; a Semi-Cassette shields the top and sides but stays open beneath. Full enclosure means the fabric and mechanism spend their stored life — which is most of an awning's life — sealed away from the weather entirely.
The payoff is longevity and looks: fabric that is not weathering while stowed stays vibrant longer, hardware stays clean, and the closed housing reads as a slim architectural element on the wall rather than visible equipment.
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