Courtyard Awnings in Allentown, Pennsylvania
A courtyard is the hardest part of a home to shade. We build The Sunplus, a retractable shelter that covers it, custom-made to fit the space you already have.
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Shade for the Space Between Your Walls
Is your courtyard sitting empty because there is nowhere to hide from the sun? A standard wall-mounted awning needs a wall in the right place. A courtyard rarely gives you one.
Courtyard awnings are retractable shelters built for exactly that problem. The canopy opens over the space when you want cover and rolls back when you want the sky — and because every unit is custom-made, it fits the courtyard you have rather than the one a catalog assumes.
Designer Awnings is an authorized Sunesta dealer, family-owned and installing across eastern Pennsylvania for over 25 years. We measure your courtyard in person, bring fabric samples to the house, and show you how each model would sit before anything is ordered.
The Sunplus Courtyard Shelter
Retractable, custom-made and built by Sunesta, with rain gutters built in. Projections reach up to 23 feet, and we join units side by side, with support legs, to cover a courtyard up to 120 feet wide.
The Sunplus
The Sunplus is a retractable shelter with integrated rain gutters, so water runs off the edge and away rather than pooling or dripping across the doorway. It can also be set up as a free-standing unit against a wall, which is what makes it work in courtyards with nothing overhead to build on.
- Projections up to 23 feet; units join with support legs up to 120 feet wide
- Integrated rain gutters carry water off the canopy
- Free-standing unit configuration against a wall
- Keeps a courtyard usable when the weather turns
- Custom-made, with fabric chosen from samples at your home
What You Get With a Courtyard Shelter
A courtyard awning changes how often the space gets used. Here is what that comes down to in practice.
Made to Fit the Space
Nothing is trimmed from stock. We measure your courtyard and the shelter is built to those dimensions.
Sun When You Want It
The canopy retracts. Cover the courtyard through the afternoon, then open it back up for the evening.
Rain Handled
The Sunplus adds integrated rain gutters, so a passing shower does not end the evening or soak the doorway.
Fabric Chosen at Home
We bring acrylic fabric samples to your house so you can hold them against your siding and stone before you decide.
Sunesta-Backed Warranty
Every unit we install is a Sunesta product and carries Sunesta’s warranty, in writing, on top of our workmanship.
Installed by Our Crew
No subcontractors. The people who measured your courtyard are the people who install the shelter.
Courtyard Awnings at a Glance
One model, made to measure. Here is how it is built and what is decided during your free in-home estimate.
| Model | The Sunplus |
| Category | Retractable courtyard shelter |
| Projection | Up to 23 feet |
| Width | Up to 18 feet per unit; units join side by side, with support legs, up to 120 feet |
| Frame colors | White or brown |
| Mounting | Free-standing unit against a wall |
| Rain gutters | Integrated |
| Sizing | Custom-made to your courtyard |
| Fabric | Acrylic, chosen from samples |
| Manufacturer | Sunesta — we are an authorized dealer |
| Warranty | Sunesta-backed |
| Estimate | Free, in your home |
Why Designer Awnings
We are a family-owned company that has been fitting shade to Pennsylvania homes for over 25 years, and an authorized Sunesta dealer for the products on this page. Courtyards are the jobs where measuring in person matters most — the walls, the doorways, and the roofline all decide what will actually work.
- Every courtyard is measured in your home, not from a photo
- Our own crew installs the shelter — no subcontractors
- SmartCode, Sunesta’s order tracking system, follows your build
- You call us directly afterward — no call center in between
- Serving eight eastern Pennsylvania counties from Allentown
The Sunplus in Place
Sunplus shelters over patios, pergolas and decks, including units joined side by side.
Let’s Come to You
A free in-home estimate takes about an hour. We measure your courtyard, bring fabric samples, and give you a clear price — no pressure, no obligation.
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Serving eastern Pennsylvania: Berks • Lackawanna • Monroe • Luzerne • Carbon • Northampton • Schuylkill • Lehigh Counties