Awnings & Pergolas in Pittsburgh, PA — Extend Your Patio Season
Retractable awnings, motorized awnings, fixed awnings, and louvered pergolas — sold and installed across the Pittsburgh area. Free in-home consultation. Call (412) 634-5526.
- ★ Free in-home consultation
- ★ Licensed & insured installers
- ★ Lifetime workmanship warranty
- ★ Pittsburgh-based & family-owned
Pittsburgh's outdoor season is short — make it count. Retractable awnings, motorized awnings, and louvered pergolas turn a sun-baked deck or patio into a usable outdoor room from April through October. Penn Shades sells and installs awnings and pergolas for homes and restaurants across the greater Pittsburgh area — we handle design, permitting where required, and installation.
Signs You Need Awnings & Pergolas
Your patio or deck is unusable in afternoon sun — the surface is too hot to sit on, the outdoor furniture is fading, and you've been spending less time outside than you wanted to. Your restaurant patio loses customers in the late afternoon because the existing umbrellas don't actually shade the tables. You want to add outdoor living space without committing to a full screened-in addition or a built-from-scratch covered porch. You've got a south- or west-facing deck that gets the worst of the late-day sun. You'd like to use the patio in light rain — or get sun on demand on the rare cool summer day.
These aren't urgent, but every Pittsburgh summer passes faster than you think. Three or four years of "I'll do it next year" turns into a decade of unused patio. Awnings and pergolas usually install in 4–8 weeks; pergolas with motorized louvered roofs take 8–12 weeks because of structural permitting in some boroughs.
Our Awnings & Pergolas Options
We sell and install eight awning and pergola product lines. Retractable Awnings are the most flexible: a fabric awning rolls out from a housing mounted on the wall and retracts when not needed — out in the sun, away in a storm. Motorized Awnings add remote, app, voice, or schedule control on top — pair with a wind sensor and the awning retracts automatically when gusts pick up, protecting both the fabric and the hardware. Fixed Awnings are permanently extended — best over entry doors, storefronts, and small windows where you want a fixed visual feature. Window Awnings shade individual upper-floor windows for both heat reduction and exterior styling.
Commercial Awnings cover restaurants, retail, office entrances, and hospitality — branded fabric, structural mounting for snow loads, fire-rated where required. Pergolas are the structural option: freestanding or attached, with an open or covered roof. Louvered Pergolas add adjustable aluminum louvers that you can tilt for sun, shade, or close fully for rain protection — the most flexible pergola option and the closest thing to a true three-season room without building one. Motorized Pergola Roofs add remote control and automated rain/wind sensors to the louvered design.
Awnings & Pergolas for Pittsburgh Homes & Businesses
Pittsburgh's outdoor season is real but short — late April through mid-October is roughly 25 usable weeks. A south- or west-facing deck without shade is unusable from about 1 PM to 5 PM in July and August. A north- or east-facing patio gets enough morning sun to warm up but stays comfortable later in the day. We help you pick the right product for the orientation. Older covered porches in Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, and Friendship benefit from window awnings on adjacent upper-floor windows that get hot in the same afternoon. New-build patios in Cranberry, Wexford, and Sewickley typically have the structural ability to support a louvered pergola.
We install across Pittsburgh, Moon Township, Coraopolis, Sewickley, Robinson, Carnegie, Bridgeville, Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair, Bethel Park, Cranberry, Wexford, McCandless, Fox Chapel, and surrounding communities. Some boroughs require permits for permanent pergolas — we handle that on your behalf where needed.
What to Expect
Call (412) 634-5526 or book online. Free on-site consultation within a few business days. Outdoor projects need to be looked at in person — wall structure, mounting surface, deck or patio dimensions, sun angle, and any HOA or borough requirements all factor in. Once we agree on the product, we order, fabricate, and schedule install. Retractable awnings typically deliver in 4–6 weeks; louvered pergolas in 8–12 weeks. Awning install is usually 1 day; pergola install is 2–4 days depending on size.
Why Choose Penn Shades for Awnings & Pergolas
Outdoor projects involve more variables — structural attachment, wind loads, permits, and integration with existing electrical for motorized units. Family-owned, Moon Township-based, licensed and insured Pennsylvania installers, free in-home consultation, upfront fixed pricing, lifetime workmanship warranty on installation. We handle the permits and inspections so you don't have to chase them.
Want to see the rest of what we install? Visit the Penn Shades main site for our full range of window treatments and smart film.
Pick the right awnings & pergolas for your space
Retractable Awnings
Roll out in the sun, retract in a storm — the most flexible option.
Learn More →Motorized Awnings
Remote, app, voice, or sensor-driven control on top of retractable design.
Learn More →Fixed Awnings
Permanently extended — doors, storefronts, small windows.
Learn More →Window Awnings
Individual upper-window shading for heat reduction and exterior style.
Learn More →Commercial Awnings
Restaurants, retail, hospitality — branded fabric, structural mounting.
Learn More →Pergolas
Freestanding or attached — open or covered roof structural option.
Learn More →Louvered Pergolas
Adjustable aluminum louvers — sun, shade, or rain-tight on demand.
Learn More →Motorized Pergola Roofs
Remote control and rain/wind sensors on the louvered design.
Learn More →Book your free in-home consultation
Don't lose another summer to a sun-baked deck. Call (412) 634-5526 or book a free consultation online — most awning projects install in time to use this season.