One ongoing issue with the Grand Design Reflection 29RS is the outside TV is not daylight viewable... even when it is in the shade from the overhead door. I have been wanting to put an awning over this area to help cut down on the daytime glare. While there are plenty of canopies available, they are fairly heavy - some having their own wheels to transport them. I just did not want to lug another 40lbs in the basement storage (yea, I know some are thirty-something lbs.).

As happenstance, I found a lightweight awning that weighed around 20lbs, was much more portable, and on sale for $45. I thought this might work.

One issue is to form a "ridge" for proper water draining, the awning is skewed with opposing corners being high and low. While this helps with water drainage, it does not make a good lean-to.

I did find that I could dissassemble the framework, and swap the two adjacent corners of the frame so I could make a true lean-to, but it was at the expensie of the "ridge". So I further modified the awning by creating a center support structure.

I designed the support structure and 3D printed 4 corner braces and a center spyder. The corner braces can simply be placed on the support poles, cable-tied, or even secured with sheet-metal screws. I was also able to completely close the framework without having to remove the corner braces, contrary to the video.

You will want to print these components with a minimum fill of 30% for strength.

You can find the 3D templates for the parts at my 3D Templates Page.

Only one spyder is required, and it attaches to the corner braces using Coleman replacement tent poles (two packages required). One issue I ran across is the frame is not square, so you will have two long and two short sets of poles. I highly recommend assembling the awning, then cutting the tent poles to fit. You will have to cut 4 poles, two approx 42" and two approx 38". Again though, cut these to fit during assembly.

The tent poles come in a kit. Four fiberglass poles that are 9.5mm Dia and 27in Long. These can be hard to find sometimes, so any equivalent brands will work. I think I would want at least 24" long poles though as you might otherwise find yourself a bit short lengthwise.