Aluminum Awnings in Louisiana — Shade for Galleries, Porches & Storm Season

1800Awnings is a Tampa awning manufacturer supplying Louisiana with custom aluminum awnings, architectural canopies, pergolas, and Bahama shutters — built one order at a time in our own factory and freighted direct to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, and every parish in between. We have fabricated shade for the Gulf South since 1987. Nothing is stocked, nothing is a standard size: you give us the opening, we build to it, and it ships free.

Custom aluminum awning manufactured by 1800Awnings and shipped to Louisiana

Louisiana Awnings at a Glance

What we ship to Louisiana
Retractable awnings, aluminum window & door awnings, architectural canopies, pergolas, Bahama shutters, motorized solar and hurricane screens
Where it is made
Our own factory at 4608 N. Hale Ave, Tampa, FL — about 660 miles from New Orleans and 900 miles from Shreveport
Shipping
Free freight shipping to all 48 contiguous states, including every ZIP code and parish in Louisiana
Sizing
Built to the exact inch — no standard-size compromises
Install options
DIY knock-down kits (pre-cut, pre-drilled, stainless hardware) or fully assembled crated units for contractor install
Louisiana metros served
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Metairie, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Kenner, Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, Houma, Slidell, Covington, Mandeville, Hammond, Thibodaux, New Iberia, Gretna, Prairieville, Grand Isle
Phone
1-800-AWNINGS (1-800-296-4647)
Commercial aluminum awnings on a self-storage facility, the same construction shipped to Louisiana commercial projects

Engineered for the Louisiana Climate

Louisiana architecture has always been an argument about shade. The raised Creole cottage, the Acadian house with its full-width gallery, the shotgun with a roof pulled out over the sidewalk — those forms exist because south Louisiana gets more than 60 inches of rain a year, holds a dew point in the seventies for five months straight, and turns any unshaded wall into a heat sink by ten in the morning. The trouble is what that same climate does to the materials people traditionally used to build the shade. Wood galleries and wood pergolas here face rot from constant moisture and Formosan subterranean termites, which have been entrenched across New Orleans and the coastal parishes for decades and treat exposed structural wood as an open invitation. Fabric awnings fail differently but just as reliably: the canvas never gets a dry interval, mildew colonizes the film of pollen and grime on top of it, the thread rots at the seams, and the steel frame underneath rusts out at the crimps.

Then there is the coast. From Cameron Parish east through Vermilion, Terrebonne, Lafourche, and Plaquemines, and out to Grand Isle, exterior hardware lives in salt aerosol and takes a direct hit from tropical systems on a schedule nobody in Lake Charles or Houma needs explained. Our construction answers all of it with one specification: framing that is entirely aluminum and therefore cannot rust, stainless steel fasteners at every connection, and architectural powder coat applied to 100 percent of the surface — top, bottom, edges, and the underside where cheaper units are left bare and corrode first. Termites cannot eat it, mildew cannot feed on it, and rain does not soak into it. A retractable unit rolls into its cassette before a storm and a motorized hurricane or solar screen closes a deep gallery down; rigid canopies are specified to your particular exposure and shipped with drawings, because the right projection and attachment for a raised camp on Bayou Lafourche is not the right answer for a brick ranch in Bossier City. We spec to your site — we do not publish a one-size wind number for the state.

Custom-sized aluminum awning built to exact measurements for a Louisiana home

You Are Buying from the Manufacturer, Not a Reseller

Louisiana buildings are rarely square, rarely standard, and frequently reviewed. Raised houses put header heights where no catalog awning expects them; galleries and porch columns dictate geometry; and in New Orleans the Vieux Carré Commission governs the French Quarter while the Historic District Landmarks Commission covers neighborhoods from the Garden District to Bywater, with parish and municipal review boards doing similar work in Natchitoches, Covington, and elsewhere. A reseller flipping imported kits in six catalog sizes cannot serve that. We own the plant, so we build to the exact inch, in any RAL color, in aluminum woodgrain finishes that read as painted cypress without a repaint cycle, and in profiles matched to what a review board will actually approve.

Buying factory-direct also removes the dealer margin sitting between a Louisiana homeowner and the people running the saw, and it changes who answers the phone. Send photos of the wall — brick, stucco over masonry, lap siding, a raised pier-and-beam elevation, or a commercial storefront — with header height and door swing, and a technician will tell you the projection that shades the glass, the mounting that suits the substrate, and whether a post-supported frame is the smarter build, before anything is cut.

What We Build for Louisiana Homes & Businesses

Retractable Awnings

Motorized & manual patio shade, built to size.

Aluminum Awnings

Window, door & storefront awnings that never rust.

Pergolas

Modern & coastal aluminum pergola systems.

Shutters

Bahama, colonial & architectural aluminum shutters.
Commercial open-tube aluminum awnings in a custom color on a retail storefront

Residential and Commercial Projects Across Louisiana

The residential mix changes as you move north. In greater New Orleans and on the North Shore — Metairie, Kenner, Gretna, Slidell, Mandeville, Covington — the common orders are door and window awnings on raised houses, Bahama shutters, and motorized screens that turn a gallery or a rear porch into usable space through a Louisiana August. Along Bayou Lafourche and Terrebonne and down at Grand Isle, camps and elevated homes take shutters and hurricane screens. Baton Rouge, Prairieville, Zachary, and Lafayette buy retractable awnings over back patios and aluminum pergolas over outdoor kitchens, usually on newer subdivisions with wide unshaded west elevations. In Shreveport, Bossier City, Monroe, and Alexandria the climate is a shade less punishing and the requests lean toward rigid patio covers and carport-style canopies.

Commercial orders run to storefront awnings and architectural canopies: restaurant patios and coffee shops, Magazine Street and small-town main street retail, medical and dental entries, church and school walkways, self-storage developments, and apartment communities that need a dozen or more matched units in one custom color delivered together. Those buyers generally take fully assembled crated units so a local crew can set the whole run in a day, while homeowners more often take the knock-down kit — pre-cut, pre-drilled, stainless hardware, written instructions. It is the same commercial-grade product in both cases.

Louisiana Cities We Ship To

  • New Orleans
  • Baton Rouge
  • Shreveport
  • Metairie
  • Lafayette
  • Lake Charles
  • Kenner
  • Bossier City
  • Monroe
  • Alexandria
  • Houma
  • Marrero
  • New Iberia
  • Slidell
  • Central
  • Ruston
  • Sulphur
  • Hammond
  • Zachary
  • Thibodaux
  • Prairieville
  • Harvey
  • Natchitoches
  • Gretna
  • Opelousas
  • Covington
  • Mandeville
  • Morgan City
  • Baker
  • Grand Isle

Louisiana Awning FAQs

Do you ship awnings to Louisiana?

Yes — to every parish. Orders leave our Tampa factory on free freight to any Louisiana address, from a French Quarter storefront to a camp on Grand Isle to a subdivision in Bossier City. You choose between a DIY knock-down kit and a fully assembled crated unit at the time of order.

How much do aluminum awnings cost in Louisiana?

Pricing is driven by size, style, and finish, not by where you live. Freight to Louisiana is free, so a New Orleans or Lafayette customer pays the same as a customer in Florida for an identical unit. Retractable awnings start around $1,924. Send us dimensions and a photo of the opening and we will price the exact build.

Will an aluminum awning stand up to south Louisiana humidity, termites, and storm season?

This is the strongest case for aluminum in the entire Gulf South. Formosan termites and rot end wood galleries and wood pergolas; humidity and mildew end fabric. An all-aluminum awning is not food, does not absorb water, and cannot rust — and with stainless fasteners and powder coat over 100 percent of the surface, including the underside and cut edges, salt aerosol off the coastal parishes has nothing to work on. For storm exposure, retractables retract, motorized screens close, and fixed canopies are specified to your site conditions with drawings supplied for your contractor or building official.

Do you have installers in Louisiana?

Our installation crews cover the Tampa Bay area only — we have no crews, dealers, or offices in Louisiana. What ships to you is either a DIY knock-down kit, pre-cut and pre-drilled with stainless hardware, or a fully assembled crated unit that any Louisiana contractor, handyman, or sign company can mount in a few hours. Shop drawings come with the order and phone or video support during the install costs nothing.

Can you build to a French Quarter or HDLC design review requirement?

Yes. Because we manufacture, we can match a specified profile, projection, and color rather than offering the closest catalog item — which is usually what a review body such as the Vieux Carré Commission or the Historic District Landmarks Commission is looking for, and equally what a Baton Rouge or North Shore HOA architectural committee asks for. Any RAL color plus aluminum woodgrain finishes are available, and we supply drawings for your submittal. We do not file on your behalf or claim an approval; we build to the requirement you send us.

How long does a Louisiana order take?

Expect a few weeks in production depending on the product and where the queue stands, then freight from Tampa — typically two to three days to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, or Lafayette, and three to four days up to Shreveport, Monroe, and north Louisiana. Lead times shift with the season, so call 1-800-296-4647 for the current number before you order.

Get a Custom Quote for Your Louisiana Project

Send your sizes, finish, and delivery address. We build it in Tampa and ship it free to Louisiana — gallery, patio, storefront, or camp, residential or commercial.

Call 1-800-296-4647 • Request a Quote

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