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Eight guides for everything we build that gets installed - with the tool list, the drilling pattern and the points where mistakes usually happen. All of them are visible on this page, one click away.

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Installation guides at a glance

Pick your product. Every guide opens with the tools you need and the fixing material that comes in the box.

Marking a drill hole for wall cushion installation

Wall cushions

Mark the drilling pattern, set the hanger bolts, hook in the wall buttons - for concrete, masonry and timber.

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Balcony screen tied to a railing with cord

Balcony privacy screen

Fixed to the railing - with cord or cable ties, depending on the railing shape.

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Folding awning under a patio roof

Folding awning

Align the rails, feed in the gliders, fix the hook-and-loop profile - under or between the rafters.

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Bracket mounting set for a rope tension system

Rope tension sun sail

Tension the rope, hook in the panels, set the stoppers - bracket, front and facade mounting.

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Sun shade sail hooked to a facade

Sun shade sail

Set the fixing points on the facade or a post, plan the slope, build up tension.

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Panel set of a folding sun sail

Folding sun sail

Rope routing, field length and stoppers - the overhead job for two people.

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Outdoor curtain hung along a railing

Outdoor curtain

Track or rope, eyelets or loops - how to hang curtains outdoors.

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Screw hook mounting on a pergola beam

Retractable pergola canopy

Rails on the rafters, panels on the ropes - fitting a canopy into an existing pergola.

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Compact

All eight guides as a list

The same guides without pictures - quicker to scan when you already know what you are after.

Wall cushion installation
Balcony privacy screen
Folding awning
Rope tension sun sail
Sun shade sail
Folding sun sail
Outdoor curtain
Retractable pergola canopy
Before you start

Tools needed almost every time

The exact list sits in each guide. These three things are on the table for practically every installation.

Drill and drill bits

Drill and bits

8 mm for concrete and masonry, 4 mm for timber. On an external insulation system an anchor plate belongs with it.

Spirit level and marking pencil

Spirit level and pencil

For levelling and for marking the drill points. On a sun sail you deliberately work with a slope instead.

Two people installing together

A second person

Anything tensioned overhead - sails, awnings, folding systems - goes noticeably faster and safer with two.

In practice

Before you drill

Four points where installations most often go wrong - all four can be checked beforehand.

Check the substrate

Concrete, clinker, aerated concrete and external insulation each need different fixings. In an insulated facade an anchor plate or a threaded rod has to reach the load-bearing layer.

Plan the slope

A sun sail or an awning without slope collects rainwater. At least 15 degrees, so the water runs off reliably.

Measure twice, drill once

Hold the product against the marked points and check before drilling. One hole too many stays visible in the facade for good.

Wait for dry weather

Tensioning fabric while it is wet means it pulls in as it dries. Fit it dry and the tension stays where you set it.

Frequent questions

Frequently Asked Questions

All eight guides are on this page, once as picture cards and once as a compact list. Every guide follows the same pattern: tools, supplied material, steps, typical mistakes.

Most installations are well within reach for two people with a drill. It gets demanding on insulated facades and on sun sails with large spans, because considerable forces act on the fixing points there.

With ring nuts or anchor plates in the load-bearing masonry, not in the insulation. On an external insulation system a threaded rod runs through the insulation into the concrete or masonry behind it. The sun shade sail guide shows both cases.

Expansion plugs in concrete and solid brick, long-shank plugs or chemical anchors in hollow brick and aerated concrete, a hanger bolt straight into timber without a plug. In case of doubt a test hole shows how solid the substrate really is.

At least 15 degrees. Without slope, water pockets form that stretch the fabric permanently and in the worst case tear out the fixing. On folding systems under a glass roof the slope follows the roof.

The fixing material that belongs to the product - on wall cushions for instance hanger bolts, plugs and wall buttons. Tools are not included. What exactly comes with it is listed at the start of each guide.

Sources

Last reviewed: 25.08.2026 · Reviewer: Germes-Team

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