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Vertical awning buying guide

Updated: 16.10.2026

You have a balcony door, a tape measure, and a row of listings that all say vertical awning. Some clamp from floor to ceiling. One is a chain roller. One title is a size line whose bullets describe kitchenware. This vertical awning buying guide puts the decision in order: what the product is, whether the ceiling and the width match, what 180 gsm does not prove, and who has to agree before you order. The five listings stay on the [vertical awning comparison](/hub/sun-shades/vertical-awning). The Products Compared editorial team used those amazon.co.uk extracts, with no lab test. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.

You have a balcony door, a tape measure, and a row of listings that all say vertical awning. Some clamp from floor to ceiling. One is a chain roller. One title is a size line whose bullets describe kitchenware.

Our top picks

VOUNOT VOUNOT 150 × 310 cm vertical awning

Best overall

VOUNOT VOUNOT 150 × 310 cm vertical awning
7.8/10about £54.05
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VOUNOT VOUNOT 200 × 310 cm vertical awning

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VOUNOT VOUNOT 200 × 310 cm vertical awning
7.4/10about £54.92
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YEAUPE PRO YEAUPE PRO 200 × 270 cm vertical awning

Alternative

YEAUPE PRO YEAUPE PRO 200 × 270 cm vertical awning
5.8/10about £70.18
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On this page
  1. 1.What you are buying
  2. 2.Height, then width
  3. 3.Cloth, rain, and wind
  4. 4.Drill, flat, or house

What you are buying

A vertical awning in this set is a cloth that drops in front of an opening, not a roof over a chair. The VOUNOT files and the YEAUPE PRO describe a roller between telescopic poles, turned by a hand crank, pressed from the floor to the soffit. It can cut a neighbour’s view and a slice of low sun. It does not throw shade onto a table the way a parasol does. If the job is overhead cover, settle that on vertical awning or parasol before you buy a screen. The chain roller at about £149.99 is a wall or ceiling fitting with a chain, not floor-to-ceiling poles.

Height, then width

Measure the clear height at both ends before you fall for a width. On the two VOUNOT listings the bullet says the poles adjust from 220 cm to 310 cm, with up to 3 cm of compensation at the foot. That range is not printed on the YEAUPE PRO, whose size line is 200 × 270 cm. If your soffit is 250 cm, the VOUNOT claim can include it. The YEAUPE file does not say whether 270 cm is a maximum. Reviews on the 200 cm file put the height holes about 5 or 6 cm apart, against a bullet that says continuous adjustment. Do not drill a rented soffit to close that gap. Width comes second. A 200 cm title will not sit in a 200 cm opening once the pole feet and a railing take space. Take the width at the floor and near the top, and keep the smaller figure. On these vertical listings the projection field repeats the width. The 200 cm VOUNOT’s dimension depth is 0.09 m, the packed thickness, not a canopy. The best vertical awning page applies the sizes only after the ceiling sits inside 220–310 cm.
VOUNOT VOUNOT 150 × 310 cm vertical awning

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VOUNOT VOUNOT 150 × 310 cm vertical awning
7.8/10about £54.05
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Cloth, rain, and wind

The clamp files that state a cloth say 180 gsm polyester with a PU coating. That is a weight, not a water column and not a UV percentage. VOUNOT says light rain. The YEAUPE title says weatherproof. None prints a water column. Wind is the larger gap. BS EN 13561:2015 covers external blinds and awnings, and BS EN 1932:2013 names a vertical awning as a test type. A class belongs to a stated product at a stated size. None of the five listings prints one. Reviews mention flapping, and on YEAUPE a light bottom bar. The title at about £43.99 says waterproof and wind protection, while its bullets describe kitchenware. Do not fill that blank from another listing.

Drill, flat, or house

No-drill is not the same question as permission. The VOUNOT bullets claim a pressure fit and name rented properties. The YEAUPE title says no drilling and does not say renter. The chain roller is a wall or ceiling fit, so the fixings go into the building. A clamp still pushes on the slab and the soffit. On a flat, householder permitted development does not apply in the same way, and a freeholder can still refuse a screen. Greater Cambridge says a flat can need freeholder consent and planning before the exterior changes. If you rent, or you own a leasehold flat, read balcony vertical awning without drilling before you pay.

Common questions

What do I measure first, width or ceiling height?
Measure the clear height at both ends first. The VOUNOT bullets claim poles from 220 cm to 310 cm. If the soffit is outside that span, those two screens are the wrong buy even when the width looks right. Take the width afterwards, at the floor and near the top, and use the smaller figure. The screen has to be narrower than the opening.
What does 220–310 cm actually mean?
On the VOUNOT listings it is the bullet’s telescopic range, with up to 3 cm of foot compensation. Reviews say the height holes are widely spaced, so a ceiling between holes may need a shim. The YEAUPE file does not print that range. Its size line is 200 × 270 cm. Do not copy 220–310 cm onto every product here.
Is 180 g/m² with a PU coating waterproof?
It is a cloth weight plus a coating. VOUNOT limits the rain claim to light rain, and no listing here prints a water column. Treat 180 gsm as a density you can compare, not as proof the cloth will shed a downpour. Roll it up when the rain sets in if you want the fabric to last.
Why does the listing say projection 200 cm?
On these vertical files the projection attribute repeats the width. The 200 cm VOUNOT’s dimension depth is 0.09 m, which is how thick the packed unit is, not how far a canopy reaches. Read projection as width. None of these five listings gives you an overhead cover.
Is a chain roller the same buy as a clamp screen?
No. The listing at about £149.99 is a 160 × 160 cm chain roller for a wall or ceiling, with no review line. A clamp screen presses between floor and soffit and, on the VOUNOT bullets, claims no drilling. Ask before you drill, and do not compare them as if the pole range were the same.

Related pages

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Sources

Public UK sources used for this comparison. Listing prices, stars, and review counts are the saved amazon.co.uk lines. A spot check on 16 October 2026 is noted in the guide where the shelf had moved.

  1. BSI, BS EN 13561:2015 — external blinds and awnings (retrieved 16.10.2026)
  2. BSI, BS EN 1932:2013 — resistance to wind loads (retrieved 16.10.2026)
  3. GOV.UK — permitted development rights for householders (retrieved 16.10.2026)
  4. Consumer Rights Act 2015 (retrieved 16.10.2026)
  5. GOV.UK — General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (retrieved 16.10.2026)
  6. Greater Cambridge — external shading (retrieved 16.10.2026)
  7. Red Kite — balconies (retrieved 16.10.2026)
  8. Managed Partnerships — balcony limitations (retrieved 16.10.2026)