Essential Awning installed two awnings at our home, front and back. The front was affixed to brick, while the back was affixed to Hardy siding. The awnings themselves were great, and the price, I felt, was reasonable, however the installers attempted to seal the gap between the back door awning and the siding by smearing clear caulk into it. Obviously this was not an effective seal. When our siding installers saw this many months later, they immediately offered to place a piece of matching flashing above the awning (without charge), thereby eliminating the previous issue of leakage against the back door every time it rained. It took them about 10 minutes to do this; I wish the awning installers had been this fastidious about their work.