Skip's Awnings Inc.

The state lists Ricky Jenkins and Sherry Jenkins as principals since 2006, with David Brown added in 2022. Before the current licence, the business operated under the name Skip Johnston Inc., licensed back to 1995. The crew runs in the four-to-six range. A Spokane County permit from 2019 covered a residential patio cover down in Spangle, and in 2018 the company took a job as prime contractor for the Spokane Public Library. Most of the work, though, is residential: awnings, shade systems, pergolas and railing around decks and patios. This is a shop for outdoor living work on an existing house: shading a west-facing deck, covering a patio, putting retractable fabric over a back door, or replacing old deck railing with aluminum. Skip's Awnings also handles light municipal metal installation, as the library job shows. It's not the call for framing a new addition or heavy structural steel. Those jobs belong with a framing or steel contractor, and this company's work centers on shade, covers and railing. Repair versus replace comes up often with awnings and railing on Spokane homes. Fabric takes a beating from strong summer sun and winter snow, so a faded or torn cover on a sound frame is often a re-cover job, not a new awning. Bent arms, a failing motor or corroded fasteners are worth having looked at before you assume the whole unit is done. Wood or steel railing that keeps needing paint is a different question, and switching to aluminum can end the upkeep. Ask the installer what can be saved and how the frame was mounted.