thanks to all of yoy. after 10 yrs, it is finally gone!.
it was easy doing just as you guys laid it out. released lever and extended about 6" awning slack, and once nail pins were in, one screw holding fabric to rail was out, and saw it would slide out of rail freely, i went up and held awning at mid point while martha finished removing last lag screws on both legs. w/ legs free, i could slide awning forward with martha minding front leg. as rear leg got to me, i came off ladder to grab the rear leg as we completed walking it out of its rail. we tried to minimize it, but the awning could probably have hung from the fabric in its rail.
the rail and roof-meete-sidewall trim strip parallel to and just below the rail strip all cleaned up real nice. the 8 lag screw holes will need dicor filler.
is there a proper way to detail the covering such holes?
