[pairodice]

We ordered an awning recently from ZipDee to replace the one on the living room slide (as you said the PO ripped the old one off). The awning we chose extends out over the window and shades the window. It works GREAT and keeps the limbs, leaves, rain off the top of the slide room - your slide room will probably leak like ours did without the awning if it's an HWH. Read our posts about the slide room... You will learn to just start the engine and merge the batteries when you are running the slide rooms in/out.
As far as the bay door keys go: do you have the electric solenoid locks (you don't need no stinking keys). Our switch for ALL the bay doors is just inside the entry door on a panel. I am in the process of replacing some of my solenoids but it is so worth it not to have to mess with keys!