Problem and solution...

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Good Job! It's always nice to accomplish needed tasks!

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I am smiling.

It's been a famous battle, M. I've had to rip out a lot of old render, so have pointed double my original estimate. Happily, most had shallower gaps than original arc of 'swallow to knuckles' ivy-ravaged canyons...

On fifth kilo bag of 'deep repair mix' when I'd thought two would suffice...

There's still some 'touch up' wall repairs to go, but I want to get the cat-ramp in place. After all, it has taken a year of iterative 'lateral thinking' plus much scouring of Amazon for the makings...

I'll be up the big step-ladder this afternoon, marking ramp for two splayed hooks to grab canopy's cantilever arms. Then I'll add cleats and side-walls, plus stabilising clips...

Hook onto cantilever arm, slide the base's two pad-bolts to engage with ramp-end's pair of pad-eyes, smile...

Aaargh ! I've just realised: I'll need to fit eg a removable peg to support base of ramp while I scramble down big step-ladder, then across to small step-ladder to engage pad-bolts...
Hmm...

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I solved the 'measuring' problem by driving two temporary wood-screws into wall's plank. After marking and fitting cleats, sides and hooks to ramp, I was able to remove those two screws.

Down-side, fitting those cleats slightly twisted the ramp, such I had a fight engaging 'hinge' bolts.
Up-side, the ramp is now available for cat-prowls. Note rubber tap-washers as 'flexi-mounts'...

Cats being cats, Ms Bertie isn't the least interested, while Ms. Robbie sits on mid-wall shelf and just studies this latest apparation...

May show more interest if local pigeons land and strut on the canopy...

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