Building An Awning Over Patio

The existing slab can vary considerably throwing off crucial measurements.

Building an awning over patio. A backyard canopy patio awning or patio shade screen is a fabric roofed structures supported by a freestanding rigid frame that s bolted to your deck. Retractable awnings give you the option to cover and uncover your patio at will. This customer built an entire shaded patio out of wood then used kee klamp fittings and pipe to created awning accents. Otherwise you will have to create original footings for the overhead.

The posts will be attached to the slab using. See more of this project here. Building a patio cover a free standing example. The roof will be constructed using multi core galvalume metal roofing.

Follow these steps to build an outdoor awning or canopy over your patio. 38 00 2 new offers free shipping on eligible orders. Covered patio with pipe accents. Building over an existing slab.

To do this the swivel flange fitting was used. Get a retractable awning professionally installed for a more versatile cover. Using corrugated metal also allows me to reduce the degree of slope or roof pitch needed to a mere 10 percent or a 1 to 10 pitch. 4 out of 5 stars 141.

In this project peter used kee klamp to build a custom wisteria trellis for his backyard patio. If you are building an overhead to cover an existing patio you must first determine if local codes allow setting it directly on the slab and if so is the concrete thick enough to support the weight. The new patio cover will be built using western red cedar 4x6 posts 4x6 beams and 2x6 rafters of course you can use pressure treated pine redwood or any other suitable framing material to build your patio. Building an awning is easy and much cheaper than buying one.

Step 1 take patio measurements. Simply me 40 x 40 door window awning polycarbonate cover front door outdoor patio awning canopy uv rain snow protection hollow sheet silver gray bracket by simply me. This meant the patio cover could start at the edge of the house s roof at a height of eight feet and slope down to seven feet leaving a clearance of more than six and a half feet between the lowest part of the frame s headers and the ground at its outer edge. Patio cover plans building.

The patio awning frame becomes a permanent part of your deck and you can either leave the fabric up year round or remove it seasonally.