Diy Metal Roof Awning

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Diy metal roof awning.

Probably the most popular for mobile home owners is the lean too design. A lean too is when one side of the carport or covered patio is attached to the home and the other side is lower and sits on posts. The framework mounts directly on the side of your house. Once the frame was up it only lacked a metal roof.

With a few well placed metal roofing screws complete with butyl grommets the roof was on and the awnings were complete. Ideally all awnings should have a pitch of 1 4 for every 1 foot. We used a three foot wide panel since we had some lying around anyways and rip cut one piece so that all three metal panels fit evenly over the top of the awning. Depending on the size of unit you desire and the load requirements for your area you can choose from a 3 x 12 aluminum pan in two thicknesses a 3 x 8 aluminum pan in three thickness and a 3 8 galvalum 024ga pan.

Use a hand or motorized crank to retract the awning. Weekend warriors remodeling our house on the weekend. Deck and patio shade awning in retracted position. Retractable awnings consist of a metal framework covered with shade fabric and they are one of the most popular patio shade ideas.

Awnings are available in several different designs. Our awning had no need to be water proof because there s another overhang above it it s just used for decoration. Diy corrugated metal awning i built the awnings with 2 3 boards and a sheet of corrugated metal. But if it does need to be waterproof be sure to cut the metal tight to the wall use the appropriate flashing and sealer and use a self tapping screw with a rubber grommet on it so that it doesn t leak around the screw holes.

An extraordinary selection within a pan style roof structure.