I’ve been asked to put an awning above a deck and don’t know anything about it
Here’s the deck
The picture shows the problem – the awning needs to be higher than the roof line in order to have adequate clearance.
What do attach the awning to when it must be higher than the roof ?
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Hmm, narrower awning?
Dunno.
Jim
Where exactly is the awning going? The entire deck? Is this a retractable awning?
Awning is retractableIt goes on the west side of the house which is at the top of the stairs
How about something like this?http://www.seashellawningsusa.com/
SweetThanks I appreciate it
"It goes on the west side of the house which is at the top of the stairs"Do you mean the left side in the photo?
The side not shown?
Going by the sun location in photo, if the left deck is the west, the sun is coming up in the north
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Edited 9/1/2009 5:07 pm ET by Piffin
I didn't make it very clear - the side of the house showing in the picture is the side where they want the awning.You can see the windows and roof line on the side where they want the awning.They have found an awning at costco and are trying to figure out how to put it above the roofThe length of the awning is about 18 ftIt opens up to about 10 ftSorry about the confusion!
I seeThe awning companies can design and install custom to fit for a decent price is my experience. One of those things like garage doors installs - always cheaper top go with the specialist
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I don't see a problem. Call an awning compnay to do it, add your markup. Stand there when they insall to be sure they don't sccrew up and break a window, and that they clean up after themselves.
They have all sorts of fancy mounts and methods
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i'd build a bracket that looks like a L with another leg straight down off the bottom to attach to the house.then the upright part of the l woul be where i would attach the awning. probably take 6 across the house.sorta like a z ?the horzonal part of the l is to get you out past the overhang.
make it out of 2" square tubing welded up.
another description since this is clear as mud. first a upright 2' long,then a horizonal 16" long,then another 2' upright that the awning will attach to.
sorry i tried to draw one,just couldn't make it happen
the older i get ,
the more people tick me off
Edited 9/1/2009 5:40 pm by alwaysoverbudget
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Hadn't thought about brackets like you're describing but I think you're on to something Larry.I think some houses are made for awnings and others just don't look rightThe house would look good with awnings on every window (just my opinon)Have you ever had awnings on your own home?I think they add a lot to the looks
i'm sitting here laughing. i just tore off 6 or 8 awnings in college hill!
i see some houses with them and they look fine, but they are usally a new stlye awning and not the old corragated type that i took off.
anyway did you figure out what i was taliking about? i couldn't even follow it.
the older i get ,
the more people tick me off
lol, yes I figured it out.Problem is I don't have a welderI wonder if the "yellow" bottle would burn hot enough to weld the tube?The propane in the "blue" bottle does not get hot enough ?
no the small torches won't do it. what you need to find is someone with a wire feed or arc welder. if you had all the metal cut and ready to weld a welder would do it pretty quickly.
that house is over on the east side of college hill park,1 kick but neighborhood. but this house is the worst built house i own. whoever built it gave no consideration to load paths. it sags every which way. i think they call that character? but tenants love it.
but you know what they say,location,location,location. and it's got that!the older i get ,
the more people tick me off
I just looked at picture and THAT IS REALLY A COOL HOUSE YOU HAVEWould love to see the inside
Funny. To me, the "old style" would be striped canvas on metal tube frames.
the canvas stripe i see some people putting them on now. going for that retro look.
i had a deckboat that was candy striped with a orange and white canvas top. it was so ugly the fish would run from it.the older i get ,
the more people tick me off