How To Attach A Wood Awning To A House

Awnings are a type of canopy that can be constructed by attaching to the wall of the house windows doors or as separate structures for the patio and deck.

How to attach a wood awning to a house.

For building a wooden awning in the patio you will need wood posts wood beams nuts screws washers bolts and covering sheets. Drill holes for the expanding anchors every 16 inches or as specified by local codes insert the anchors hold the ledger in place and tap it with a hammer to indent the anchor locations on its back face. Awnings need approximately 6 to 12 inches of open heightwise wall or roof space to be installed. Anchor a ledger to a masonry wall with expanding anchor bolts begin by marking a line across the wall for the ledger s top edge.

Attach the brackets to the house even with the chalk line making sure they are plumb. Lift the awning into place and bolt it to the brackets. Fastening to masonry walls. For motorized awnings plug the cord into an electrical outlet and use the remote control to extend and retract the awning.

The patio is essentially unusable on a sunny afternoon in the summer. They are in essence oversized swatches of water resistant fabric connected to a frame and attached to your house or some other structure. This video looks at a couple of design options including attaching the roof ledger below that of the existing eaves and setting the patio roof atop the existing roof. Existing patio is outside the dining room on the west side of the house.

A small awning will generally not have these problems. Wall space needed for attaching. Larger patio awnings may require permits or permission from the zoning board.