Optional Patio Cover Attachments
Attachments available for:
Wall Attachment
Benefits: Strongest and Easiest Installation.
Drawbacks: Cover height might become too low on Houses with low roof overhangs.
Installation: Patio Covers are Lag Bolted directly to the wall with a C-Channel Hanger. Arbor Lattice Covers attach to a 2" Douglas Fir Ledger Board that is Lag Bolted to the wall studs.
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Fascia Attachment
Benefits: Utilizes the roof eave as part of the patio cover, allows for taller patio roof heights.
Drawbacks: Projection Cover limited by the strength of the Roof rafters that support the Eave. The Eave must be strong enough to support the load of the patio cover for rain, snow and wind uplift..
Installation: Patio and Arbor Lattice Covers are connected directly to a 2" Fascia Board.
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Roof Top Attachment
Benefits: Allows tall patio roof heights.
Drawbacks:
1. Projection Cover limited by the strength of the Roof rafters that support the Eave. The Eave must be strong enough to support the load of the patio cover for rain, snow and wind uplift..
2. We ONLY offer engineering for this application in the IBC 2006 Engineering for California, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, Utah and Washington.
Installation: Patio and Arbor Lattice Covers are Lag Bolted directly to a 2" Roof Ledger Board. The Ledger Board is attached to the Roof with 90 Degree Heavy Duty Stanley Brackets (The brackets need to be bent so the new ledger board is plumb.) The Brackets are then Lag Bolted to the Roof and sealed watertight.
Photo & Video:
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Freestanding Attachment
Benefits: Awning doesn't need another structure for support it becomes self-supporting.
Drawbacks:
1. Steel Posts must be poured into fairly large Concrete Footings.
2. Freestanding is more for the experienced do it yourselfer's or contractors, the installation is generally out of the scope of the inexperienced do it yourself homeowners.
3. Freestanding awnings are one and half to two times the cost of an attached awning depending on your requirements or type of cover.
Installation: Freestanding awnings require that the posts have to be poured into footings, the posts cannot be bolted down to concrete or wood. The footing size ranges depending on the Design Load and the Size of the awning, the footings may be as small as 21" x 21" x 21" and generally around 33" x 33" x 33" sometimes larger.
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Attached and Freestanding Basics
Attached Awnings attach to your house and to concrete,
either to a slab or to a footing (engineering determines footing size).
Freestanding Awnings have to have the posts poured into a concrete footing (without exceptions, engineering determines footing size). Under no circumstances can a Freestanding Awning be bolted to concrete, it must be poured into concrete for the necessary shear value.
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bolting to your concrete however brackets must be at least four inches away from the edge of the concrete. If you
are not putting your Awning on a concrete slab footings will have to be poured
and the posts be Bolted to the Footings.
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| Freestanding Patio Covers requires the use of Footings for all applications. Steel
Posts are required and they must be poured directly into the Footing.
The Footing size varies depending on your application. If you have
concrete this will require removal of existing concrete (i.e. saw cutting
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