Make Canvas Awning

A canvas awning adds more than a pretty face to the exterior of a house. While its color and depth add interest and appeal to a door or windows, an awning protects interior window treatments, carpeting and furnishings from harmful sun rays. You'll find specialty canvas awning installers listed in the Yellow Pages under "Awnings and Canopies"; to find them online, use a search engine like Google and type "canvas awning" in the search box. At home centers you'll find them sold ready-to-install in 4-, 6- and 8-foot widths.

A canvas company will charge $366 to install a 4-foot-wide canvas awning over a door, which includes the labor and material. You can buy the awning for $160 and install it yourself and save 56 percent. Most awnings come with a frame made of galvanized metal pipe rods and hardware. If it's a retractable awning, pulley hardware is also included. To install the awning, you'll need an electric screwdriver, carpenter's level and two ladders -- one for you, and another for a helper to hold the awning in place.

The job involves measuring the width to ensure you order the appropriate size awning, and then assembling the frame and canvas, and fastening it to the house.

When it comes to canopy, it's not unusual for property owners to opt for sinkable canopy to provide color when they need it and sun when they want it. Retractable canopy can be set up quickly and often do not require a allow. Perhaps the most pleasant element of a sinkable canopy is that it can be rolled away during the winter season or when you're expecting to get a bit of sun. It's possible to set up an canopy for your home, but this is a two-person process due to the actual weight of the canopy.

Steps to Make Canvas Awnings:

        1. Stage the increasing location on the walls of the home where you want to set up the canopy. Position a degree on the walls and mark a range under the amount. Use that range as a kick off point and increase the range with a chalk sequence.

        2. Position a tape-measure over the range create an indication for each increasing segment. Make each segment equally spread.

        3. Hold the segment against the walls using the range you formerly noticeable. Position the amount on the part of the segment, create sure the segment is completely directly and mark the increasing gaps of the segment. Do this with each increasing segment.

        4. Routine lead gaps in the part of the home for the lag products with a side drill and then protected the supports to the part of the home with the lag products provided with the canopy and a connect.

        5. Position the canopy onto the supports and line the maintaining attach through the front of each segment with a connect.

        6. Plug the canopy in to a wall store if it is computerized. If not, open the canopy with the side turn.