How To Build Metal Awning

Building a cedar awning with a metal roof.

How to build metal awning.

A perfect way to keep the rain off your head and it looks great too. Cedar is one of our favorite woods to work with and in this video you can see how these diyers use this fantastic type of wood to build an awning with a metal roof. The long piece needs to be about 6 wider than your window. The awning is built to provide protection and a barrier between the sun and the rain.

The awnings are attached to house exteriors rv trailers or even a truck. Use this guide to basic wood and metal window awnings and create your own one of a kind window dressing that takes the yawning out of awning. I think it s how he relaxes but it s also a sign he s been out in the sun a little too much and has gone a little crazy. Covering 16 feet.

We ended up remo. Awnings are made from simple posts with canvas or aluminum overhangs. My dad loves to come up with little projects to do around the house. I started by cutting my long back piece that will attach to the wall over the window and the two side pieces.

An awning is a device that functions like a patio cover but isn t as structural. Purchase 1 inch wide by 6 inches long 2 54 cm wide by 15 24 cm long boards to create the awning frame. Create a 2 dimensional square frame and attach an equally sized square frame to it so they share a middle spine. Diy front door awning.

I built the awnings with 2 3 boards and a sheet of corrugated metal. Step 2 affix wall brackets to the window frame fasten one wall bracket to the side of the window frame where the top of the awning will be with galvanized steel screws that are rust resistant. Make 2 identical 2 dimensional right triangle frames attached to the ends of your square frame.