How To Build A Tin Roof Awning
I built the awnings with 2 3 boards and a sheet of corrugated metal.
How to build a tin roof awning. Watch me build a super simple overhang roof on the side of my shop to cover fire wood from the elements. Screw the steel hex washer head screws into the tops of corrugated waves of tin roofing material to prevent leaking through screw holes at the bottoms of the waves when rain runs down the roof. The long piece needs to be about 6 wider than your window. The corrugated metal pieces are about 18 inches wide and interlock.
Lay out the pre cut corrugated metal awning pieces across from the post header to the wall ledger. To bend sheet metal flashing make a form by clamping two 2 by 4s together on each side of the metal and then hammer the metal to create a sharp edge at each fold. I have been wanting something unique for his windows that would fit the style of his. Diy corrugated metal awning.
Carefully cut them with tin snips. Use metal screws to attach the metal to the wood frame. The result is much neater if you buy pre formed flashing. Attach 3 by 3 foot sheets of tin to each section of the frame using 1 inch steel hex washer head screws and a cordless drill.
Mar 29 2017 i m back in my sons room this week and i m tackling his windows with a diy corrugated metal awning. For the two sides trace the wood frame onto the metal to get the angles right. To install them remove the largest front metal panels. This meant the patio cover could start at the edge of the house s roof at a height of eight feet and slope down to seven feet leaving a clearance of more than six and a half feet between the lowest part of the frame s headers and the ground at its outer edge.
This is a super simple project and requires just a f.