Shade sails are a great way to add comfort and style to your outdoor entertainment spaces.
How to attach sail shade to roof.
The corners of the shade should have grommets or steel rings in place.
We like them so much we plan on creating matching shade on our patio area just outside the conservatory to make a unified chic home design.
Screw and bolt to the trusses then.
Kookaburra waterproof sun sail shade sand 11ft 10 triangular.
The triangular sails do not cover every square inch of the roof in our conservatory.
The reputable manufacturers will include turnbuckles that can simply be tightened with a screwdriver.
Just attach the hook to the turnbuckle and then slide it into place over the corner of the shade.
Use snap hooks or carbines to attach it to the corners of the sail.
Raise the shade sail up to the fascia and slip its head rod into the clamps.
Tighten the wing nuts on.
Our shade sails add an artistic flare to your boring screen enclosure adding color and breaking up structural lines with different shapes.
Creating your own style.
These are the sails i used.
This can be as simple as on any corner you cannot reach easily add a block instead of a hard point and send the corner line thru that block and into a cleat.
Install three steel posts attaching them to the deck framing to support the shade sail.
Planning a diy shade sail in most cases a shade sail is secured to a combination of steel posts cemented into the ground and brackets and.
You simply need to place the screwdriver in the middle of the turnbuckle so that the entire piece rotates.
If fixing onto the roof a standard shade sail roof bracket is the best choice.
Some of the cheaper brands of sail shades don t have these and simply attach directly to the hook.
Fasten each post with lag.
When it s not in use you can take it down easily.
If you are fixing to timber sst screw.
Screw head rod clamps to the house fascia spaced 3 feet apart.