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Entrance to a house starts with a porch and canopy over him. The canopy is the original card at home, gives the structure a finished, harmonious look that complements the overall style of building, had a purely practical function, protecting the space in front of the front door from adverse weather conditions.
How to build the canopy of the tree with his own hands ^ a
The canopy over the entrance can be made from polycarbonate, trapezoidal sheet, asphalt shingles, metal. Particularly impressive and looks original wooden canopy over the porch, which, if desired, having the skills in carrying out construction and repair works you can make with your own hands. To see some pictures of the visors and select the most suitable option in this article.
Wooden visor – benefits ↑
Many owners of country houses, the master, planning to create a canopy over the porch with their hands, prefer wood. A wooden canopy is ideal for timber houses, buildings made entirely of wood houses, the ensemble of which there are decorative elements from wood.
With the beauty of wood compared to any single material, and technological capabilities of the cutting allow you to create your own hands a unique openwork elements. The popularity of natural material due to the high practical, aesthetic and operational characteristics.
The advantages of environmentally friendly, natural safe building materials include: ease of installation and operation, versatility, high reliability, ease of working with wood designs, aesthetic appearance.
Final layer should be moisture-proof but permeable to water vapour. For this reason, it is best to use paints or colored oil. To wooden structure served for a long period of time, the choice of wood pay attention to quality parameters selected for the construction of the visor material.
Choose the design of the visor over the porch ↑
The design of the wooden canopy over the porch needs to combine functionality and style to blend in seamlessly with the overall appearance of the exterior of the house, harmoniously complementing the ensemble of common elements of construction of the object. When choosing a design, consider the roofing material, the direction of the drain, the size and shape of the design, budget.
The type of support structure the canopy of the wood is:
- cantilever support;
- suspended;
- cantilever beam;
- outbuildings on separate supports.
Design of wooden canopies is largely dependent on their method of installation. Overall, massive structures require further strengthening of metal poles, wooden beams. Easier option – suspended canopies compact, small size, fixed on the outer wall surface of a house.
The freestanding design of canopies and awnings made of wood, are erected at the side of the building – one of the most popular options when constructing patios, large outdoor areas.
Wooden canopies have a wide variety of shapes and styling. To determine the style, design and form will help the next photo. A wooden canopy can be:
- Flat.
- Gable.
- Ticketnum.
- In the form of an arch (arch, polaronic).
- Tent (dome, spherical).
- Abstract.
The design of the visor above the porch made of natural wood can be open, not have side walls, and a closed, fenced deaf walls. The latter option provides reliable protection for the entrance front of the house from strong winds, rain, scorching sun.
Sophisticated design give the house a certain charm, uniqueness and originality. Best of all, if the canopy over the front porch repeats the shape of the roof and will be made in the same style, as evidenced by the following photo.
When you desire wood, you can build a semi-circular, tent-shaped, polygonal visor.
What should be the visor ↑
If the form design of wooden canopy you can choose by looking at photos in the photo gallery, planning to build a shed with your own hands is necessary not only to choose a quality material, but also to consider the following aspects:
- The wooden structure must withstand not only the weight, but also a lot of precipitation (rain, snow). When choosing a design take into account the weather features of the region, the thickness of the snow cover, strength of wind, amount of precipitation.
- It is equally important to provide a system for the collection of water in the storage tank or to the outflow into the storm sewer system.
- Ideally, the design should protect the front door and porch.
- You need to consider waterproofing. As a waterproofing material used roofing material, slate, polycarbonate, plastic, sheet metal.
- The canopy over the porch should harmonize with the overall stylistic concept of the construction object.
The width of the visors made of natural wood needs to be 60-65 cm more than the width of the doorway, above which it will be installed. So that the water did not stay above the surface, the slope shall not be less than twenty degrees.
How to build a wood visor independently ↑
To build a wooden porch over the visor with his hands independently, thus saving on the services of professional teams of craftsmen. The main thing is to prepare the necessary equipment and tools to calculate and purchase the right amount of materials. To design was the most robust and reliable, it is very important to follow established installation technology and sequence of operations. The detailed process of creating a wooden visor will be described in the video in this article.
At the initial stage you need to make a map, a drawing of future construction. Composing a draft visor, consider information about the Foundation basis, bearing wall construction project wind load. Think carefully about the elements, types and sizes of roofing materials.
The canopy over the porch can be constructed from any type of wood, but are preferably selected softwood, for example pine. It has a high performance, quality and long service life, which blends harmoniously into any home exterior, small weight, which in turn will reduce the load on the Foundation base construction of the object.
To create a solid, robust design will require a Board with a cross section of 5×5 cm and 2×1,5 cm, a wooden block (75*75). The boards should be smooth, not have bark, and other visible defects on the surface.
The amount of material depends on the shape, size of the visor. Before the work of selected wood species treated with a hydrophobic antiseptic agent which will protect the material from rot, pests, adverse external factors.
Wooden gable visor ↑
Before carrying out work necessary to prepare the equipment and tools to acquire the required amount of construction material based on a predetermined scheme of the drawing and composed estimates.
Gable awnings over the porch are the most common option, which can be easy to construct with his own hands, strictly adhering to the technology and instructions. This option protects from slanting rains, the sun has a greater degree of rigidity, contributes to the rapid outflow of the snow. Prior to the design, measure the length and width of the doorway. If necessary, build additional support for construction of a large width.
Sequence of work:
- Based on these measurements, calculate the size of the frame – the triangular brackets, batten. Determine the length of rafters on the basis of the length and width of the future of design.
- Made two brackets with an angle of 45-60 degrees, fix them to the wall surface. The distance between them is determined by the width of the canopy.
- For reference peaks set the bar. Mark the places where supports will be installed. Recess to a depth of two feet. The bottom of the wells lined with a waterproofing material.
- In the prepared holes to insert wooden beams with a cross section of 75*75. The space is filled with crushed stone, fine gravel. Poured cement-concrete solution. The pillars are best screwed to the finished pier Foundation. The tops of the supporting pillars cut down, if necessary, to the desired angle.
- The rafters are made of wooden beams with a cross section of 150*150 mm. For small canopies of wood over the porch, only two pairs of rafters. The rafter feet are fixed crossbars.
- Assemble the ridge bar.
- Doing crate. On top of the rafters are laid the sheathing of plywood, timber edging boards.
- Fix the hooks for gutter drain.
- Crate placed on a roof, using any roofing material, which is fixed with screws. The best option – metal.
- For additional protection from strong winds in addition fix side bar.
- Perform installation of drains for the gutter drains, set the bar ledge. Well-fixed gutter.
A simpler option is a single design over the entrance, which does not clutter the facade looks not less effectively, than complex shapes and artsy design. Besides, they are very easy to build with their own hands.
Given the arrangement of the wooden canopy over the entrance of the house described in General terms. If desired, the construction work and installation of a canopy over the porch of the house you can clean. It is important that each element was well thought out and properly installed, taking into account the sequence of operations. Besides, even a very simple structure with time can be improved to complement the new decorative elements.
