How To Build Wood Window Awnings
Take a photograph of each window on a sunny day so that you can see where the light reflection hits the surface.
How to build wood window awnings. 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. Choose the awning s location. Purchase 1 inch wide by 6. Mark and cut slat locations.
Determine how far your awning should reach. How to make window awnings yourself step 1. According to this blogger s estimate you can have the whole thing finished in no more than about three or four hours an ideal weekend diy project for those who. Semicircular square or rectangular.
Materials 2 1 x2 pine boards at least 6 long 2 x10 piece of corrugated metal roofing wood screws dark stain and clean rag to apply it 1 metal screws gloves 1 1 4 pine board 2 six foot long 1 2 boards. A perfect way to keep the rain off your head and it looks great too. Covering a patio will require a larger awning than an awning covering a. Determine what shape awning you would like to purchase.
Cut the 8 foot 2x4 boards into 1 piece of 3 foot. Diy front door awning. We like a diy plan with a good backstory. Cut the 1x6 s in half making 6 pieces of 4 feet length each.
Observe where the sun contacts your home the most throughout the day if you are looking. How to build window awnings.