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Canopy rear house

  • 19-09-2017 12:01am
    #1
    CGI_3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭


    I want to put a canopy / clear covered area to the rear of the house, out 4 metres, full length of the house, 15 metres. Have ideas on how I'll construct the frame, but need guidance on the sheathing material. Has to be clear obviously... Glass presumably quite expensive, and would drive up cost of frame also. Maybe polycarbonate?

    Ideas....?


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Planning required?


  • #3
    CGI_3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭CGI_3


    No planning required!


  • #4
    tradesman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 390 ✭✭tradesman


    I bought one approx. 4 yrs ago for around £1000 stg. Came complete, easy enough to put together & looked great


  • #5
    CGI_3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭CGI_3


    Where did you get it?


  • #6
    tradesman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 390 ✭✭tradesman


    This is the website for the canopy.

    www.livsupplies.co.uk


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  • #7
    mp31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭mp31


    tradesman wrote: »
    This is the website for the canopy.

    www.livsupplies.co.uk

    Can I ask what canopy did you buy and did they deliver to Ireland?
    Did you install yourself and if so was it difficult?
    If you have any pics (via PM or post in the thread) then that would be much appreciated.


  • #8
    CGI_3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭CGI_3


    Found this:

    https://youtu.be/Mz-Cda9oxfc


  • #9
    tradesman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 390 ✭✭tradesman


    mp31 wrote: »
    Can I ask what canopy did you buy and did they deliver to Ireland?
    Did you install yourself and if so was it difficult?
    If you have any pics (via PM or post in the thread) then that would be much appreciated.

    It was for a job I carried out in the UK. Installed myself as I am a builder but in my opinion it can be DIY. It took 1 day. I will have to hunt down the pics - not sure here I stored them!


  • #10
    necstandards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭necstandards


    CGI_3 wrote: »
    I want to put a canopy / clear covered area to the rear of the house, out 4 metres, full length of the house, 15 metres. Have ideas on how I'll construct the frame, but need guidance on the sheathing material. Has to be clear obviously... Glass presumably quite expensive, and would drive up cost of frame also. Maybe polycarbonate?

    Ideas....?

    Hi CGI - did you make any progress??
    Am considering a similar project at the moment - need to decided whether to use the flat polycarbonate or the multi-layer option. I wonder will the multi-layer reduce the sun light into the house dramatically, hard to decide. The flat would be better but is alot more expensive.
    Structure wise i was thinking of using scaffold bars if i can pick the up cheaply and doing a complete DIY - as i say im only at concept stage yet.


  • #11
    CGI_3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭CGI_3


    No nothing done for a few months, but coincidentally have been chasing up again with local engineering firm. They're busy though, so I'll just have to wait. As for roofing material, I've decided the 'industrial' v shaped corrugated stuff with larger flat sections seems to be the most economic way to go. I've already some on a shed that's north facing with the last 6 years, and it wasn't too dirty at all when I cleaned it a few months ago. Seemingly these come in max 4 metre lengths, so that's deciding the projection distance for me.

    Structure wise, 50 x 50 box has been mentioned...

    But no idea as to what they'll propose for uprights. My area is going to be (I'm hoping!) 8.5 x 4 metres. I'm hoping to get away with only 3 poles for support at the lower side. The higher will obviously be bolted to the house...


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  • #12
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Have a look here :

    https://www.365plastics.ie/plastic-sheets/multiwall-polycarbonate.html

    or here :

    http://www.accessplastics.com/sheet-materials/


  • #13
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Please have suppiler of any canopy, calculate wind uplift

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.thesun.ie/news/1676147/shocking-moment-storm-ophelia-causes-roof-to-rip-off-cork-school-before-being-flung-around-the-air/amp/


  • #14
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Please have suppiler of any canopy, calculate wind uplift

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.thesun.ie/news/1676147/shocking-moment-storm-ophelia-causes-roof-to-rip-off-cork-school-before-being-flung-around-the-air/amp/


  • #15
    CGI_3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭CGI_3


    BryanF wrote: »
    Please have suppiler of any canopy, calculate wind uplift

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.thesun.ie/news/1676147/shocking-moment-storm-ophelia-causes-roof-to-rip-off-cork-school-before-being-flung-around-the-air/amp/


    And how are they to do that?!

    Sure if a roof on a school isn't going to be safe (am assuming this was 'engineered' properly), doesn't this mean you can only do the best one can?!

    I'm sure no engineer could ever guarantee a roof won't blow away...


  • #16
    Gileadi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Gileadi


    CGI_3 wrote: »
    ...

    I'm sure no engineer could ever guarantee a roof won't blow away...

    Does it matter that some unrelated roof somewhere in the country had a failure, the cause of which you have no idea about...

    An engineer can prove (through calculations) that its very very very unlikely that it will blow away.

    An FYI for the OP is that if a roof panel blew off and caused damage you would be liable, just hope that it doesn't damage a neighbours house/car/pet/child


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