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Santiago
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? regarding shade cloth for patio covers
We're finally getting the front of the cabin completed and will have a 10'X24' area to cover. Thinking of using the green sheeting that nursuries
often use to shade a large area and wondering what the experiences have been from others who have used it.
Is there a 'best' way of attaching it? Does it really block the sun? Will a powerfull wind shred it?
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koolaroo, a little more expensive but up to the task.
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I saw some nicely designed ones in La Paz being used as shade for parking. They had a continuous piece of 3/8 or 1/2 high quality line sewn into a
sleeve around the perimeter. They left the line exposed at cutout corners as the attachment points. It was about the most bomb proof way that I've
seen it executed. I wish I would have snapped a photo.
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We put some on over our front patio....works awesome. A few others were impressed with ours and followed suit. I bought our at Home Depot.
Relatively inexpensive to purchase and easy to install. It has held up well in the wind of BA. We have gotten fours years so far with no problems.
This is the first picture I found
[Edited on 12-8-2013 by Bajaboy]
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I bet that frame work made a huge difference Zac.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
We're finally getting the front of the cabin completed and will have a 10'X24' area to cover. Thinking of using the green sheeting that nursuries
often use to shade a large area and wondering what the experiences have been from others who have used it.
Is there a 'best' way of attaching it? Does it really block the sun? Will a powerfull wind shred it? |
i have a piece that size (brown) that you can have. it's in yuma but it can be in Sandy Eggo when you pass thru.
[Edited on 12-8-2013 by woody with a view]
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Jim,
We had shade cloth on ours till we got the lamina from Pepito (Ramon). We stapled it with the T-50 stapler, then over the top of that we nailed
batting made out of plywood, 1x, what ever we could get our hands on. We stretched it as tight as we possibly could so there was no slack in it what
so ever, so it didn't tear in the wind. It was "shady" but not good enough to take a nap under in the summer, we still felt the sun and the heat. It
also didn't keep the rain out. We might have a bunch of it in our garage trailer, you're welcome to it, if it's there.
Have you thought about using the lamina? Put it up and forgetaboutit.
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I am also a big fan of the lamina. Put it up once and you're done.
Larry
Paulina, walked around your place yesterday and everything looks fine.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
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Santiago
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What's lamina?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
What's lamina? |
Metal roofing.
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Santiago
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
It was "shady" but not good enough to take a nap under in the summer, we still felt the sun and the heat. It also didn't keep the rain out.
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I was worried about this as well. I did not know you had replaced your netting; I'll get by and check it out next time down.
At Zac's place a little sun is a good thing
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Santiago
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Metal roofing: a few times that I have been under metal roofing in the summer it seemed to radiate the heat downward. Does it come in white to reflect
the heat?
I would like to use 4X6 rafters at about 32", will it span this?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
It was "shady" but not good enough to take a nap under in the summer, we still felt the sun and the heat. It also didn't keep the rain out.
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I was worried about this as well. I did not know you had replaced your netting; I'll get by and check it out next time down.
At Zac's place a little sun is a good thing |
Exactly. In the cooler months, we like some coming in. But even in the warmer months, enough sun is blocked so it is still comfortable. But on the
other side, lamina might be a better choice.....much more expensive, though. We made a nice shade area in the back with old lamina that we took off
our roof. Works great!
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What is the snow load???
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I would like to use 4X6 rafters at about 32", will it span this? |
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The beauty of shade cloth is that it breathes. Cooler and less chance of it taking flight.
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BJ: I was thinking about this very issue - at least once a decade or so a hurricane will travel up the SOC and reach this area; onshore winds will go
right under this patio cover; I assumed the netting would just tear away leaving the posts and beams. Anyone further south have experiences with this?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Metal roofing: a few times that I have been under metal roofing in the summer it seemed to radiate the heat downward. Does it come in white to reflect
the heat?
I would like to use 4X6 rafters at about 32", will it span this? |
Lamina is very light weight, 4x6's would
be overkill, you would be better with 2x6's every 24 inches, with 1x2 purlins every 24" to support the lamina. Fasten with grommeted screws.
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then over the top of that we nailed batting made out of plywood, |
That will probably be the first thing to go in time.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Metal roofing: a few times that I have been under metal roofing in the summer it seemed to radiate the heat downward. Does it come in white to reflect
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I've never seen any that wasn't galvanized, so painting may be a problem, should that idea occur.
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We've been getting shade cloth on-line from "The Shade Cloth store". They have it in various densities: 30% to 90%, depending on what you are using
it for. We use the 50% for plants and the 90% for the patio where we sit. It comes in a lot of colors plus an aluminum coated type that reflects the
heat. It comes with a reinforced 2" edge with grommits every 2 feet. We just tie it down with nylon cord. That also makes it easy to take down.
The shade cloth in 6" wide rolls you get at Home Depot is 85%. We use to use it over a patio with 50% lathe, the the combination created too much
shade. Also, it would catch the wind and billow up. We now have a single 12" wide piece of 50% cloth. The wind goes right through it.
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