How to Build Wood Awnings
It will only take a few hours to build a wooden awning for your windows. This type of an awning will be great for covering your patio too. Once it’s in place your awning will make your home look nice.
Things That You Will Need
- Galvanized screws
- A drill
- Two brackets
- Four-inch wide wood
- UV5 Clear Wood Finish
- A level
- Measure your window’s width.
- Add an additional inch to each side of your window.
- Buy wooden slats that match the length of the wood that is needed.
- Put a coat of UV5 Clear Wood Finish on all of the wood to protect it from both the rain and the sun.
- Connect the brackets with a level. Make sure that they are one inch above the window frame and about a half inch out from the sides, whose width is approximately one inch.
- Make your awning’s brace (two pieces of wood as far out as you want the awning to be from your window).
- Put a coat of finish on the two braces.
- Screw the slats together vertically with galvanized screws so that they don’t rust.
- Measure the length of your awning.
- Screw the brace to the window frame approximately a half-inch up from the end of your awning.
- Cut one piece of wood that is the same width as your awning. This is the piece that goes horizontally across the slats then attaches to the brackets.
- Make sure that this piece of wood is level then use a drill to screw the piece of wood into the slats.
- Attach your awning to the brackets and the brace.
- Drill the side of your awning into the brace before attaching it to the bracket. Make sure that it is level.