That's how the ancient Romans shaded the Colosseum. Archeological digs around the site, found sail making stalls for sewing/inserting sails around the tops of the Colosseum. Good idea but not new!
So we have a revival of old ideas but a new application - being used on homes now instead of standard canopies.
Have to admit, I wondered the same thing as Glenda since there was no center pole - which would just be in the way. I see that the corner is attached waaaay up on the side of the house now!!
Is this water proof so if it's just a light rain w/no howling wind you could still sit out there??
@violet, the installation, required us to waterproof the pentetrations on the house siding, we used silicone based products along with lag screws. This is a hardcoat stucco on a "stick-built" home. On the deck, we reinforced the 6x6's on the outside to handle the load forces. The nuance on the design is that the sail needs to pointed into the prevailing winds and reinforced against a side wind (the customer had an engineer spec the requirements for us)
@Marg - yeah really. Guess that's why these things are best left to the pros to figure out!! Looks simple but apparently there are alot more technicalities to consider than meets the eye!!!
Have to admit, I wondered the same thing as Glenda since there was no center pole - which would just be in the way. I see that the corner is attached waaaay up on the side of the house now!!
Is this water proof so if it's just a light rain w/no howling wind you could still sit out there??