Here’s a picture of my patio area. On the left side, you can see 2 of the 3 steel posts I had installed
Asked on Jul 30, 2020
How to attach shade sail to fascia or side of house?
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I want to attach shade sails over my patio. I had 3 steel posts welded to the steel fence supports on one side of my patio. Now I’m trying to figure out how to attach them to the side of my house.
Need to attach sails to the house on this side of the patio.
Do you need steel posts attached to the house? Could you use an eye bolt instead?
You could use some eye hooks on the house to attach the shade to the house.
You would need to know the location of the house framing 2x4 boards that are behind the panels, then drill and use screws that are long enough and sturdy enough to penetrate through to them. There are methods to detect those boards.
You can be sure that there are headers above your windows & doors and that there's a continuous double top plate and either a rim joist at the ceiling joists or a cj itself.
Here’s a diagram of what the framing typically looks like.
The fascia boards are attached to the ends of the roof rafters. You just need to find them and screw the eye bolts thru the fascia into the into the rafters.
I would make steel framing to make sure all is solid
Hi Maureen, here's some info I located. The sails can be quite attractive when layered as you mention you want to do. Our community has several colored sails over the pool area and it's very pleasant.
https://www.thegardenglove.com/cover-your-outdoor-space-with-shade-sails/
Hello Maureen,
You could run a batten across the area and fix
hooks etc to that. or just screw Hooks directly into the walls.
Here are a couple of pictures showing different combinations of hardware to hang shade sails.
Usually shade sails come with kits for attaching to a house, or you can get one. If you go with on the fascia, make sure it can handle wind loads so the sail doesn’t rip it right off your house in a storm.