How To Build Your Own Retractable Awning

Attach the three turnbuckles with the hook end to the three remaining eye screws on the pergola.

How to build your own retractable awning. How to build a retractable awning. Our retractable awnings mount on virtually any surface on a wall to the underside of a soffit or on a roof when there is limited mounting height. 6 carriage bolts washers and nuts long 1 4 drill bit 1 2 x10 x12 plank 1 2 x8 x12 plank 24 3 1 2 wood screws paint or stain sealer as desired paint roller and pan 10 6 eye screws 90 3 32 wire cable rope 5 turnbuckles with 1 eye screw and 1 hook 10 3 32 cable. Extend the free end of each wire rope to the eye end of the turnbuckles to get a general sense of where to cut the ends.

Here are some things and tools you need to prepare first before you jump to make the retractable awning. It s been said that if springtime has a home it s right here in bay st. 4 eye screws cable canvas sheet s shower curtain rings scissors.