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Community thoughts on Sun Sail anchored to house fascia (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was thinking of installing a shade sail to my house with 2 of the points anchored to my house. The type of sail I'm installing is a square type I found on Amazon. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this is safe in the event of high winds? Some videos I've found suggests the most you need to do is make sure you're tying into the end of a roof rafter... I know how to locate that, but I'm still a little nervous high winds could damage that part of my roof. Anyone have experience with this? Am I being too paranoid with this as a concern?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

How big is the sail? What are you trying to attach it with?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

12' x 12'. I was going to use a steel cable anchored 2 points to 6x6 posts and the other 2 points into the roof rafters with a sturdy hook screw through the fascia into the roof rafters with this. My plan is similar to this video.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would recommend doing something like what I did in this photo. I originally just did a simple hook like you posted, but some very high winds bent it, and it was somewhat loose - I still don't know how it stayed in.

I cut a piece of angled steel, drilled holes, and painted with white Plastidip. Then used some nylon spacers with the marine hook. I have not had any issues at all, it's been 7 months and they're rock solid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks nice!.. So do you have one of the bolts going through the rafter behind the fascia then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. There are also 2x4s running parallel behind the fascia (which are attached to the rafters), so it's really sturdy and anchored.

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