What is the best way to mount? I want to use it as a permanent shade for a car. It's a gravel area, so I could use pipe or wooden posts.
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I would use metal poles with in ground sleeves. 2 inch or larger square tubing. Also guy wires under and over the sail will keep the sail from taking off.
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I used conduit pipe to attach it to my deck. you could use 4x4 posts in the ground then attach the fly to the poles
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There's a small cord housing unit that hangs at the bottom of the cord (2-3' from the top) and has to be screwed in to something to work properly (mounting hardware included). This caused a little problem for us because the shade hangs down about 8" away from the post the bracket is on so the cord is at an angle.
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I had a support pole from another cover which I did not like so I used PVC pipe and built my own. It was easy and turned out to be very stable, stayed in place and supports the cover. If you would like more information about the design I would be happy to share information with you.
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They recommend brackets by SanuD or OmniMount. Two threaded holes in back and one on the bottom. Good luck!
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How are you going to attach them? I want to do the same thing on my deck on the posts. Instead of the cheesy looking 'colonial' lights that go over the fence posts as caps.
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It won't clamp securely to a round pole. It's best to clamp it to a shelf. It supports the weight of the shade just fine. But beware of the threads on the shade. They aren't very secure.
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At the beach I lay it in the sun, usually the hood of my car, then hang it from one corner of my 10x10 pop-up canopy. I have to crouch a little but it works. In a pinch I've had a 2nd person hold it up while showering, but it gets heavy fast.
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For now I have not mounted it. My son in law told me I would have to get a metal pole to mount it on and the metal pole would be mounted on the side of my house facing south. For now, I am bringing it in and out of my house. I have a long nail and I have been hanging it on that with string. It sounds amateurish but that is the best I can do for now until someone helps me mount it.
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The shade is attached so that you can mount with shade either pointing up or down. We have ours mounted pointing down. No problem.
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You can probably use any shade out there provided it has that right sized notch in it. Which means it's best that you have them physically together since the photos here aren't detailed enough to make that comparison.
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I used the same size and length of pipe to mount a weather station to the side of a building. It has held up great, but you will have more weight at the top. Just seperate the mounts further apart and it should hold up as well......
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You would have to add blocking (pieces of wood) to allow the brackets to be mounted. If there is no frame above or to the sides, you would have to create vertical supports by burying a pressure treated 4x4 that's at least 6 feet high (portion above ground level) or higher if you want the bottom of the shade to stop a few feet above floor level. You don't want to leave the ends of the shade unsecured as any wind will blow the shade around and bang it into anything nearby. If adding wood blocking or free-standing 4x4s won't work, the next option would be to create fabricated metal brackets. It would not be terribly expensive (probably $80 or so, a guess) to have a metal shop or welding shop fabricate a fairly simple bracket with a 90-degree bend and 4 holes. You would have to prime and paint the bracket to prevent rust and you'd have to provide the shop with accurate drawings with dimensions that will make the brackets work for your situation. If the dimensions on the drawings are wrong, the brackets won't work for you. Back to not leaving the shade hang-free... these shades come with small bungees that hook on plastic brackets... you really need to have a place to mount the small brackets (2 screws each, 1 bracket for each side of the shade). The shade extends 6 feet so the brackets will be something like 6'-6" from the shade roller itself if there's nothing there to attach the hold-down brackets to, you'll need to figure out a solution for that also.
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i had to mount it using some custom brackets i made from the local hardware store, i mounted it to my grill and re inforced it so it wouldnt fall off. so far it has stood up to heavy rain and gravel! very bright and very happy
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Pretty much designed to be mounted... not something you'd move around easy in my opinion... good luck
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Normally you would have anchor poles and the shade you are about to purchase would be a replacement. But since you are asking, you need to either have anchor poles installed for a shade sail or you can build a frame to support it and attach lines to the corners and run them to anchors you put in the ground like used on a tent, and pull the lines tight, and use a pole in the center to give a peak. Good luck and enjoy, they work great.
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Sounds to me like you need a chain long enough to reach the fence. Be sure to attach to a fence post and not the fence. I use chains and and attach a turnbuckle to tighten the shades. I just received my order of 4 square sail shades. I have a couple of guys coming in to dig the holes (with a rented auger) and I plan to set seven 4x6x16' posts in concrete. The other side will be attached to my house. This will cover my back deck which in 56' X 18'.
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It depends how you install it. We installed ours on a new porch we built at our seasonal campsite where the temps reach up to 100 in the shade. We use it to block out the sun, rain and wind on one end. We created a small seam across the top large enough to get a length of 1 inch PVC pipe through snuggly and cut the sail at the bottom to fit the 9 ft length we needed with another seam turned up to hold another length of 1.5 inch PVC pipe. We filled the bottom pipe with sand and used end caps. We drilled holes every 12 inches in the upper pipe (through the fabric) and then installed hooks every 12 inches into the porch overhang where we attached it. The sand in the lower PVC pipe allowed it to hang smoothly and look really nice. We then put grommets in the sides 24 inches apart and installed clasp hooks with eyebolts at the same distance in the support posts. This allows us to clasp the hooks when we want it down, without fear of the wind catching it and whipping it about. We also installed two curved curtain rod holders into the support posts about 6 inches from the top support which allows us to roll it up and set it in the supports when we want the view. We used the leftover fabric to create a bag to hold the shade for storage during the Winter months. This was a great buy for us and is more than meeting our expectations!