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How to make a shelter from the sun on the beach. Advice from experienced craftsmen for independently erecting a high-quality awning

How to make a shelter from the sun on the beach. Advice from experienced craftsmen for independently erecting a high-quality awning

If you are a fan of relaxing on the beach, then this will be a real find for you. homemade canopy from the sun. When comparing it with a large umbrella, you can be sure that it will cost less, since it is made from scrap materials, and it is easy to make it yourself, in the garage or at home. The design is lightweight and collapsible, so it can be laid even in

Preparation of materials

If you decide to make a sun canopy, then you need to prepare certain tools and materials:

  • hand drill;
  • PVC pipe;
  • bolts;
  • tent pegs;
  • rubber hammer;
  • plugs;
  • washers;
  • tarpaulin.

To carry out the work, it will be necessary to modify the plugs, but this will be discussed below.

When constructing a sunshade using the above materials and tools, it is necessary to modify the plugs. Holes for a bolt are made in each of them; the fasteners must be inserted along with a washer and nut, and then tightened well.

The next step is to install caps on the long PVC pipes. The plugs must be hammered in with a rubber hammer. This will allow them to be installed more thoroughly. PVC adapters should be installed on the end of the pipes on the other side, and the master should go over them with a rubberized hammer. Plugs without bolts must be installed on one end of the fourth pipe, while adapters must be installed on the other. This will provide a supporting structure for the awning. Using a coupling, these blanks will be turned into tall poles for the front part of the canopy, and two short ones will be located at the back. It is necessary to make holes in the upper part of the part; the paracord will pass through them.

When making a sun canopy, it should be supplemented with a tarpaulin or any other fabric. Paracord is passed through the corners of the material and pulled in different directions. The ends of the rope should be tied to stakes and driven into them at an angle to the covering. A long pipe needs to be installed in one of the corners of the front part of the structure. The short one is located obliquely. The tension of the tarp can be adjusted using a rope by passing it through the holes that are located at the top of the pipe. Once the two pipes are installed, the paracord should be adjusted again. The bolts should go through the cutouts in the tarp, this will help increase the tension of the fabric. The resulting mount must be secured with another nut, only then the coating will not fly off in gusts of wind. At this point we can assume that the canopy is ready. You can use it.

Alternative canopy option

A camouflage net for a sun canopy can serve as a roof. But the second version of this design can be made by you using a simpler technology. To do this, you should prepare sticks, linen, rope, pegs, and nails. These tools and materials are easy to find in your garage or home, closet or attic. Thus, the canopy will be completely free.

The sticks will act as supports to support the awning. You will need 3 blanks, which can be made of aluminum or wood. To create a frame, you need supports, the length of which can vary from 110 to 150 cm. Two such elements need to be prepared, while one stick will have dimensions from 200 to 220 cm, but the thickness of the support will be 25-30 mm. Having found a rope or twine, you must cut it into four pieces, the length of each of which will not exceed 1.5 m. You can borrow pegs from an old tent; those cut from wood yourself will do, their length should be 45 cm, at their ends you need to drill holes for the rope or install self-tapping screws, which are left half screwed in. You will need two nails, each of which will be approximately 80 mm long.

For reference

Such beach canopy it will not last long from the sun, it is not intended for repeated use. This is due to the fact that the design is carried out in a hurry.

Build process

On two sticks, or rather on their ends, it is necessary to hammer nails to half the length. The remaining stick should be used to drill holes at its ends with a distance of about 5 cm from the edge. At this point, we can consider that the frame is almost ready. If the tubes are made of aluminum, then the studs are wrapped with electrical tape.

When you are making a beach sun canopy, the next step is to work on the fabric, the width of which should be less than the distance between the holes on the supports. The excess can be cut off or tucked in place. The length of the sheet is usually about 220 cm, you can take that too. Now the craftsman uses a knife or scissors to make holes in the corners of the awning. A prepared rope is threaded through them and tied into knots. The material must be connected to the supports of the future canopy.

Now all you have to do is put everything together; for this, two posts with nails at the ends are dug in on the shore, the nails are installed on the crossbars with holes, you can hang the awning along the width, the hanging edges will be located in the center. The prepared pegs need to be driven into the ground with a hammer.

Stationary canopy

The canopy from the sun and rain can also be made in the form of a stationary structure. To do this, you should prepare gravel, sand, wooden beams, as well as cement. You will need fasteners for the frame, as well as a mixture to disinfect wood or protect metal from corrosion. The roof can be covered with polycarbonate. But if the canopy is made of fabric, then tarpaulin or any other will do dense material, for example, polymer fabric made of polyamide threads. When making canopies from the sun and rain for a summer house, you can use wood.

At the first stage, a place for construction is selected, then markings are carried out on the site using cords. The soil is removed along it to a depth of 15 centimeters, and nests for supports are installed in the corners. Can be installed around the perimeter wooden blind area from boards, a sand and gravel cushion is poured into the recess.

Frame assembly process

Pipes or beams are cut vertically to size, taking into account the length of the part buried in the ground. The bottom of each nest should be filled with gravel and sand, which are well compacted. After installation, the supports must be leveled using a plumb line, after which they are concreted. From above, such elements can be connected with thin beams or pipes, which will form the upper trim.

The most common roof design is the semicircular shape. As load-bearing frame in this case, you can use metal pipe arches. A camouflage net for the sun canopy can also be purchased and installed, and you can have a picnic without the fear of your family being plagued by mosquitoes.

Roof formation

When choosing polycarbonate for a canopy, it should be cut to size and a protective profile should be placed on the ends. Polycarbonate is secured to the rafters with self-tapping screws, and drainage strips should be installed at all corners. The sun canopy net will become the best solution for relax. It is strong and durable and can have different sizes, for example 6 x 9 m, 3 x 18 m, 6 x 6 m.

Review of a portable, lightweight self-folding awning. An interesting contraption, which may well be in great demand during the holidays.

UPD on the site there was an error “delivery is paid”. corrected free

Usually at the beginning of the review I talk about all sorts of abstract topics, smoothly leading the reader to the substantive part.
This won’t happen here; I felt some kind of stupor after the workout. They say that physical activity improves cognitive function, but it seems to me that this is not true. Now the closest association to what is happening in my head can be called the well-known “snake”. One thought rushes back and forth, growing little by little, only to eventually disappear again. So it's better to get straight to the point.
That's what they promise.

PACKAGING AND APPEARANCE.

Tent in assembled form is placed in a one-kilogram flat half-meter round case. The case is quite transportable, thanks to the presence of handles.

I immediately opened it and the tent jumped out at me, miraculously pushing itself from two-dimensional space into three-dimensional space. (Here I spent about 10-15 minutes trying to find and provide a link to the educational old article computerry, it seems by Bird Kiwi about the holographic principle of the universe. There was something in the title about angels at the end of a needle." If anyone can help, I would be grateful, I re-read this article with interest more than once and now could not find a saved copy).
Unfolding the awning takes 3-5 seconds thanks to the elastic frame. Downside This becomes a puzzling folding task. To fold this tent without the help of an instructional video (and the instructions included with the tent are not very informative), you need to have excellent spatial thinking.

I got a light green awning, there is also a blue and silver-blue one.

The awning is a regular tent without a front. Unfold, lie down and rest. There is no unpleasant chemical smell.

The dimensions are impressive relative to the original folded state.

The tent can easily accommodate one adult or comfortably accommodate 2-3 children. There is also a modification with a retractable floor, but this awning is significantly smaller, about one and a half meters.

This is what it's like live. As you can see, there is plenty of room for a child.



And there's plenty of standing room too

In addition to the awning, the kit includes a small bag with pegs. There is also a second option for fastening - these are pockets into which it is proposed to pour sand. Well, maybe with a symbolic wind this will be useful, but in a good way you need to use pegs, especially since it is not difficult.

The material... well, God knows what material, some kind of synthetic fabric. But! Everything is made decently - straight neat stitches, overall neat appearance. There are no symptoms of Chinese cheapness here.

An important detail, without which this awning would lose a fair amount of practicality - there is a ventilation mesh along the entire perimeter. I think that everyone reading this has at least once found themselves in a tent heated by the sun. It's not very pleasant, even if the window is open. There's no problem with that right now at all. Exceptional airflow and absence of any hint of stuffiness.



It's not stuffy at all inside. However, it is worth noting that sunlight passes through these holes without interference and you can only count on complete shade inside if the awning is positioned correctly.

I came across comments on this tent on Ali, people wrote about the weak floor. Here I agree ideal option the floor would be made of something dense like oxford. My wife, who took the tent to the dacha for a couple of days for field testing, confirmed this. She placed a rug folded in half under the floor. In general, something less thick would do, but there were two kids constantly hanging out in this tent, so there was a question of not only keeping the floor intact, but also making it soft. If there are any pebbles, such a floor will not last long without a layer. At the dacha, it’s not a problem to find something to put down, but if you go to the beach, then only to the sandy one; on rocks without a layer, the bottom will not hold up for long. In fairness, it is worth noting that stronger floor material means more weight.

The second point is that it would be nice to organize a couple of pockets there on the sides. This would not add any weight at all, but in terms of convenience it would be nice. Put a book there, a phone or a bottle of water.

Here's some video. Ideally, I would shoot it in nature, but by the time I get out somewhere, the whole summer will pass

As for the assembly... well, this is a real exercise for the mind. I finally gave up on following the instructions in the pictures and found a video on YouTube.

GENERAL IMPRESSIONS

So far positive. If you do not take into account the thin material of the floor, then there is nothing to complain about. A fairly light and at the same time roomy thing that can make a vacation on a hot day definitely more comfortable, and in the case of children's vacations, less harmful (less chance of getting sunburned). It is clear that this thing will not protect you from mosquitoes or rain; its purposes are completely different.

With coupon HXFTENT5 the price becomes $24.99, which is 2 bucks less than the lowest price on Ali. And it seems like there is no track, you can immediately track the movement of the parcel.

Judging by a large number Russian-speaking comments on the above-mentioned Ali, the chances that there will be owners of such an awning here on Muska are quite high. Please leave your impressions in the comments.

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A sun canopy for the beach, simple in design, will be appreciated by many vacationers. Unlike an umbrella, it creates a lot of shade; costs less than an umbrella, as it is made from scrap materials; The design itself is light and collapsible, thanks to which it can easily fit into camping backpack. How to make such a canopy with your own hands, watch and read the step-by-step instructions.

Materials

To make a sun canopy with your own hands, prepare:

  • hand drill;
  • rubber hammer;
  • inch PVC pipe(4 pieces of 90 cm and 4 pieces of 60 cm);
  • inch PVC adapter – 8 pcs.;
  • inch PVC couplings – 4 pcs.;
  • plugs – 8 pcs.;
  • 0.5 inch bolts and hex nuts for them - 4 pcs.;
  • washers (2 pcs. for each bolt);
  • paracord;
  • tarpaulin;
  • tent pegs.

Step 1. Modify the four plugs. Drill a hole in each for a bolt. Insert the bolt, washers and nut according to the diagram shown in the photo. Tighten the bolt thoroughly.

Step 2. Place the resulting plugs on two long PVC tubes and two shorter ones. To ensure they sit thoroughly, hammer them in with a rubber mallet.

Step 3. Attach PVC adapters to the ends of the same pipes on the other side. Also, for strength, go over them with a rubberized hammer.

Step 4. Thread plugs without bolts onto one end of the remaining four pipes. On the second - adapters.

Step 5. This will give you support structures for the awning. Using a coupling, these parts are converted into two tall poles for the front of the canopy and two small ones for the rear. At the top assembled parts you need to drill holes. You will pass paracord through them when assembling the structure on the beach.

Step 6. To assemble the canopy, you need to spread a tarpaulin or prepared fabric at the installation site.

Step 7. Run paracord through the corners of the tarp, pulling it to the sides.


Step 8. Tie the ends of the rope to the stakes and drive them at an angle into the tarp.

Step 9. Install a long pipe in one of the corners of the front part of the canopy, and a short pipe diagonally. Adjust the tension of the tarp using a string, passing it through the holes in the top of the pipes and through the bolt.



Step 10. Install two more pipes and readjust the paracord. The bolts should pass through the cutouts in the tarp, increasing its tension. Secure the resulting fastening with another nut so that the tarpaulin covering does not fly off during gusts of wind.

Many summer residents are interested in how to make a canopy at their dacha, because such a design is an excellent protection against negative weather influences at any time of the year. The canopy is a practical and cost-effective design, which is classified as architectural forms small size.

If we consider a canopy as a construction object, then it is worth mentioning that it is a roof that can have any shape. This structure is placed on supports.

What types of awnings are there?

Depending on the design country canopies can be classified as follows:

Freestanding or attached to a country house The extension of canopies is usually carried out to external wall buildings, as well as above a balcony, porch or front door. Free-standing structures are located separately
Sloping and straight awnings Single-pitch and gable-pitch, and structures of complex shapes, such as arched, arc-shaped, pyramidal, polygonal, dome-shaped canopies, etc.
Decorative or functional products Decorative designs are real artistic compositions, which often act as elements landscape design and are a real decoration of a summer cottage. Functional structures perform their protective and enclosing functions, while possessing fairly simple and ergonomic shapes

Note!
For example, a canopy over a car in a country house can serve as a free-standing structure, protecting it from the sun, rain and snow.

Classifying factors

Pictured is a bicycle shed

There are a number of factors and characteristics by which different awnings can be classified.

These factors include the following:

  • Materials used for the manufacture of structural parts. Thus, wooden, metal, stone and combined canopies are distinguished;
  • By purpose finished product , because the canopy can be intended for a car, for a recreation area, for a porch, swimming pools, etc.;
  • According to size there are large and small structures;
  • By location hanging structure.

We are building a canopy for a summer cottage

Advice. It is advisable to make a canopy that matches the style of the main buildings in the dacha, and for the roof of the canopy choose the same materials that cover the dacha itself.

Polycarbonate today is considered the most popular material for the construction of such structures due to its flexibility, which allows you to easily construct canopies of the most unexpected shapes. Originality can be added to the design if we provide for the presence of a forged author's ornament or coat of arms in the decoration.

The main advantage of polycarbonate is its light weight. The thickness and power of the supports directly depends on the weight of the roof itself. And with the help of such an easy roofing material You can easily and quickly build a sun canopy at your dacha with your own hands.

Advice. When you take on the task yourself, remember that the design must be created taking into account parameters such as wind resistance and snow loads.
The angle of inclination of the roof and the thickness of the supporting structure used directly depend on such indicators.

For example, consider the process of constructing the most popular structure - this metal carcass with a polycarbonate roof.

Materials and tools

To work on creating a polycarbonate country canopy you will need the following basic equipment and materials:

  1. To cut a sheet of roofing material you will need a circular saw with a round nozzle containing small teeth;
  2. Electric drill and drills necessary for drilling holes;
  3. To carry out sealing you will need: perforated tape, aluminum tape and a profile for polycarbonate;
  4. For fastening: self-tapping screws, thermal washers, screwdriver or drill;
  5. The profile is detachable or one-piece, for connecting polycarbonate sheets to each other.

After you decide on the shape, you should consider what will act as load-bearing elements.

It can be:

  • Wooden beam;
  • Reinforced pipe;
  • Metal corner;
  • Brick pillars.

Manufacturing jobs

The instructions, which stipulate the stages of work in order to independently construct country sheds, consist of the following set of actions:

  1. Marking the territory for development;
  2. Construction of a building foundation: brick laying, pouring concrete into a monolith with removable formwork, etc.; (See also article.)
  3. Installation of supporting structure;
  4. Installation of roof sheathing, taking into account the final covering and load;
  5. Coating roofing sheathing protective compounds. The choice of product directly depends on the material from which this sheathing is made;
  6. Arrangement of roofing;
  7. Arrangement of finishing covering for the floor under the canopy.

Advice. Do not forget that the floor, whether it is wood, stone or living grass, must have a certain slope to ensure water drainage.

Finally

Canopy on summer cottage an absolutely necessary thing. You can spend time under such a structure in hot weather. summer days, sheltered from direct sunlight, listen to music, receive guests or spend romantic evenings. If you make a canopy for your own car, you will be able to reliably protect it from all kinds of weather phenomena for the entire period of your stay at the dacha.

And also such a structure, built with your own hands, is a real reason for pride and an opportunity to save money, since the price of the product will not include installation work. The video in this article will tell you even more about what canopies can be country houses, and will reveal some editing secrets.


















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