STANDARD ALUMINUM CARPORTS

You can be assured the Carport Cover Kit from Awnings Patio Covers .Com you are purchasing will enhance, add value to your home, along with adding more useful area and protect your car at the same time.

When purchasing a Carport there a few things you should pay special attention too. By doing so, then you can be assured that the Carport kit you are purchasing will give you many years of reliable service for your needs. We encourage you to view our Gallery of Standard Aluminum Carport Covers and our Gallery of Alumawood Carport Covers to see what true quality of aluminum products we sell. Our Patio Covers and Arbor Lattice kits are made of the same high quality material. Carports are designed with a higher engineering standard.  We also have awning parts for your outdoor awning. The aluminum carports parts and awning supplies in some cases are available to you depending on your style ( manufacturer).

Awning Patio Covers .Com will supply a set of engineered drawings and spans. Please take note of the states that are listed with an approved stamp. If your state isn't listed contact your local Building Dept. to see if they will accept a state that is adjacent to you. Not all areas require a permit to install a patio cover.

Patio Cover Materials:

The thickness of the carport roof "pans" depends on your particular application needs. The thickness for an aluminum roof pan is generally .018" to .024". This thickness works well with most awnings where there is little to no "snow-load" possibility or shorter spans. A thicker roof panel may be required or the use of beams may be used for heavier snow loads or longer spans.

Awnings Patio Covers offers four pan thickness .018, .024, .032, and .036.  The thicker carport pans at a slight additional charge. Several types and sizes of beams are also available for your special needs. 

***  Aluminum I-Beams in 4", 7", & 10" 
***  Steel C-Beams in 8" & 10".  
***  3" Steel Cloverleaf Beams
All of the beams have different weight and span ratings depending on the carport, awning, patio cover or design you are seeking.

The Carport "Pan" Designs:     

Strength in an aluminum roof pan is accomplished by shaping or  "bending" to form the pan. Each manufacturer uses a particular carport pan design. The more bends formed into the pan the stronger the roof. The number of bends which give the carport more rigidity which will of course require more metal to be used to form the finished product.

The strength of a "Flat Pan " which is our Super 6 V-Groove has a greater span using the same thickness of standard " V "pans. Our "W" pan is even stronger still because it has still more "bends".

At Awnings Patio Covers, we offer the "W" pans  ,   Super 6 Alumawood Flat Pans   and Alumawood Arbor Lattice. Standard Aluminum "W" pans are available in 2 colors.  The Alumawood Super 6 and Arbor Lattice are available in 5 colors. In order to give our customers the durability we make our awnings stronger by design! When you receive a quote from us you will get the complete Alumawood Style.

Post Style and Strength:

Awnings Patio Covers does not sell scroll posts for a carport or snow load required installations.

We will only sell this type of post if specially requested by you the consumer and will meet engineering requirements.

Awnings Patio Covers uses a minimum of a 3" square .024 thick aluminum post.  For snow prone areas we use a 3" x .030 or 3" x .040 aluminum colonial post which depends on engineering. The Engineering of the larger projections, heavier live loads, and post spacing will require either a 3" x .040 aluminum colonial post or a 3" x .048 steel colonial post.

All freestanding carports and patios require a minimum of a 3" x .048 steel colonial post. Using these types posts we achieve a better engineered system. Freestanding carports, awnings, patio covers or lattice require the post be poured into a concrete footing for stability.

Perimeter-Integral Raingutter - Header and Side Fascia:

There are 2 different types of perimeters. Rollform which comes from the aluminum coil stock. The aluminum coil is put through a series of rollers to form the finished shape. The thickness of the coil stock used to form the rainguter - header is between .035 - .040 gauge. We generally recommend using the extruded type gutter for Standard Aluminum Awnings.

Rollform perimeter is used as our side fascia also. This type of perimeter requires a little more work when forming the outside corners see instructions.

Extruded raingutter - header and side fascia comes from using a mold and pressure to press the molten aluminum in a form to create it's shape. The thickness of an Extruded raingutter - header is .070 gauge.

An Extruded type of perimeter is easier to install. With very little effort to form and secure the corners. Gives you easy access to clean gutters.

Delivered Awning comes complete:

With an Awnings Patio Covers carport packages you will receive all the necessary components to assemble your cover.

Engineering:

There are some companies that are unaware of the engineering that is required to install an awning correctly. For those of you who are required to apply for a Building Permit (This will vary from town to
town) we have Engineering for 37 states (approved engineering for climates such as Florida, California, Colorado, Maine, ETC...).

If your state is not among the 37 states you may not need a permit or your building department usually will accept the engineering from other states due to the similarities of weather conditions and proximity.