ALUMAWOOD PATIO COVERS

Glossary of Terms
Attached Awning attaches to house/structure either at the wall or the eaves/fascia.
Note: To attach to eaves/fascia your eaves must meet the engineering for your awning.
Freestanding Awning  uses no structure to help support it and relies solely on the posts.  For this reason the posts must be poured into a concrete footings, footing size will be determined by the engineering but is generally 24" x 24" x 24".
Projection Distance out from house on an attached awning.
Freestanding units use this as the width.
Another way to look at it is the projection is the distance the pans run out, the pans have to span this distance.
Projection is usually the most critical for determining engineering capabilities.
Length Length along the house.
Freestanding units use this as the general length.
The length is made up from interlocking pans, the more pans you have the longer the unit will be.  The pans are either 6" for alumawood or 12" for standard aluminum and it is almost limitless how  long the unit can be.
Eave (on your house) Overhang from roof
Fascia (on your house) Face of the Eave.
Rafter (on your house) Supporting member of roof.
Max Live Load Maximum amount of weight on top of structure
Max Wind Speed Maximum amount of wind a structure can sustain
Open Aluminum Structure Classification for a structure with no sides
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