Polycarbonate Sheet - popular material for arrangement of visors and awnings
Main characteristics ensuring its widespread use, the following:
- plastic;
- impact resistance;
- ease;
- optical clarity;
- resistance to temperature extremes;
- high aesthetic possibilities;
- low cost;
- easy installation and maintenance of structures;
- durability.
Stylish visor of transparent polycarbonate
This high-tech synthetic material today successfully used where previously used the more expensive natural metal, wood and glass.
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Types of polycarbonate and its scope
This polymer plastic is available in two types: solid and cellular.
Monolithic polycarbonate sheet is a polymeric material having high transparency, impact resistance, flame resistance and fire safety. These properties ensure the use of plastics in the automotive industry, in the construction of military facilities, to create art, advertising, construction, and so forth.
Cellular polycarbonate is presented in a variety of colors
Polycarbonate - is optically transparent or opaque durable and lightweight panels, which have a multi-layered structure. All the elements are interconnected by internal ribs like a honeycomb. The air trapped inside the layers, provides thermal insulation properties, and the edges - ductility. Due to these properties, this material has received widespread use in construction, in particular in the construction of canopies and awnings on the porch of polycarbonate. Photos of these structures can be seen in various magazines for the construction of private homes.
The entrance features a wide canopy, the canopy of the polycarbonate sheet
Useful advice! Polycarbonate can be a modern alternative to the glass roof and walls for various buildings: greenhouses, verandas, porch, Balconies, canopies over parking or terrace for relaxing outdoors.
Threaded visor made of polycarbonate
Color manifold options from transparent to opaque, and the ability to create complex geometric shapes, provided particularly popular when designing polycarbonate sundeckAwnings or canopies above the door of the porch. Photos and videos of self-assembly of these structures can be found on the Internet.
Wide canopy over the entrance to modern home
Being an excellent replacement glazing, polymer plastic found its way not only to create awnings and canopies, but also in the design of the porch of the polycarbonate in a private home. Photos and examples of the arrangement of the entrance to the house is available at many construction sites.
Visor of polycarbonate with wrought metal frame
Using broad aesthetic possibilities, transparency and plasticity of the material, at the entrance to the house can mount a modern porch with a visor made of polycarbonate any form. Low weight polycarbonate sheets provides a convenient self-assembly of such porch. Of Polycarbonate on porch set beautiful canopy on a solid frame.
Visor and the side panel of transparent polycarbonate
The choice of material depends on the overall aesthetics of the building, its design, as well as the financial capacity of the owner.
When choosing a wooden frame can be won in the price and ease of assembly, but lose in durability and quality. Such a design has low performance properties, as the tree is inferior to other materials in the strength and duration of use.
To wooden frame visor served for a long time, it should be treated with special impregnation against rotting
Useful advice! The tree will last longer, before assembling it is treated with varnish or other impregnation, prevents rotting.
The main elements of the aluminum frame for the visor made of polycarbonate on the door is an aluminum profile polymeric plastic itself. Such an embodiment allows for easy assembly, since aluminum profile is easy to cut and bend. In addition, aluminum - lightweight and durable metal, so do not need special treatment. The only drawback of such an option arrangement of the visor of polycarbonate is its high price.
Stylish combination of transparent and bright light green polycarbonate canopy structure
A further popular material for the frame is steel. Steel frame for the canopy over the porch of polycarbonate rather heavy. Collect yourself a canopy possible, but the technology is complex assembly mountings.
Useful advice! Carefully secure portion of the steel frame can be interconnected by means of bolts, but firmer and more beautiful design looks at connection joints of electric welding.
Polycarbonate is very light and durable material
Submitted pictures show that different one frame for a canopy or porch of polycarbonate is also a steel pipe. The advantage of this design is light weight and high strength. The downside - the complexity of the connections carcass parts: the assembly of the carcass only by electric welding.
The visor of transparent polycarbonate with a framework of steel pipes
An alternative to the tubular steel frame is metal kraft. As can be seen in the photo, it can be used to collect a beautiful openwork designs such as forged. Frame members having a square cross section, are sold in a folded state. A connect them to each other can also welding.
Illusion forged structure for a sun visor in polycarbonate successfully imitates metal kraft
Canopy over the porch of polycarbonate. Photo and design features
To build your own canopy over the entrance of polycarbonate, it is first necessary to create a good design, detailing reflect all the details of the construction.
Useful advice! Visor assembly over the porch is best done during the warmer months, or indoors at a low temperature to bend the polycarbonate is undesirable.
According to the light transmission polycarbonate can compete with glass
Setting the visor of polycarbonate over the porch, be aware that its main function - to take on snow, water and dirt, protecting the entrance to the house. This means that the best form of this element of the building - arched. This canopy allows rainfall does not accumulate on the roof, and is easy to slide to the ground.
Canopy over the porch protects the entrance to the house from rain and snow
Having defined the shape of the visor made of polycarbonate on the porch frame must be assembled and cut canopy elements, not forgetting the overhang length of at least 80 cm. Details are fastened together either by means of nuts and bolts, or welded by electrofusion. You can buy a prefabricated shed made of polycarbonate, which already has the desired holes in the fixture base.
Gable visor of transparent polycarbonate
Cutting polycarbonate sheet is performed by the protective film stationery knife. If the width of the panels more than 8 mm, can be cut circular saw with fine teeth. Installation of panels made of polycarbonate protective film outwardly, since this layer is protected from UV radiation. After assembly of the entire structure the protective film is removed.
Blue visor of polycarbonate in combination with aluminum perfectly fits into the style of the house
The final element of assembly is to protect the exposed portions of the ends of the polycarbonate plate by dust, water and dirt. To do this, use a special aluminum tape, which is mounted on the ends of the panels (as shown in photo).
Structural elements of the polycarbonate visor
As a great alternative to expensive glass, metal or wood - traditional materials for manufacturing Awnings and canopies, synthetic polycarbonate has several advantages over them, which made it so popular. The variety of color palettes, lightness and ease of installation makes it possible to realize the most daring design imagination.
