Polycarbonate poles above the porch: basic information

The entrance to the house, shop or other institution should always be clean and tidy, attract the views of visitors or customers. The more aesthetically designed entrance, the more pleasant it is to visit this place. An obligatory element of registration of the entrance should be a visor, the dimensions of which should be sufficient so that in case of bad weather under it you can calmly stop and open the umbrella or wait out a heavy rain. Recently, more often as a material to manufacture entrance canopies, choose polycarbonate, which allows to give the product the most diverse form in color, shape and size.

Types of canopies and their advantages

Depending on the type of material canopies can be of two types: made of honeycomb or monolithic polycarbonate. The choice depends on the purpose of making the visor. For better light transmission, it is better to use cellular polycarbonate. In other cases, the canopies are made of monolithic polycarbonate. Advantages that visors and awnings have over the polycarbonate entrance are easy transportation and installation, reliability, aesthetics and durability, if a monolithic material is chosen.

A variety of color solutions, degree of tinting and polycarbonate structure, possible materials for the manufacture of the frame of the visor and their forms make it possible to create real works of art from the appearance of the facades of houses.

The frame of the visor can be made of wood, metal, wire structures. The present delicacy are skeletons made of forged metal, distinguished by their uniqueness.

Why polycarbonate?

Polycarbonate meets a wide variety of requirements for aesthetics and reliability. Its color and shades can be selected for the appearance of the facade - in tone or in contrast. In terms of its technical characteristics, it is unique: it has excellent light transmittance, resists severe snow and wind loads, is durable, environmentally friendly, easily bends and takes the shape required by design. The size of the canopy can be from the most modest to the most significant sizes, up to covering the area of the entire yard in front of the house, to install under it, for example, a car or shelter from a bad weather zone.

The low cost of polycarbonate, determined mainly by its thickness, density and color of the material, determines its wide application for different purposes, including for the production of visors over the entrance area of the house. If you decide to make this design element yourself, it is better to choose a polycarbonate with a thickness of 4 to 16 mm, and in the cost of the visor, provide the amounts for connecting and end profiles, silicone gaskets and thermowells, with which the sheets are attached to the frame.

Forms of visors

Plasticity and strength of polycarbonate make it possible to produce visors of any shape. The most "common" are a simple straight roof made of monolithic polycarbonate, visors with a single- and double-gaze roof, canopies of dome shape, protecting from slanting rain and strong winds, arched canopies of elongated shape with additional support for poles and other species.

The simplest are the visors made of monolithic polycarbonate, which are made in the form of a direct canopy. Usually it is arranged on consoles with fastening to the wall. To ensure that it can withstand not only the rain load, but also the ice and snow fallen from the roof, the slope of the ramp should be more than 10 degrees.
More convenient visor with a gaze, which provides better protection from rain. In addition, on the very backdrop, you can set the name of the organization, a store sign, promotional materials or just a colorful picture adorning the facade.

Very convenient, especially in private home ownership, a gable roof in the form of a house roof , adjoining the front side to the wall above the entrance. Such visors of polycarbonate over the porch perfectly fit into the architectural appearance of the cottage building. The visor can be carried out a large area and cover all the steps with steps, leaning on specially installed poles.

The domed visor is very aesthetic, especially made in the form of a multi-layered complex structure, additionally decorated with forging elements.

Skeleton frame variants

Considering how to arrange poles from polycarbonate over the porch, you need to consider the overall architectural appearance of the facade of the structure and style of the surrounding landscape. Naturally, the financial component plays an important role. When developing the structure of the frame, it is necessary to take into account the wind and snow load in the region. To do this, there are special tables that allow you to determine the required thickness of polycarbonate, the material and the step of making rafters in the frame of the visor.

The most budget option for private households is a wooden frame, including supports, cross bars and rafters. It's easy to make by yourself. For individuality of execution it is possible to decorate with a carving supporting pillars. For the durability of the building, all the wooden parts must be carefully treated with antiseptics and hydrophobic impregnations before installation. Correctly installed and carefully crafted wooden frame polycarbonate canopies will serve you regularly until twenty years.

A more complex option in manufacturing, but also more durable is a visor made of polycarbonate with a metal frame, which is welded from profiled tubes of square, rectangular or circular cross-section. Often, combined frames are used, consisting of metal supports and cross bars with a wooden crate. Metal or combined frames with a polycarbonate coating create an airy impression, give the structure a modern style.
The most impressive are poles from polycarbonate above the porch with a forged frame. This is an expensive pleasure. But they give the facade of the building a prestigious and luxurious look, an exquisite style. Forging frames are made by specialized forging organizations. It can be assembled from pre-formed stamped elements available for sale. Of course, the most expensive for you is the order of hand forging.

There are also frameless visors, mounted on brackets to the wall. But such products can be manufactured only in small sizes - up to two meters.

Visors made of polycarbonate: price

The cost of products for the aesthetic decoration of your home or work place can not always be a jerk. It depends on many factors - the type, thickness and color of polycarbonate, the material and the complexity of the construction of the brackets and the frame, finally, from the manufacturer. In any region of our country there are firms specializing in the production of such products as canopies and canopies above the entrance. As already mentioned, the most expensive variant of the visor is a forged skeleton of complex construction with monolithic polycarbonate. In any case, the cost of manufacturing the described product to order will cost at least 2-3 thousand rubles. The price may increase at times depending on the factors listed above.

However, you can significantly reduce the cost, if you make a visor yourself. It's not so difficult, if you choose a not very complicated design, deal with the manufacturing technology and carefully follow all the steps.

Small secrets

When self-assembly of products from polycarbonate should remember a few tricks. To ensure that polycarbonate does not warp when the air temperature changes, fixing holes in it must be carried out with sufficient clearance, taking into account the difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion of the polycarbonate and the material from which the frame is made. In order not to damage the polycarbonate during assembly, it is necessary to use plastic or rubber washers of large diameter (1.5-2.5 cm) so that the screws and metal washers are not in contact with the polycarbonate. Then your polycarbonate canopies over the porch at any time of the year will please the eye.