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The addition or renovation of an outdoor living space or a carport is an investment, and one that can yield high returns in terms of lifestyle and increased value of your property. A carport or an outdoor living space adds functional square and has the potential to change the way you currently use the space in your home or business and can help you sell your property or just make it more comfortable.
We understand the importance of building a home that is both beautiful and functional. Our team works with you every step of the way to ensure that your vision becomes a reality without any hiccups, project delays or distractions moving forward. So, we have got to get prepared of having construction personal on your property.
We must have signed agreement before starting any work at the work site. You can sign a written bid proposal as an agreement in principle for price and services to be provided. Depending on the project and its size as well as its project turnaround time frame we may require a customer to make an agreed down payment and or a project procure payments.
All project add-on products and or services can be added to the original agreement in a form a agreement add-on contact rider agreement. A customer may be asked to schedule any additional services to the original agreements at a later date.
We have been doing this type of work for a long time and we see numerous different job sites at numerous different locations. Each Municipalities may have their own set of rules and build permits. It is the customers ultimate responsibilities to find out and know what is required before building on their own build site. If a build permit is required, we can offer additional professional services to help acquire the building permits required on the customers behave. Note there is cost of the permit plus the additional service cost of obtaining the building permits on the customer behave. Most require a job site drawing and a visit to local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) location. This services and its associated costs must be paid upfront when required. The customer is always welcome to do their own leg work and obtain their own build permits.
We specialize in constructing modern and functional buildings that meet the needs of our clients wants and needs. Please clean up after your pets if we are going to working in the area of your property. No one like to step in the animal's poop. We also have a third-party contractor that can provide this service as well. Just let us know if you need us to provide their company contacts information.
If we are digging at the site, any underground utilities in the area must be located and marked. The service of Call Okie (811) can be used. The customer has the ultimate responsibility of making sure there are no underground obstructions. We cannot held responsible for hitting any unforeseen underground obstacle. If it there and we are working in that area, we need to know about it.
We specialize in building and a sprinkler system must be marked to their locations to be avoid it as much a possible. We understand that sometimes this is impossible so we must make sure we have a mutual agreement and understandings.
Basic trash is bagged and left at the site for standard trash pickup unless we have an agreement that include trash deposal that is included in our signed agreements together. There are haul off and dump fees for larger trash or older structures that has to be removed from the job site. Some time we just leave it by the curb and wait until heavy trash day or just have a scrapper haul them away. We need to have an agreement before the project takes place.
All jobsite pictures become the sole property of A Better Construction DBA Carports and Patio Covers of Oklahoma. We control all right to the pictures. If you do not want us to take any jobsite pictures, then just tell us upfront. We are flexible and easy to deal with and can respect that. .
Do you have to be on-site during construction, no, but that is always best that you are on site just because there might be a construction decision that could come up that we need to talk about before the construction process can move forward. We have to be sure that we do have your cellular phone number just in case something does pop up so we can get in touch with you about what might be going on.
Note: We do charge a build permit expedite service fee to spend our time to go try to obtain any build permit on the customer behave. The more complicated the projects are the higher the fees have to be to help obtain a build permit. If the project requires more then going down the local city hall and apply for a build permit, we might have to hand that off to other professionals so we can just go build our projects. tate of Oklahoma offer minimum building codes for general safety. Cities and counties often establish their own permitting rules and regulations, often stricter than any of the State requirements. As we’ve already determined, the more local the governing body, the more stringent the building codes to follow are, but some situations require even further requirements. Building Permits are in place to ensure that structures are built to the newest, most specific building codes. and always for safety. Always build any structures to minimum code requirements. Some a customer might want to build above the minimum code requirements as some codes. Such as the 90-mph wind loads requirements are outdates and are low for our region territory. We often see storms with winds that can exceed that code requirement to date. The larger poles and beams may be used to help the structures withstand those high winds. Code requirements are often updated. The newer international building codes (IBC) will address the outdated codes with a higher wind load requirement of 105 mph wind load code when they are adopted.
Do you need a building permit?
In most cases, YES. Especially if you are planning to build in most local city limits today. Permits are required when you construct, alter, repair, enlarge, move or demolish any primary or accessory structure. The permitting process aims to ensure that structures are constructed safely and are stable and are built to handle minimal building code requirements to date. Failure to obtain such a build permit can lead to heavy fines or the structure having to removed. If a carport id sticking out of the front of your house where the city code enforcement people can see it, Will get that permit.
First, you have to establish that your general plans comply with the local zoning ordinances, then you can finally apply for a building permit. During this process, your local governing agency will want to review your building site drawing or in some cases they may require a certified state engineered stamped building blueprints that might be required. They will be evaluating multiple factors such as: height, width, square footage, building materials, wind loads, snow loads (if appropriate), electrical wiring, and resistance to natural disasters, etc. The larger the building are that you are constructing, and the more people working inside it, the stricter the building regulations will be to ensure everyone's life and safety.
When do I need a building permit?
Project Walls - Changing or demolishing a load bearing wall.
Roof changing house's roofline Layout Whenever you expand the house in any way or alter the house's envelope, you will need a permit.
Electrical installing any new electrical wiring or adding circuits
Fences - installing a fence over a certain height, such as 6 feet, triggers a permit. Most municipalities will consider an add-on such as shrubbery to be part of the fence.
Demolition parking your roll-off dumpster on a public street will require a permit. This is one of the rare permitting in stances where your own property is not involved.
Decks building decks over a certain height, such as 30 inches above grade.
Sewer doing anything with a sewer line typically requires a permit. This permit action concerns not just your personal safety, but the health of those serviced by the main sewer line down from your house.
Addition building will always require a permit.
Driveway or Garage building or even a carport over 200 sq ft
Windows and Doors - Exterior doors, windows, and skylights that require a new opening.
Fireplace and Chimney Fireplaces, wood burning stove and inserts nearly always require a permit because of the potential for fires. Chimney cleaning will be an exception, though.
Garages - Garage conversions HVAC Installing a new furnace or air conditioner.
Water Heaters installation of a new water heater. Plumbing New hose bibs for the outside of your house
Roofing / Re-roofing involving structural elements, including but not limited to sheathing, skylights, change of roof pitch and change of roof material where the total weight exceeds 10 pounds per square foot.
Swimming Pool - Installing either an in-ground or an above-ground pool requires multiple build permits.
If you live out in a rule area, not so much but all International Building Codes (IBC) and Standards should be meet just for Insurance purposes. you always want to build to meet the standards.
All canopy type of structures must be anchored into an approved cement piers that is at least 2 foot deep into the ground. Those mobile home type of screw into the ground anchors is a recipe for failure. In other parts of the country, they might see 40 - 50 max winds. We might see twice those wind loads around here. Building code requirements are updated and the change all the time. When replacing any structure, the newer structure must be designed and built or brought up to the newer building code requirements. So, you may not be able to build the newer structure just like the older structure was built year ago just because the build standard has been updated and have increased.
Different municipalities have different rules to follow. Building Codes were established to help ensure quality and safety. Check with your local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) for their own building requirements and property setback rules. Note: Most of our local municipality will not allow any type of structure to be built within 5-ft of one's property lines. That includes side, back and the front perceived property line with its utility easement plus another 5 feet set back from that property that might be 30-35 foot back front the center of the street. You also have to be aware that corner lots are always tricky to deal with becuase of their set back rules that might also include dealing with a setback form a sidewalk setback as well. I have run into some unknow underground utility lines in the area that prevented us from building a project that no one knew was there until we went and applied for a building permit. That was a odd deal because on one side of the street they were allowed to build and on the other side of street they weren't able to build. We just never know for sure until we do some leg work.
Most cities have rules and regulations that should be followed, and, in some cases, there are building inspections and building permits that need to obtain before building any structure. Only in Moore, OK has a 1-ft of a side property line only in some cases but not in all cases. Also most have a setback back rules from the side and back property line and also for a sidewalk.
Some developments and districts might have their own unique set of building rules and regulations that may restrict the building of a carport canopy or even how they want them to look like. Most historical district require a local board approval before building any type of structure. We are not in the business of challenging or changing any local politics and the customer might have do their own research and leg work before we get involved in the building process. We can apply for local building permits on the customer behalf. We do charge a service fee for our time and efforts in our efforts in obtain a local building permit. The customer is always welcome to provide their own building with a basic site drawing show the property lines setbacks and where the structure is to be located of the property. This includes any back yard applications.
I have seen a customer that has a driveway poured by a concrete contractor up to their side property lines and they want to build a side of the house lean too type structure on top of the driveway and it was not allowed because of that 5-foot side property build setback rule. That concrete contractor never pulled any local build permits when he poured up to that property line. He just done what the customers asked him to do without advising the customers of the setback rules. Now that is tricky deal that could open up a whole new can of worms with the city code enforcement people, don't tell on yourselves. A storage shed in your back yard should be 5 ft from the side and 5-foot set back form the back property line which is normally the fence lines. Almost all residential builds do not require a engineered type of structure to be built. Although we are seeing some code enforcement people that prefer to see a pre-engineered structure to be built. If that is the case, we need to know that requirement upfront. In Moore, OK they have a setback rule that if the original house on the property was built with a 1-car garage you can build to 1-foot of the side property line. Always make sure by making contact with the local AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) to be sure. They are the only city that I know of around ere in the central Oklahoma region that allows that type of setback. Most just follow the State rule of 5 ft. Some cities have other rules such as a concrete pear inspection in Mustang, Oklahoma. They want to make sure that the holes are dug deep enough so they require that rule, A city inspector has to show up and look into the hole and put a sticker of the house that shows his has inspected that hole that should be at least 2 ft deep.
Most cities do not have any structure size requirement. In Edmond a structure has to be 200sq foot or larger to require and build permits. Even more rule areas of Tuttle, Bridge Creek and Noble now have carport build permits that didn't use to require them but now do. The customer as the property owner always has all ultimate responsibilities to make sure your meet any code requirements.
Commerical building, Schools, Hospitals and most all the time has a insurance companies may require an Engineered or a Pre-engineered type of structure. Pre-engineered structures are certified and tested by its manufacturer to meet build guidelines and local code requirements. The manufacture provides product documents and product engineering document with approved state stamped engineering documents. That is if they are built correctly and to the providers installation guidelines.
Temporary use type of structure that are not engineered for permanent use nor are they certified or approved to meet any local code requirements. They are not a Permanente use type of structure. They should be only used on a temporary bases like for a show or a event, then taken down. Most do meet national standard building codes and if something was to happen, and it becomes flying UFO and lands on someone property your homeowner's insurance may not cover those damages for a temporary or portable structure. THEY ONLY GET BY WITH SELLING THOSE TYPES OF STUCTURE BECAUSE THE OF BUYER ARE NOT EDUCATED FOR ITS INTENDED USE. Most of the people who work at these stores have no clue to any of the local rules and regulations.
See our Temporary / Portable page for more information. Newer and updated building code requirements are updated and changed all the time. As of 10/25/2019 OKLAHOMA CITY now requires us to meet the newer codes international building codes of 2015. The International Code Council (ICC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing model building codes and standards used in the design, build and compliance process. The International Codes (I-Codes) are the widely accepted, comprehensive set of model codes used in the US and abroad to help ensure the engineering of safe, sustainable, affordable and resilient structures. International Building Codes 2015 (IBC 2015) The International Building Code 2015 (IBC 2015) is a model code produced by the International Code Council (ICC) each municipality may amend or adopt their own set of rules and regulations.
OKC now requires that all residential carports and patio cover structures are to build to the 2015 IBC standards. If the carports is in the front of the house are to be secured and attached to the front of the house for added support as opposed to being a stand-a-lone type of carport structure that is not attached. It does say that if the customer own at three acres of land and the carport structure located in the back of the property it can be a Stand-a lone type of structure but not in the front of the house. I get ask all the time will the customers down the street did this or that, Why can't I do it. Just becuase they did it doesn't make it illegal. I can drive down street and show you all types of illegal builds, Thay just haven't been caught yet. The OKC build permit center is located 420 W. Main St. on the 1st floor since the pandemic started.
Understand the zoning. Make sure you understand the zoning limitations of the site in question. Is it zoned commercial or residential? What are the requirements for each of these areas? Are they dependent on building height, square footage, facade, etc, and so on. All of these questions can be answered by officials at the local building department.
Leave yourself enough time for the building permit application process takes time. A conversation with local building officials will prepare you for the average wait time for various permit requirements, which will help you create a more accurate construction calendar. And, of course, you will want to factor in extra time. We do not get involved if any special permits or variances need to be made for your project.
Certified Engineered buildings. You would need sets a of Certified and Engineered stamped by a State approved building plans. The building permits required by your particular city and/or county will be dependent on a variety of factors, including but not limit to the building's height, width, square footage, electrical wiring, snow and/or wind loads, etc. Most building officials will want multiple copies submitted so each of the reviewing entities can have their own copy. Also, keep in mind that the larger your building is and/or the more people that will be working inside of it, the more stringent the building regulations will be.
Local community or deed restrictions and by-laws- Within some communities like a historical district they might have their own added by-laws or a "community restriction" on building any type of structure It is up to customer to do their own leg work and research and find out about any community by-laws or deed restrictions that may not show up when an authority having jurisdiction issues any carport building permits. Just because AHJ issues a local building permit the local community restriction may have your own building restrictions which can restricts any type of structure.
Homeowners Associations or HOAs can have their own restrictions on the design, height, and even finishing material of your structure. Homeowner’s Associations are usually formed in communities and neighborhoods of single-family homes to enforce rules in those communities, so you should know if your home falls under an HOA upon moving in. It is always in your best interest to contact your Homeowners Association before building, even before obtaining a permit, as HOAs can restrict the height of a structure. They can als say no carports are allowed. Pulling a local City building permit does not override any HOA obligation. It is up to the homeowners to do their own leg work on any HOA requirement before building any structure.
Failure to obtain a building permit can seriously impede your construction process and may result in hefty fines. If any structure is built without having an approved building permit, there may be no consequence in the short term, but normally there are several instances that can affect your financial security by not obtaining a permit. I have seen where a home could not sale a home until the structure was removed or rebuilt.
If you have a structure on your property and attempt to sell your home, a building inspector can point out that a permit wasn’t pulled, regardless of the build quality. If the structure was not built to code requirements the structure might need to be taken down or replaced altogether. This discovery could damage any offers you have received your home or even hold up the sale of your property. Even if customer was to build the structure themselves, they still have to follow the laws of the land.
Note: We do charge a build permit expedite service fee to spend our time to go try to obtain any build permit on our customers behave. The more complicated the projects are the higher the fees have to be to help obtain a build permit. If the project requires more than going down the local City Hall and us applying for a basic build permit. We might have to hand that off part off to other trade professionals that specialize int that part of the business so we can just go build our projects. In some cases, we do have to other third-party professional, tradesman and engineers may have to hired for the project such as Architectual and Building Engineers and Drafting and CAD operator might have to be hired as well.
Most of the time we have to drop off a project site drawing and a building permit submittal package on What we are planning to build. The City code Enforcment officials can see and review what the building materials are being used for the purpose they are intended to use, and they meet all requirements. After we drop off those submittals we have to wait until they contact us with any questions and then hopefully with an approval then we have to go back and picked up the approved documents. It is no longer a case where we could walk in and walk out with a permit like we used t do it yester-year. Those building code enforcement people are normally out working in the field and not setting at a desk today and may only review certain type of permits of a certain day so sometimes it might take a week to get an approval. It is much more technical and complicated than it ever was.
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fabrication, such also in skyscrapers, bridges, vehicles, and railroads. , and for also in the construction of skyscrapers, bridges, vehicles, and railroads.
Thanks to their magnetic properties, ferrous metals are also used in appliances and engines. Ferrous metals also have a high carbon content, which generally makes them prone to rusting if not protected. The exceptions are stainless steel, because of chromium, and wrought iron because of its high pure iron content.
Examples of ferrous metals are:
The entry-level red iron structural steel framing components are used in a lot of covered metal building that is protected from the weather.
Steel is strong but it is a furious material and has iron in it so any type of moister even humidity in the air can make contact with the steel can cause the steel member to start to surface rust. Carports are an outdoor building structure that is exposed to the weather and it's moister. Over 65% percent humidity is about like spraying water on the exposed steel. So, the steel providers coat the (black in color) steel members with a red oxide shop coat finish that is just a primer coating protects the steel framing members from rusting until there are sold to the end user. It is suggested that all primer coated materials be prepared for paint ASAP especially in a outdoor use.
The furious metal is going to rust over time and the better the primer, intermediate and finish coatings the metal building components have applied to them the longer they will keep from rusting. Do your research on metal surface preparation.
We offer all types of steel and aluminum building products.
An additional upgraded coating process would be a galvanized, painting or powder coating services to protect the metal.
Non-ferrous metals have been used since the Copper Age, around 5,000 B.C. Since non-ferrous metals doesn't contain iron, they’re usually more corrosion-resistant than ferrous metals.
Some examples of non-ferrous metals are aluminum, aluminum alloys, and copper, which are often used in industrial applications such as gutters, roofing, pipes, and electrical. Non-ferrous metals also include brass, gold, nickel, silver, tin, lead, and zinc. Other common properties of non-ferrous metals are non-magnetic, malleable, and lightweight. This makes them ideal for use in aircraft and other applications. Examples of non-ferrous metals are:
Steel - is always stronger than aluminum building materials at the very same thicknesses, that is a fact. Cold formed structural Steel is used in skyscrapers and outdoor environments such a bridge but always require surface prep and painting and ongoing maintenance such as painting or coating services. In some cases, we just use a stronger or thicker aluminum building product when aluminum is the preferred outdoor building product.
Most of the outdoor furniture is all aluminum these days so you won't have to keep painting it over and over or have it powered coated to protect it.
We offer two forms of aluminum canopy products. ROLLED FORMED - Is a coiled flat stock that is sent though a bending machine that will dent up the flat stock into its final shapes. There are flat-pan and W-pan rolled formed pans.
Extruded Aluminum- Heavy Duty - Commercial aluminum extruded canopies. Much thicker .125- or 1/8-inch-thick pans which have been formed by forcing the aluminum through a die to form its final shape. The extruded aluminum canopies have different guttering and beam options and is considered to be a lifetime canopy.
Structured steel is available in numerous different building product shapes and sizes that are available in different thicknesses or gauges and are normally sold in 10, 20, 25 or 30 ft lengths with or without different protective coatings. The raw steel is black in color but is normally sold with a quick surface shop type of primer which is a red oxide coating.
Unfinished structured steel building components are just black in color. With that being said those red iron or red steel building components have has gone through a shop grade primer coating process of painting and is mainly used in the construction or framing of a metal building. The building components are mainly finished to be in a covered indoors environment. When you take those building components and expose them to an outdoor moisture rich outdoor environment the red steel should have more of a finished painted coating on them. This is to protect the building components from the outdoor weather and keep them from starting from rusting. Even road bridges require a ongoing maintenance such as sand blasting and finished painting coatings or they turn into a big rust bucket. There are different sizes and gauges of red steel, and all building components has their own design and use limits that should never be exceeded.
Is the same and equal to the red steel or red iron building components but has been taken though a galvanized metal coating process and made for use in an outdoor building use without having to go through a final painting process such as a painting process. Much like an outdoor chain link fence these galvanized building components have been coated and design for use in an outdoor weather environment without much ongoing maintenance for several years to come. Can the galvanized coatings rust? The answer is YES, they can. Any steel building component will rust a one point or another. I have seen galvanized fence last 30-50 years before it starts to rust. Much like our vehicles that are premiered coated then a final painted coating process coatings is applied to protect it from rusting and looking good the same goes for the outdoor building components when they have a finished coating applied to them.
So, I'm asked all the time would it be best to install a "red steel" premiered steel frame structure and then have them painted. You could do that but that would take more in its installation process time and labor costs as well as the paint for additional services provided, or you could weigh the costs of using galvanized metal coated metal in the first place.
Outdoor chain linked fence is now available with an PVC Industial coating. Is metal building components available in the same? Not without taking the metal to be processed by a third party such as painter or a powdered coating process which even adds even more costs and not much if any local powder coating provider has an oven of the size needed to process the long for these large building components. So what is the answer to a steel rusting problem in an outdoor building environment?
Aluminum is a strong recyclable building metal product that will never rust and is available with a painted finish such as white, ivory, bronze or black in color. Most of your outdoor furniture and products are made of aluminum.
It won't be long before the fiberglass building components become more and more mainstream either. We are already seeing those fiberglass building components more available in the outdoor Pergola market as opposed to using any wood type of building product that will weather rot over time. Wood like metal also needs to protect in use of an outdoor building use.
What is best? It really comes down to the customers budget as most aluminum building products are higher in it costs as opposed to steel products.
It really comes down to what do you want it to look like? Do you mind a metal building look, or do you want a more finished fit in the finished look?
The good thing is that we build out of Steel, Aluminum and we are old wood framers by trade and heart. You have to decide what is best for your own project use then we can help you moving forward. There are pre-designed and pre-engineered aluminum carports, patio covers and pergolas building products that we use that are specially designed for an outdoor use.
What is a steel detailer? A third party build, and design professional used for the design and engineering of a larger build process. The steel detailing process is as follows:
Powered Coated Steel framing building materials - Powered coating is an additional steel process. Powder coating is a surface treatment used to protect metals and other materials against potentially harmful outdoor environmental factors such as rust. These coating is applied electrostatically as a free-flowing powder and cured under heat or UV light. It can be applied to any material, but it is commonly used on steel, and aluminum. Powder coating differs from traditional liquid paint, which is generally applied using an evaporating solvent. Though it is not as durable as PVD coating due to its thickness, it provides excellent rust prevention, color uniformity and scratch protection. New steel framing materials are available that come from its manufacture that come pre-coated in a block color. These protected steel framing members can be used in the framing of carports, patio covers pergolas and decks.
This phase includes constant monitoring and interaction with the property owners. We keep an eye on budgets to ensure the lowest costs, stay on top of schedules for timely delivery and work closely with the design team to create your own vision. It is your project we are here to help you build it your way.
We do not use any subcontractors except for projects only if there is a need for additional services outside of our trade of framing, we are the builder throughout the entire build. From sequence to production and quality control, we stay focused on the goal and end result. We want all of customers to be proud of what is built, so we can be proud of each and every project.
The last step in any build. This phase includes the project site cleanup, final inspections. After completion, we have a final walkthrough to ensure your complete satisfaction. We stand behind all of our work with a two-year parts and labor warranty. If we have to come back, we will as we all take pride in our work and craftmanship.
These underside side coverings are used to cover up the cross beams on a C-beam types of structure. They are used to dress up or finish a carport / patio cover / walkway type of structure. It is also a way to keep any birds or insects from entering the structure. The fact that soffit and fascia materials are used adds aesthetics of the structure and merits design consideration. You can Sheetmetal on the top side and the fascia panels to meet your design needs.
Got birds nesting on your exposed beams? Metal soffit panels are most commonly placed on the underside of the eave of a roof that connects the roof overhang with the side of a building. However, soffit panels can be used anywhere that has a visible ceiling including porches, columns, and flights of stairs. The soffit panels serve both functional and aesthetic purposes.
Residential Construction is unlike most commercial projects in that we don't have a pre-planned design or a professional engineering / architect consultant and project blueprints with a materials and detail list of materials as well as how the project is to be built in details within most commercial applications.
The residential projects are not laid out for us with blueprints. You might want to use a professional architect or a structure engineer in some cases.
We have to meet with each of our customer and go over the project details so we can have a meeting of the minds what is supposed to be built and with what type of building materials are to be used. With most residential projects we must take the time to personally consult with each of our clients on your own projects wants and needs while providing installation insight to your personal preferences and building requirements for your own municipality as each City has their own unique building code requirements which can change without any notice. We are experienced builders at keeping this task as simple as possible and try not to make this process to difficult.
Other considerations before planning designing and building a patio cover included:
* Budget has everything to do with what you build.
* Design
* Materials
* Location
* Size and Space
Before you let just anyone lay any type of patio cover or pergola structure up on top of your roof. It is always wise to seek an second opinion. there are ways to do rase a patio cover roof by using a real roof riser. Like anything else there are right ways and then there are wrongs way of doing it.
Most roofs where never designed nor engineered for the much additional weight these structures will add to your roof and can cause structure damages or even a roof failure. I've seen where an installer that had driven a bunch of the long 4-inch-long self-tapping metal screws not an wood screws, Yes metal screws though the roofing decking surface and right into the though the roofing rafters, and surly weaking that structural integrity.
Don't add more stress on top of your roof framing members by setting a patio cover on top of it. We could get a snow or ice storm comes alone that really that stress on top of that roof then you might have some real problems.
Any structural person will tell you don't do that. Especially in Oklahoma with our higher wind loads. What structural damage they do to those roof rafter framing members and what happens if you need to replace that roof and its shingles??? Not good ideal when you not have to bear extra additional roofing costs of removing and then re-installing the patio canopy structure that is setting on top of roof.
These dudes haven't invented a better "mouse trip" or a way of installation. They are just willing to cut corners that is not in your best interests. There is a right way of doing that it doesn't involve a bunch of aluminum brackets that are just surface mounted up on top of your roof deck surface. This is not an industrial standard installation and is not recommended. If you would like to have a patio cover or pergola lifted up then see the Skylift brand of roof riser.
Note: There is industry designed and engineered metal "Roof Risers" supports brackets products on the market for that type of patio cover or pergola installations. They are designed to go through the roofing decking surface and then be attached up on top of a load bearing framing so it can support a cross beam header for proper needed support If you want that type of patio cover or pergola "roof riser" installation.
Any structural person will tell you don't do that. Especially in Oklahoma with our higher wind loads they are engineered to handle it. The region territory has design standards to which they are built for. If you want to add additional area or to expand that area, you should always consult with a design or engineering consultant professional.
If you want your patio cover or pergola lifted, then we recommend using the "Skylift" brand of roof riser. That mounts to the top of a top seal plate of a load bearing wall.
Choosing Skylift hardware will ensure that your patio extension is installed optimally to provide years of outdoor enjoyment. Don't compromise when installing your shade structure by laying it up on top of the roof decking surface. These heavy-duty load bearing patio cover or pergola support brackets are designed to attach securely to your existing roof without cutting into it or jeopardizing good airflow. There is a right way to do things and there is a wrong way to do things. Do it right the first time!
An entrance or gateway to a building a type of overhead canopy cover. A covered entrance long enough for vehicles to pass though. Commercially use typically is high enough for a bus to park under to discharge or take on passengers. Residential it is a drive under carport structure.
Aluminum is the preferred outdoor canopy cover because it is strong building materials and will not rust over time like any steel structure will over time.
There are different forms of aluminum covers such a rolled formed or an extruded aluminum carport canopy structure.
Extruded mean that the aluminum was forced though a die to form its final shape. The extruded canopy structure are thicker and heavier gauged building materials then most of the smaller gauged rolled formed or bent into its formed aluminum canopy. The machines that do the rolling and bending are much like an aluminum gutter bending machine but on a larger scale.
Heavy Duty Extruded Long Span Aluminum Canopies. Extruded aluminum covers are real heavy duty and is considered to be a lifetime aluminum roof panel. They are mainly used a commercial or industrial or a hospital or a school learning application or anyone who might want a strongest lifetime roof cover canopy that is made with aluminum.
There are different forms of the economical priced rolled formed aluminum covers as there are a number of different manufactures that offer different sizes and very different thickness of these rolled formed aluminum canopies.
When it comes to the thickness in the aluminum world the higher the number or gauge of material the thicker the aluminum panels are. In steel products it is the lower the number or gauge of materials the thicker the panels are going to be.
Recyclable building materials 2/3 of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today!
Steel or aluminum carport canopies have been widely popular in the local area and the Multi Housing industry for several decades now and our group has more than 35 years of experience in carport design, manufacturing and installation. This type of canopy structure needs to design and engineered for the purpose of which they are intended.
Most of the time commercial type of building structures has to be an engineered type of structure with provided documents to say how it is to build. What are the building requirements.
Our traditional multi-Housing carport designs have been time tested throughout our local region in all kinds of regional conditions including high wind and heavy snow load environments.
As local building codes continue to evolve and become more demanding. Other national commercial carport and custom canopy providers might scramble to catch up to the local requirements that has not only stood the test of time but continues to improve under the scrutiny of local building code requirements which evolves for the better all the time.
All building products should be used for the purpose of which they are designed to be used for.
Most temporary or portable are built to be light weight - mainly due to packaging and shipping cost as for store handling purposes and so they can be handled and be moved easier. These type of "DIY kits" or portable or temporary type of structures that are being sold and marketed by the Club, Big Box and Garden stores that doesn't have clue about any local building code requirements.
Most of them only rated at 10-pounds per square foot (PSF) max load requirement which is very important specification for anyone to know when purchasing such a product. It is a temporary only structure. They are like a tent they should be taken down and removed after its temporary use.
The PSF (pounds per square inch) load ratings are all about how strong the frame of the structure is and how much weight it can handle that includes live loads and snow and wind loads when properly installed. Some of these kits' providers might offer an upgraded and more expensive higher rated version of these DYI kits. These units might have some more or just larger poles with larger cross beams so that its frame is rated higher and can withstand higher live loads. A 20 - 40 Pounds per square foot (PSF) live load structure does more heavier lifting is a minimum or the least number of pounds per squire roof (PSF) is engineered and rated to handle more weight and can used for permanent type of structure when built correctly and installed within a required cement in the ground pairs that is at least 2-ft into the ground or better.
That is requirement by most of the local building code enforcement officers and to gain a building permit that may or may not be required depending on the size of the structure in some cases. So, any 10 psf is only design and engineered or use as a temporary structure and should be take down after its temporary. They are used at a Arts and Craft and Trade shows and not used specially during one of our Thunderstorms and a high wind events.
You see it all the time on the local news when one of these blow-a-way canopies that take flight and become a flying UFO and most of our first responders are used to dodging them all over the place when responding to an emergency.
Most local municipalities are starting to realize the hazards of these types of temporary or portable type of structures present during a high wind event so they are enacting a required building permit so they can regulate what type of structure that can be safely built on your property.
They only get by with selling such a structure because it is called a "Temporary or Portable use. Not made to be put on your property and a permanite building structure. Because they are cheaply built and flimsy, most won't last much more then 3 years aways before they are damaged, and just torn apart.
What is built for use within one region of the USA might not work well in another region of the US and OK is a prime example mainly due to our high winds that can rip things apart and blow them away. Most of these DYI kits are built from overseas.
After all it is the customer or a landlord that has the ultimate responsibility to find out what is required and how the product should be use. If you're a landlord, you may not allow these on your property for your tenants to use such a product because you could be sticking your neck to be chopped off if anything was to happen. if something was to happen such a structure coming apart or flying away and doing damage to your Nabors property your insurance may not pay if you do not follow standard building code requirements. Before you purchase do your leg work and see what your local city and insurance company rules and regulations are may be. Most who have owned these kit type of carports, patio covers and pergola in the past say they are a waste of money.
It is the customer or a landlord that has the ultimate responsibility to find out what is required and how the product should be use. If you're a landlord, you may not allow these on your property for your tenants to use such a product because you could be sticking your neck to be chopped off if anything was to happen. If something was to happen such a structure coming apart or flying away and doing damage to a Nabor's property your insurance may not pay for that if you do not follow standard local building code requirements. Before you purchase do your leg work and see what your local city and insurance company rules and regulations are. Sadly, some of these DIY kits to not have any specs on them whatsoever.
I'm talking from my own experience as I have put a couple of these carport type of kits that I have put together in my past. They had a ton of parts and screws to assemble it. This customer had purchased two of them and they had been setting around as they were trying to find someone to put them together for them, the first kit took me eight hours and then the second one took be an hour and a half to complete with the required in the ground cement concrete pears to attach its legs too.
I never want to do that again. then about two years later a hailstorm that hit the area and the hail stones broke right through its decorative single ply polycarbonate canopy roof top panels. We were able to help this customer out and find some parts and fix these damaged roof panels but trying to find parts for these kits were not easy. I finally found a dealer that had a open box of one of the same models and he was willing to sell just the ploy roof panels to us for the parts that we needed, but they weren't cheap either. These kits are often changed, and they discontinued all the time. The goal here is to only inform to ensure optimal performance and safety.
There are engineered structures and then there are non-engineered structures.
An engineered structure is designed to meet the design and certain planned performance level. A non-engineered structure may not meet any design or performance levels, but all of the building materials should always be used for the purpose of which there intended. There are building components limits should never be stretched or exceeded.
Any engineered structure planed structure must be reviewed by a state approved structure engineered and he would stamp, and sign certified the building structures plans.
A non-engineered structure you must rely on the builder knowledge and experience to build a safe structure or a local City building engineer when you pull any local build permits.
Most residential structures are not of a engineered types of structure type but some manufactured product designs that are pre-engineered that the provider says will meet certain load performances only of installed per there requirements.
We are seeing more and more communities that now want to see a factory or a pre-engineered structure built as opposed to a "non-engineered structure". Spec and engineering codes and requirements are a ever changing code requirements that are subject to change at any time for the better life safety requirements.
Most counties, cities and municipalities enforce specific building regulations, codes and approval processes that can impact construction factors such as roof type, size and minimum thickness, as well as construction approval and building permits. The larger municipalities are, the more likely you will need a building permit with rules and regulations to what type of canopy structure that may or may not be built on your property. If you live out in a rule area, not so much but you always want to build to meet standard international building codes and standards for insurance purposes. just in case!
A carport is an open-sided structure that shelters cars from the elements. Think of it as a garage without walls. A solar patio cover canopy or carport is one where the roof rake that is built to hold or is made of solar panels. While the definition is fairly broad and relatively simple, their ideal use is narrower and requires a bit more thought.
A solar canopy can be a great multi-purpose structure to have on your property that's less complex than building a garage. It can be as simple as installing a rack of standard ground mounted option as you would for a typical installation but raising them up to a height of six or seven feet in order to accommodate parking a vehicle underneath your new array.
This creates a structure to support solar energy production while also shading and sheltering a vehicle. From this basic concept you can add as much functionality as you want, from batteries and charging stations for an electric vehicle to more structure that could allow your carport to function as a traditional garage or workshop.
Ultimately, if you're interested in renewable energy and in need of some extra shade, shelter or both on your property, a solar carport is a win-win option. There are times when a solar carport might make the most sense. Sometimes a roof isn't suited to installing solar panels: It's too shaded, facing the wrong direction or has too many obstructions. In this case, a carport might be a better solution. There is value in your solar panels not only generating energy but also shading your car. A carport doesn't offer the security of a garage but does provide shelter from snow and the sun. While rooftop solar panels can just as easily be used to charge an electric vehicle, residential solar carports offer a natural pairing. Storing your vehicle under a solar carport or a traditional garage depends largely on weather in your location and how precious your vehicle is. Typically, a carport will offer significantly less protection from the elements than a garage. However, if you're in the sun belt and damaging ultraviolet rays are your primary concern, then a solar carport that simultaneously blocks and harvests those rays could be a perfect solution.
A solar panel patio cover canopy or carport provides several advantages, including giving you additional surface area to meet your energy needs to get more exposure for your solar panels. A residential solar canopy is a smaller version of those you find over some parking lots. A common way of mounting solar panels is on your home’s roof, but a solar panel canopy or carport is also a option. Solar canopies are a great way of providing renewable energy to your home. A solar carport is a canopy or awning with solar panels installed on the roof. Utility bills can be unpredictable and will increase over time; solar carports allow the owner to protect themselves against rising energy prices and even earn money depending on their electricity usage.
Solar panel technology is rapidly advancing every year, and new developments like flexible solar panels are constantly evolving. The thinness of these solar cells makes them lighter and more flexible than ever before. Compared to conventional solar panels, flexible solar panels typically have a lightweight design, often serve as battery chargers for electronic devices, and can be used independently from the electric grid.
2023 - They are starting to incorporate these newer thin solar cells into a new solar shingles or roof tiles that can replace the existing roof shingles. You no longer have to have those bulky solar panels attached to your roof surface to get the benefit of going solar. Now those photocells are light weight and flexible enough to be built right into roof shingles themselves. You don't have to overlay the singles with any solar panel anymore.
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