Enhance your outdoor living space by building your own slide-on wire hung canopy system for your pergola. They provide adjustable shade creating a relaxing, stylish outdoor living space which can greatly increase the appeal of your home and give an oasis for family and friends to enjoy the great outdoors in comfort, even on the sunniest of days.
Wire hung canopies are easy to add to an existing pergola or a free standing structure. Follow this step by step tutorial video to make one for yourself. Use the calculator (link below) and enter your structure’s dimensions for an immediate computation for the number of panels required, size of panels, and span distances.
Use the Sailrite Fabric Calculator to provide a detailed materials list catered to your specific measurements. Slide-On Wire Hung Canopies Calculator Link: https://www.fabric-calculator.com/wirehungcanopy/index.html
How to Make a Slide-On Wire Hung Canopy Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Measuring Pergola & Calculating Panel Dimensions
4:34 Installing Eye Bolts
10:10 Rigging Wires
21:24 Cutting Fabric & Hemming Sides
35:22 Creating First Sleeve
41:18 Creating Intermediate Sleeves
51:35 Creating Last Sleeve
55:49 Installing Drainage Grommets
59:08 Preparing Pipes for Sleeves
1:06:46 Attaching Hardware to Panels
1:15:44 Hanging Panels
1:17:01 Installing Pulley & Rope System (Optional)
1:36:58 Materials & Tools List
LIST OF MATERIALS:
Fabric from Sailrite https://www.sailrite.com/shop/fabric/outdoor-living-fabric?facet_outdoor_living_uses=Wire+Hung+Canopies+%26+Pergolas
Seamstick 3/8" Basting Tape for Canvas (50 yds.) - SKU: 129
Fixed Eye Snap Hook 3/8" (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 122746
Flat Strap Eye (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 122764
Eye Bolt With Shoulder, Nut & Washer 5/16" x 4" (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 122752 or Polyfab Pro™ Lag Screw Eye Bolt 5/16" x 3-3/16" (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 121226
Turnbuckle Eye & Eye With Nut 5/16" (8mm)(Stainless Steel) - SKU: 121163
7x7 Wire Rope 1/8" x 200' (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 122699 or 7x7 Wire Rope 1/8" x 50' (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 122698
Nicopress® Sleeves 1/8" (Aluminum) - SKU: 123465 or Wire Rope Clamp 1/8" (3mm) (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 120770
Thread from Sailrite - https://www.sailrite.com/shop/notions/thread?facet_thread_size=Tex+90+%28V-92%29
1/2 inch EMT Pipe (from local hardware store)
#8 x 1/2 inch hex head self-drilling screws (from local hardware store)
LIST OF MATERIALS FOR OPTIONAL PULLEY OPEN/CLOSE SYSTEM:
Harken® 082 Bullet Block Single - SKU: 123082 or Harken® 224 Micro Block Single - SKU: 224100
Harken® 226 Micro Block Double - SKU: 120387
Harken® 092 Cheek Bullet Block - SKU: 123092
Harken® 471 Micro Carbo-Cam® Cleat - SKU: 423100
Flat Strap Eye (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 122764
Leech Line Dacron® 1/8" Black - SKU: 212114
#8 x 3/4 inch SS pan head screw (from local hardware store)
#8 x 1-1/4 inch SS pan head screw (from local hardware store)
LIST OF MATERIALS FOR OPTIONAL WEBBING STRAP SYSTEM:
1" Black Polyester Webbing - SKU: 100PLLWBK-FT
D-Ring Without Bar #0 - 1" (Stainless Steel) - SKU: 485111
Marine Fender (Lacing) Hook / Boat Lifeline Netting Hook - SKU: 100648
#8 x 1/2 inch SS pan head screw (from local hardware store)
TOOLS LIST:
Wire Rope Crimping Tool for Oval Sleeves (tool used for crimping Nicopress Sleeves, not required if Wire Rope Clamps are used) - SKU: 123468
Hole Cutter 1/8" - SKU: 121386
Sailrite® Cutting Block & Die Holder - SKU: 121597
Sailrite® Canvas Patterning Ruler - SKU: 107040
Deluxe 5-1/2" Magnetic Sewing Guide - SKU: 103597
#2 Spur Grommet Die Set 3/8" - SKU: 18203 (not required for Phifertex Plus, Textilene or Soltis 86 fabric).
#2 Hole Cutter 3/8" - SKU: 121387 (not required for Phifertex Plus, Textilene or Soltis 86 fabric).
Several viewers have asked what was used to build the wooden pergola in this video. Here is the list of the main materials used:
• Posts = 6 x 6 x 10' Red Cedar Timber - Rough Sawn (Actual Size 6" x 6" x 10') – 4 each
• Posts = 6 x 6 x 12' Red Cedar Timber - Rough Sawn (Actual Size 6" x 6" x 12') – 1 each
• Roof Slats = 2 x 6 x 16' Red Cedar Lumber - Rough Sawn (Actual Size 1-3/4" x 5-3/4" x 16') – 11 each
• Side Beams = 2 x 8 x 16' Red Cedar Lumber - Rough Sawn (Actual Size 1-3/4" x 7-3/4" x 16') – 4 each
• 3/8" x 10" Carriage Bolts - 12 each
• 3/8-16 Hex Nuts - 12 each
• 3/8" Flat Washers - 12 each
• #9 x 3" Premium Exterior Deck Screws - 5lb box
• OZCO Ornamental Wood Ties 6" x 6" Post Base Kit – 4 each
• Grip Fast 1/2" x 4-1/4" Wedge Anchor - 4 each
• Cabot Semi-Solid Deck & Siding Stain Redwood - 3 gallons