DIY – How to build a Simple Stand-alone Sun Shade – Shelter
I constructed this 10×10 sun shelter for less than one third the price of a store purchased structure, and had a blast designing and building it! I feel this shelter is higher quality than store bought and the top material is easy to remove before the winter snows in western Montana.
I started with 10’ 4×4’s and 12’ 1×8’s. The structure is 8′ high and 12′ tip-to-tip on two sides. Two coats of stain will help preserve the structure from the elements.
I fashioned metal caps for the top of the 4×4’s and installed adjusters from an old clothes dryer to the bottom of the posts. The adjusters also keep the structure off the courtyard pavers so that water cannot wick up the posts.
I painted 10’ ¾” electrical conduit to hold the center of the sun shade material up. I drilled holes in the inner 1×8’s and inserted the conduit during the assembly process. This simple mounting technique eliminated complex mounting hardware.
The sun shade material and trick mounting clips were purchased from Greenhouse Megastore. The material I used was 12’ wide (without any seams) and will block 80% of the sun. Greenhouse Megastore will cut the material length you require. I purchased 13 running feet to get over the minimum order, thus saving $20 on the cut charge. I cut the material to approximately 10×10 for my project. The clips are held in place at 8 points on the structure and 16 more clips were used to help stretch the material. The material does stretch nicely making a mighty fine cover.
This was a fun, simple project that almost anyone can build and enjoy for years.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Still photography was taken with a Samsung Galaxy S5 smart phone and an Apple iPad Air2. Video was taken with a DJI OSMO camera. I used Microsoft Move Maker to assemble the stills and finished the project with Adobe Premier Pro.
Music used: “Meditation Impromptu 02” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Hello sir thank for the great video. Is it possible to know how many of each of the 4×4's and the 1×8's did you get? I really love this design and will like to build one myself but in 8' x 8' since my paver patio is not that big. Thank you again for sharing a great video
Sir this is a great inspiration to diyers. Yours is the simplest build I have seen so far end results beats even a store structure.
Need your advice on the following
1. What type of wood did you use? can we use cedar and then stain? something more organic/safe to env.
2. We are moving to our new house next month and we have a patio of size 15×10 inches. A window and wall is on the 15inc side and on one of the 10inch side a door to enter the house. So I have half a inch where I can put a 4*6 without bumping into it after I open the door and enter my backyardT(corner place between the door and the window. )
What size can I build? 8×12? should I increase the post size to 6×6?
I donot want to attach anything to the house and I will have to bolt the post to the cement due to heavy winds in area I live(ga).
I want to maximize my built pergola size while keeping it as simple as possible.
protruding wood will be cut where ever it has house wall on its side.
I may also need permission with local county for this.
where did you find those metals that you used in the pergola, i am not sure what to call them. round black metal, where to find them?
what is holding the pergola down ???
Nice Job , Where did you find the clips to hold down the sun shade and the bottom caster . I don't see them on there web site .
Thumbs up. Thanks for sharing this, some good info.
could this stand-alone be applied to a 10' W x 20'L ? i plan on using 6 beams for support but am wondering if i need to concrete in or if this method will also be sufficient. great video by the way!! and a beautiful pergola!
So this is like portable right? how much total cost you and how long it take to finish the project?
had a question since the shelter is not in the ground has steong wi ds ever came close to knocking it over
wow that's awesomely great job
Nice but why the sad music ?
Nice finished video but I wish it was more of a "How To"
very nice sun shade shelter and smooth flowing video.
nice solid build! 🖒🖒