free standing brise soleil

[marmic]

morning everyone,

 

Anyone have any experience of building a cost effective free standing brise soleil please?  Needs to be free-standing as too much to cantilever off building (from wind loading too) and need a gap to access gutters etc for cleaning and maintenance (regular cleaning crucial as we have full on RWH!).  With required gap will obviously need to be higher than head of windows.

 

Brise soleil manufacturer with reasonable costs???  ppc metal fins would be nice but probably cost prohibitive.   We have cladding left over but unless it has significant support its going to be curly!

 

I've just started thinking about kee klamp posts/supports (or scaffold tube painted?) with vine wires and deciduous climbing plants.  Possibly single row of posts with crosspiece at top.   A long narrow pergola effectively!  Possibly a temporary canvas /  bamboo screen on wires whilst plants growing.

 

thoughts / ideas please gratefully received     

Edited 3 hours ago by marmic

[Gone West]

1 minute ago, marmic said:

thoughts / ideas gratefully received

I've got a vague recollection that @JohnMo built a freestanding covered area with timber louvres.

[JohnMo]

We have a sail thing which covers a seating area outside. But it does provide shade to a set of french doors also.

Whole sun exposed front of house has a large roof overhang, depending on time of year, time of day is quite good other times not so good.

[marmic]

for the kee klamp/scaffold with vine wires idea thinking maybe even at an angle to reduce width required at top? dumb idea or not?  thoughts appreciated - as brutal as you like !!

 

other ideas too please??  I do like to break the norm  

 

can't be the first person with this dilemma!

 

 

[ToughButterCup]

49 minutes ago, marmic said:

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A long narrow pergola effectively!  Possibly a temporary canvas /  bamboo screen on wires whilst plants 

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Selected with care and a view to the long term, plants are the best shade. But they weigh much more than I thought they would.  

[marmic]

10 minutes ago, JohnMo said:

We have a sail thing which covers a seating area outside. But it does provide shade to a set of french doors also.

Whole sun exposed front of house has a large roof overhang, depending on time of year, time of day is quite good other times not so good.

thank you JohnMo - i have been toying with something like this as nice and simple - how does it get on with the wind?  off the shelf item? Or kee klamp type tubes etc?

[JohnMo]

We are very exposed location and if high winds expected I remove the sail.

 

Off the shelf item from local garden centre. Thin wall tubes rock about in the wind. Have thought about changing the steel work for some thicker walled and more robust.

 

How about a strip of double glass PV panels on a free standing wooden frame to provide shade and electricity? Double glass look the same from top and bottom (black glass). Add a flat narrow walkway near house for doing your gutters?

Edited 2 hours ago by JohnMo

[marmic]

26 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said:

 

Selected with care and a view to the long term, plants are the best shade. But they weigh much more than I thought they would.  

Ummm   good point. Moreso when wet. And thinking further more leaves for the gutters!  So maybe not such a good idea! Exmet??