3ft awning over garage door

[rathersmart]

Hi everyone,

I am considering making an awning over my garage door. I am looking for a 3ft overhang with simple supports on both sides of the door. No post at the end of the awning.

The supports would be mounting to 6x6 columns behind the siding.

This is the current idea:
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Do you think guys think this is doable, or is it a non-starter because of weight/not enough support on the ends?

 

[RWorth]

I've been contemplating similar. That looks fine.

 

[barnee]

Where are you? Its all about the snow load.

Mine just sits on a beam/corbel. The corbel is lagged into the four 2 by 6 studs that are on both sides of the garage door.

Here's mine:

 

[rathersmart]

in WA state. we barely get any snow

 

[Richard Cranium]

must be a west sider, Here in central Washington we get lots of snow.

 

[Slednut]

I made this and wish it was a little wider.

 

[Dustball]

This is what I've done for mine. I sized it so full sheets of plywood went on without any cutting lengthwise.

• Made trusses with glued and screwed plywood skins on both sides so they'd never sag.
• Screwed ledger boards using Ledgerlok screws. I used a 1/16" drill bit to probe for the edges so the Ledgerlok screws would hit the center of every one.
• Installed the trusses using galvanized hangers and Simpson structural hanger screws.
• The top edge of the plywood was screwed into the top ledger along the entire length.
• Everything was screwed, no nails used except for soffit/fascia and shingles.

The overhang was rock solid when I was jumping up and down on it.

 

[38Chevy454]

My simple solution at my old house and detached garage, I used the hood from a Jaguar suspension donor. Hood = free, and just a couple black iron side supports along with a 4x6 header (only 4x6 because I had a short piece available) lagged to the wall studs. I could hang on the front edge of the hood, certainly more than any snow load of 12 inches max.

 

[Wolfman6]

It looks fine for no snow load. Your design flaw is support in the middle. The center will sag with any load on it. Your cross support needs to be sized for load carrying.

 

[rburke65]

Dustball.....that looks really nice.

 

[bullnerd]

Very nice Barnee and Dustball!

 

[BC1]

Hard to see from your drawing but is there a ledger?

 

[BC1]

The overhang was rock solid when I was jumping up and down on it.[/QUOTE]

Awesome, straight overkill. I have no doubt it felt solid when jumping on it and would probably not be an issue used for overflow motorcycle parking