Front Entrance Awning

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Reference

• A-1 Floor Plan
• A-2 Building Elevations
• See Woody's sketch of front elevation

Design

• Requirements
  • Cover the front entrance area
  • Provide shade and stop rain from coming through
  • provide drainage (avoid ice)
  • meet historic requirements
  • meet structural requirements
• Design / Selection
  • Ideas
    • Reuse: any metal
  • Design
    • Size:
      • Length: 12' - 4" = center of column to center of column + 8" (4" on either side)
      • Width out from building: 4' - 6"
    • Material
      • 8" C channel --- legs pointing out
      • reuse pipe horizontal members -or- 4" C channels
      • Painted same color as windows - greenblack
      • 1/2" plywood roof inset on angle edging
      • Duro-last top
      • ceiling wood decking
      • 1" steel rods / anchors...painted greenblack
    • Drainage
      • drain to the south
      • use a Japanese rain chain (billie will make?)
• Rationale
  • maximize
    • functionality
    • reuse
    • durability