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 Nick Gray are able to supply all you need to cover your own car port.
For a basic car port will need;
- Polycarbonate sheet, trimmed and taped
- Glazing bars to join the sheets
- F section to finish and secure the edges
- Fixing buttons to secure larger sheets between the bars.
- Sheet closure for the bottom edge
- Foilband flashing (polycarbonate compatible) to seal the top against a wall.
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GLOSSARY
Rafter
A roof supporting beam that runs from top too bottom, the slope.
Purlin
A roof supporting beam that runs horizontal, sometimes supporting rafters or
running between them.
Glazing bar
Joins two sheets of polycarbonate together.
Self supporting
Acts as a rafter as well, needing no support.
Timber supported
Needs to sit on a timber support. Snap down has an aluminium base which is screwed onto the timber and has a plastic snap on capping, though not recommended this bar can be used crossing purlins particularly when replacing corrugated sheet. Screw down bar has a rubber base and can only be used on a rafter. The capping is aluminium and screwed into the rafter. This is the stronger and more professional method, suitable for all thickness of polycarbonate.
Edge bar
A bar used on the sides to finish off with polycarbonate on one side only.
Sometimes an adapted main bar and not always available from every manufacturer.
Edge trim
Converts a main snap down bar into an edge bar.
F section
Used instead of an edge bar. Useful with its leg that can be used down or up if against a wall. Plastic or aluminium depending on thickness.
Breather tape
Put on the bottom of the sheet allowing air in and out of the flutes as it expands and contracts while keeping dust and insects out.
Closure
Plastic U section with a drip that protects the breather tape and stops water running up the underside of the sheet.
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