Services · Canopies & Car Shades

Cover that holds in a shamal

Car shades, entrance canopies and walkway covers — the ones that fail fail at the fixings, not the fabric.

Hero — cantilever car shade, villa driveway Cantilever 5500 mm

What we build

Cover types

01

Cantilever Car Shade

Single-side posts, clear parking bay. No columns to reverse into.

02

Post-Supported

Four-post or spine structures for multiple bays. Lower cost per square metre.

03

Entrance Canopy

Over doors and drop-off points. Usually structurally tied to the building.

04

Walkway Cover

Continuous runs for commercial, school and facility circulation routes.

01 / Climate · 03 / Reliability

Wind uplift is the real load case

People buy shade thinking about sun. What removes a canopy is wind lifting it from underneath. A cantilever structure concentrates that force into a small number of fixings and a foundation that has to resist overturning.

We size the section, the base plate, the anchors and the footing for uplift — and we write the wind-load assumption onto the quote so it can be checked. Roof material, whether sheet, polycarbonate or tensioned fabric, is specified with its UV rating.

Aluminium framing is standard for coastal and near-coastal sites. Where steel is used, it is galvanised before coating, not painted over bare.

Base plate / anchor bolt detail M20 anchors × 6
Walkway cover — commercial context, repeated bays Bay spacing 3000 mm

02 / Design fit · 04 / Installation

Drainage decides where the stains go

Rain is infrequent here, but dust plus rain equals streaking down a wall or across a driveway. We set fall direction and discharge point deliberately, and integrate drainage through the posts where the layout allows.

Installation covers foundation preparation or verified fixing to existing slab, protection of paving during works, and full site clearance. Vehicle access is maintained where possible, and we tell you in advance when it can't be.

How many bays, and what's underneath?

Send the area and a photo of the ground surface — the foundation options depend on what's already there.

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