Hangar fab help needed for shade cloth
Yakster
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I'm putting shade cloth up on my metal awning on the man patio and could use some help. For the two sides, I can clip the shade to the lip easily and I'm looking at putting in a sliding system using two hole straps, some metal tubing, and shower curtain rings to attach to grommets we'll put in the shade cloth. For the end of the awning, there's nothing to clip to so I want to come up with a metal hangar like the cubicle hanger shown below, but the dimensions on this are too big.
The top lip (green) of the end cap is about 3/4" deep and about 2-3/4" tall (red) and I want to have a hanger that catches on the inside lip and hangs down about 2 inches, so above the bottom of the end cap. I'd like the hanger to catch a grommet on the shade cloth, so either a small bent tab or maybe hardware connected to the hangar for this.
Does anyone know of some existing product that will work or have any advice on fabricating something custom that I can use? I'd probably want 6 - 8 of these guys.
I guess another option would be to drill some holes in the red piece and use pop rivets to mount some hooks to it instead of using a hangar.
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Search: Over the Door Hook
There may be something you can use or alter.
Or try looking for: Gutter Hook...
Thanks, I'm going to try these S hook clips to see how they work.
https://a.co/d/8RnEnJD
Those clips look like they would work and are inexpensive enough. If the s-hook is indeed metal it would be simple to adjust them, close or open them up to meet your needs. Might even work over a length of rope.
I'm thinking with those clips I wouldn't need grommets in the shade cloth. Thanks for the keywords @CheapSmoke.
Binder clips
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
The hooks I ordered were too small so I got some larger ones that just came in tonight. Looks like they'll work great.
https://a.co/d/4sSckAF
I put up some 3/4" EMT with shower curtain hooks and put grommets in the shade cloth and I have a sliding shade cloth now for the Western side of the patio. I may do one for the Eastern side after I try it out just pinning up a shade cloth to see if it's worth it for the morning sun.
It was 100 F under the Man Patio this afternoon when I was working on the sliding shade cloth setup.
My shade project is coming along great, those Coideal Large Curtain Clips Hooks I ordered really do the trick. Send me your address @CheapSmoke, you really helped me out on this project with your keywords. I've got some reinforcements coming for the 3/4" EMT so it won't sag and I'm going to pick up another shade cloth because having the cloth on the East side of the patio during the morning does really seem to help.