Location: Gauteng · System: Fixed IBR Awning
The brief
A single-storey plastered home with two sets of sliding doors opening onto a paved patio. The doors took full sun and there was no cover across either of them.
No skylights, no blinds, no adjustable blades. What is wanted is reliable shade and rain cover across the width of both openings, at sensible cost.
What we built
A fixed IBR awning finished white throughout, spanning both sets of doors as one run and carried on a single post at the outer corner.
The perimeter is a boxed fascia with the gutter inside it and a downpipe taken down at one end. From the garden it is a single clean white line under the roof, which is what a well-detailed fixed awning should look like.
The system itself is set out under Fixed IBR Awnings, and the gallery has more of it.
Why one post and not two
The obvious way to cover two door openings is two structures, or one structure with a post between them. Both put something solid in the middle of the patio.
Running it as one span with a single corner post costs a little more in section and gives an uninterrupted covered area — with nothing standing in front of either door.
The specification behind it
- Fixed IBR awning, white throughout
- Single continuous span across two sets of sliding doors
- One post at the outer corner
- Boxed fascia with the gutter integrated; single downpipe run
- 95% watertight in Highveld storms, with a full all-round gutter
- 15-year guarantee on aluminium, 10-year on Chromadek®
The cheapest structure still has to be detailed
Fixed IBR is our most affordable awning, and that is exactly why the details get skipped elsewhere: an exposed cut edge, a gutter bolted on afterwards, a downpipe wherever the frame ended.
Boxing the fascia and integrating the gutter is not decoration. It is what keeps water off the paving, keeps the fixings out of the weather, and makes the difference between an awning and a lean-to.
If you’re considering the same
When comparing IBR quotes, ask specifically whether the gutter is integrated into a boxed fascia or fixed on afterwards. The prices look similar and the results do not.
See fixed IBR awnings in full.
