How to Make a Slide-On Wire Hung Canopy (Pergola Canopy)

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Enhance your outdoor living space by building your own slide-on wire hung canopy system for your pergola. They provide adjustable shade creating a relaxing, stylish outdoor living space which can greatly increase the appeal of your home and give an oasis for family and friends to enjoy the great outdoors in comfort, even on the sunniest of days.
Wire hung canopies are easy to add to an existing pergola or a free standing structure. Follow this step by step tutorial video to make one for yourself. Use the calculator (link below) and enter your structure’s dimensions for an immediate computation for the number of panels required, size of panels, and span distances.
Use the Sailrite Fabric Calculator to provide a detailed materials list catered to your specific measurements. Slide-On Wire Hung Canopies Calculator Link: fabric-calculator.com/wirehungcanopy/index.html…

How to Make a Slide-On Wire Hung Canopy Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Measuring Pergola & Calculating Panel Dimensions
4:34 Installing Eye Bolts
10:10 Rigging Wires
21:24 Cutting Fabric & Hemming Sides
35:22 Creating First Sleeve
41:18 Creating Intermediate Sleeves
51:35 Creating Last Sleeve
55:49 Installing Drainage Grommets
59:08 Preparing Pipes for Sleeves
1:06:46 Attaching Hardware to Panels
1:15:44 Hanging Panels
1:17:01 Installing Pulley & Rope System (Optional)
1:36:58 Materials & Tools List

LIST OF MATERIALS:
Fabric sailrite.com/shop/fabric/outdoor-living-fabric?…
Seamstick 3/8" - 129 sailrite.com/Seamstick-3-8-for-Canvas-60-Yds?ut…
Fixed Eye Snap Hook 3/8" (SS) - 122746 sailrite.com/Fixed-Eye-Snap-Hook-3-8-Stainless-…
Flat Strap Eye (SS) - 122764 sailrite.com/Flat-Strap-Eye-3-8-Stainless-Steel…
Eye Bolt w/ Shoulder, Nut & Washer 5/16" x 4" (SS) - 122752 sailrite.com/Eye-Bolt-With-Shoulder-Nut-Washer-… or Polyfab Pro Lag Screw Eye Bolt 5/16" x 3-3/16" (SS) - 121226 sailrite.com/Polyfab-Pro-Lag-Screw-Eye-Bolt-5-1…
Turnbuckle E/E w/ Nut 5/16" (SS) -121163 sailrite.com/Turnbuckle-Eye-Eye-With-Nut-5-16-8…
7x7 Wire Rope 1/8" (SS) - 122699 sailrite.com/7x7-Wire-Rope-1-8-x-200-Stainless-…
Nicopress Sleeves 1/8" - 123465 or Wire Rope Clamp 1/8" (SS) - 120770 sailrite.com/Nicopress-Sleeves-1-8-Aluminum?utm…
Thread - sailrite.com/shop/notions/thread?facet_thread_s…
1/2 inch EMT Pipe**
#8 x 1/2 inch hex head self-drilling screws**

LIST OF MATERIALS FOR OPTIONAL PULLEY OPEN/CLOSE SYSTEM:
Harken 082 Bullet Block Single - 123082 or Harken 224 Micro Block Single - 224100 sailrite.com/Harken-Micro-Block-Single?utm_sour…
Harken 226 Micro Block Double - 120387 sailrite.com/Harken-226-Micro-Block-Double?utm_…
Harken 092 Cheek Bullet Block - 123092 or Nautos Foot Block Single - 92318 sailrite.com/Nautos-Footblock-Single?utm_source…
Harken 471 Micro Carbo-Cam Cleat - 423100 or Nautos Small Composite Cam Cleat - 91026 sailrite.com/Nautos-Small-Composite-Cam-Cleat?u…
Flat Strap Eye (Stainless Steel) - 122764
Leech Line Dacron 1/8" Black - 212114 sailrite.com/Leechline-Dacron-1-8-Black?utm_sou…
#8 x 3/4 inch SS pan head screw**
#8 x 1-1/4 inch SS pan head screw**

LIST OF MATERIALS FOR OPTIONAL WEBBING STRAP SYSTEM:
1" Black Polyester Webbing - 100PLLWBK-FT
D-Ring Without Bar #0 - 1" (Stainless Steel) - 485111
Marine Fender (Lacing) Hook / Boat Lifeline Netting Hook - 100648
#8 x 1/2 inch SS pan head screw**

TOOLS LIST:
Wire Rope Crimping Tool (tool used for crimping Nicopress Sleeves, not required if Wire Rope Clamps are used) - 123468 sailrite.com/Crimping-Tool-Long-Handle?utm_sour…
Hole Cutter 1/8" - 125478 sailrite.com/Sailrite-Hole-Cutter-1-8?utm_sourc…
Cutting Block - 121597 sailrite.com/Sailrite-Cutting-Block-Die-Holder
Canvas Patterning Ruler - 107040 sailrite.com/Sailrite-Canvas-Patterning-Ruler
Magnetic Sewing Guide - 103597 sailrite.com/Deluxe-5-1-2-Magnetic-Sewing-Guide
#1 Plain Grommet & Die Set 5/16" (Brass) - 26301 (not required for Phifertex Plus, Textilene or Soltis 86 fabric).
** From local hardware store