canopy cover. where to find?

I had the same problem with a 12 x 12 tent gazebo bought at Sam's Club a few years ago. Mine was all wood framed with the trellis type corners. Mine had worn where the canopy laid over the corner roof trusses until they just tore, probably due to wind. I was unable to locate the manufacturer of the gazebo and I would suspect that the cost of the canopy would probably be close to the cost of the entire unit. Also, Sam's did not have a new unit of the same construction. Fortunately, my sister-in-law had the same gazebo and she was getting rid of it. I took the canopy, which was intact. I know this doesn't answer your question, but before I got my SIL's canopy, I was going to have one made at an awning and flag store about

thanks. thats what we feared.

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:18:50 GMT, skeezics scribbled this interesting note:

A number of years ago we bought one of those canopy type car ports or garages from Sam's for about $200.00. A couple of years ago the white canopy finally became useless due to wind and age and UV light.

I went to the manufacturer of the unit at:

Look around. You'll find the manufacturer and a new top won't be all that much.

-- John Willis snipped-for-privacy@airmail.net (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)

I checked with a "friend" of mine that I used to build awnings with. He has a Consew walking foot sewing machine, and does Raven Mills Sunbrella projects. He wanted $1,000 for a ten by ten. I went and bought a $175 gazebo with new top. If you have a lightweight frame common to big store gazebos, the heavier awning canvas will overload it.

Steve

nope not light weight and its bolted to the concrete deck. i realy dont want to tear it up and assemble a new one. it came with heavy canvas, it just got old and tore when we took it down for winter,

skeez

been searching but have not found the same one yet. but i will! lol.. just wish i could remember the manufacturer's name. CRS sucks.

skeez

Nice friend! Awning canvas comes in all thicknesses. The usual awning canvas is lightweight, because it rides on lightweight framing. The OP said he had iron framing. It might be the decorative wrought iron type framing. I live in the NE US and due to heavy snowfalls, I have to put it up and take it down annually. I know that my 12 x 12 canopy is really heavy and is a bear to drape over the wooden roof frame. It has a waxy feel to it, and it seems that each Spring and Fall it gets heavier, but that might be just me. :-)

Of course Sunbrella will last about seven years if exposed 24/7 here in the Florida sun and rain. The lightweight canvas lasts one year under the same conditions.

Here's a place to have one made.

Frank

clipped

You might try a camping store - they have all kinds of "shelter", including tents. Probably could sew one with your own style of fasteners to make it easier to put up and take down. Would shade clotch work?

if all else fails, you can look in yellow pages under tailor/seamstress..............hold onto your old canopy, it can be used as a pattern.