Period Canopy Sets

Victorian Period Door Canopy

The Victorian Door Canopy is a high quality duel pitch softwood joinery product, designed to suit single door openings from 900mm to 2341mm wide. The canopy can receive tiles, slate or felt tiles and is dip treated with Honeysuckle, Glasurit Glassohyd natura base coat fungicide stain.

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Technical Information

The canopy set consist of a pair of gallows brackets, one decorative front truss one open rear truss, two plywood soffit boards, and two facia boards. Two tilt fillets and two sprockets.

The sizes quoted are for example the VCS/1 Width 1590mm measured from the extreme ends of the facia boards. Projection 600 mm Is the total projection from the wall to the edge of the soffit. The standard pitch is 35º. The ridge is best caped with a lead ridge this can be copper tacked to the finial post and beaten over the tiles. If a lead ridge is to be used the optional grey crest may be incorporated, this can be attached to the lead with grey silicone and screws.

The section of the materials is as follows.

Canopy

Rafter is Ex 75mm x 50mm.
Post is Ex 75mm x 75mm.
Tie rail is Ex 75mm x 75mm.
Shoe is Ex 75mm x 50mm.
Tie rail is Ex 75mm x 50mm.
Plywood soffits 9mm WBP.
Tilt fillet 35º splay cut Ex 75mm x 50mm.
Sprockets Ex 50mm x 25mm tapered and angled.

Gallows Brackets SG6/T 780mm high 600mm projection.
SG15/T 950mm high 700mm projection.
SG20/T 590mm high 505mm projection.

Head or Beam Ex 75mm x 75mm.
Upright or post Ex 75mm x 75mm.
Brace or gibbet Ex 200mm x 50mm.

Code	Overall Width [mm]	Projection [mm]	Height above door head [mm]	Maximum brick opening [mm]	Pitch	Weight
PCS/H1	1340	505	650	910	45°	24

Optional fixing kit fits all period canopies

Fits all period canopies kit consists of 10 no 100mm 10mm sleeve anchors 18 no tile battens, slaters felt, Cement fiber soffit boards and galvanized nails. 2 no 70mm x 6mm wood screws.

Optional cast resin crest fits over a lead ridge on all period canopies.

Cast resin crest fits over a lead ridge on all period canopies

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