$300 DIY Homemade motorized retractable porch patio wall sun shade screens.
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- I wish I would've documented more on how I made this. I did 3 screens for about $300 each. Much better than the $1400 each for Larson and MUCH more from other brands. Only thing not shown in this video is the aluminum shroud that covers the system from the weather (I added it after the video was shot). The screen material in this video is an 80% sun shade screen.
Link to another video showing it during the build: • $300 DIY Homemade moto...
I used a 12V power supply like this one: www.amazon.com...
I used this motor: www.amazon.com...
The motor has a 3/8" D shaped shaft. I used a 1/2" OD x 1/4" ID aluminum tube (from Orange Aluminum in California) to go over that shaft but I had my CNC friend open up the 1/4" ID to fit over the 3/8" shaft. He also drilled/tapped some set screws into the tube to hold it to the motor shaft where the flat spot of the "D" shape is located.
I used a 1.5" aluminum tube from Alro steel. Tube wall is 3/16" thick so the ID is 1.125". I had the same CNC shop friend make some 1.125" OD x 1/2" ID adapters to go between the 1/2" OD tube (the one I just mentioned) and inside of the 1.125" ID of the aluminum tubing. The 1.5" tubing was drilled/tapped with set screws to lock on to the adapter plate. The adapter plate was drilled/tapped with set screws to lock onto the outside of the 1/2" aluminum tubing. So basically, after all of that, you'll have a 1.5" tube with 1/2" tubes sticking out of both ends.
The 1/2" tubes at both ends of the 1.5" tubing are held up by these pillow blocks:
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The 1/2" OD aluminum tubes fit perfectly inside the pillow block bearings. One of the 1/2" tubes sticks out further than the other so it can attach to the motor. So now the motor turns the tubing system and the pillow blocks hold it in place.
I ordered some screen rolls, cut it to the right size, and used double sided carpet tape from Lowes to attach it to the tube. www.lowes.com/...
I also used a PWM speed controller from Amazon to manually control the speed of the screen when it gets near the end of the cycle. www.amazon.com...
Here's the switches I used: www.amazon.com...
The only parts I had to order from Larson were the side channels that the screen slides up and down in. The Larson part number for brown is 01-12210-5-1-1536c. White is 01-12210-2-3-1536c. You can order here: parts.larsondo... I ordered brown and painted them black since they do not come in black.
For the bottom frame piece, I ordered 1/2" Slim Line bulb seals and the seal and the 7/8" Slim Line retainers. On the other side of the screen (inside) I used a 3/4" x 1/4" steel flat stock. Drilled holes through the Slim Line retainer and flat stock, then threaded the holes in the flat stock, and sandwiched the screen between the retainer and flat stock and tightened it together with stainless hex bolts. I also put some two way tape on the retainer and flat stock where they contact the screen (for additional support). You can see the bolt heads in the video of the finished screen. The main purpose of this bottom piece is not only to seal against the floor (or bar top like I have on my short wall), but also to provide enough weight to pull the screen down and also help keep it in place when it's windy.
Slim Line seals: www.northshore...
Slim Line retainers: www.northshore...
This is awesome, man. Very smooth, and the aesthetic for the whole area is really well-done
Thank you!!! Much appreciated. Took a lot of time to figure it all out but I saved a lot of money by doing so lol
I am still working on mine and have found that a tube-motor for canopies works very well and has remote, limits on up/down and takes a lot of the guess work out of it.
Where did you get it ?
Interested in this info as well.
Your video helped me. Thank you. In my build I replaced the motor design you had and installed a tubular motor with mechanical limits. I need to order side rails and bulb seal yet. Awesome content!
Awesome!! Any links to the motor that you used? And please post a video when it's done!! I'd love to see it!!
@@LS67NOVA I will make a video as soon as I have everything a little closer to completion.
@@brooksnelson7870any chance you know which motor?
Great stuff, detailed build guide with no Cnc-owning friend coming soon? 👍
Very impressive!
For the non-handy...Coolaroo shades (crank up) like this start at $60 I think. Not affiliated. Was looking for them for myself.
Very Nice I like this..need a similar wind and weather proof solution for my lean to / Pergola is this suitable for the windy UK climate?
I would say no. I don't know exactly the wind speed, but the side channels don't hold the screen in place too well with a decent amount of wind. To me that's the only setback with this arrangement. There are companies out there that make high wind solutions but they are very expensive.
That looks sharp! Good job.
Very nice! thanks for the details and links. Been looking and researching parts I'd need to do this myself as well instead of giving 4-6 grand to some joe shmoe company. Any pictures with the aluminum shroud installed? did you order the aluminum shroud custom and if so where and any specific dimensions? Is there any thing that pulls on or keeps the sides of the screen taut to the track on the side such that when heavy wind blows against it, the screen doesn't get blown in?
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You can see it in this video here. I went to someone that does aluminum work for houses I gave him the dimensions that I needed and he bent it for me.
Great stuff! Thanks for the ideas and videos. Do you have any pictures of the metal work (tubing and adapters) that's in your description? I'm looking to do a similar setup (4x) for my screen porch. Each one will be 8ft wide but different heights because it's a sloped ceiling (8x8, 8x9, 8x10, 8x10), so I'll have to recess everything into the ceiling.
Unfortunately I didn't take the time to get pics of everything. I wish I did because it obviously would've been more helpful to other people
Where to buy the material
This video is a show off nó helpful info at all
Thanks!!
For thise that have undertake the project, what's the max width and height can be achieved?
Awesome job! Can you please check/update the links? Some of them are not working for me.
Looks great! What kind of screen did you use?
For the west side, I went with 80% sun shade. If I remember right I ordered it from Affordable Window Screens. For the other two sides, I just used regular fiberglass window screens....again I think it was ordered from Affordable.
@@bariwrubel8541 Thanks for the reply. Is your build working well after all this time?
@@DiogoSalazar1sorry my last reply came from my personal account LoL I logged in from my home PC and it defaulted to my personal account instead of this one. Anyways, yes. It honestly works great. We use it all the time in the summer and I have had zero issues with it. Only thing that could be better is staying in place with mild/strong winds but the only way around that is to buy the really expensive packaged models and I can't afford that. So overall, I'm super happy I did this. Saved a ton of money and it works for 95% of the days we want to use it (the other 5% being the windy days).
@@DiogoSalazar1keep in mind too that the sunscreen is MUCH heavier and thicker than regular screen. And because of that it gets moved a lot more by the wind. So the wind issue is really only on our west wall where we used the 80%. The other two sides with regular fiberglass screen are fine
@@DiogoSalazar1 and I'm not sure if you have seen one of my other videos on it or not..... ua-cam.com/video/pKARhnIAfBM/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
How ? 🤔
Do you have any issues of side screen coming out of track
Yes. If you look at one of my other videos, you'll see the latches I used to help prevent that from happening
@@LS67NOVA will check. Thank you
@@angelsoverme ua-cam.com/video/pKARhnIAfBM/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
One question, how do you keep insects from entering thru the u channel? Or do you not experience any
I don't experience any. The C channel has a sort of bristle brush that seal both sides of the screen. The bristles aim inwards towards the C and kind of act like a catch when the screen starts to pull out, the bristles go through the screen holes and help lock the screen in place. It doesn't work too well on the 80 or 90% sunscreen because there's not much space in the holes in the screen. I'm not sure if that description makes any sense? But either way, the bristles definitely seal good enough to keep bugs out.
If you have a Menards near you, They usually have one of the Larson screens set up and you can get a good look at how it works.
@@LS67NOVA Cool I was looking for the track but could not find it .
@@brooksnelson7870
White
Inside 01-12210-2-3-1536c
Brown
Inside 01-12210-5-1-1536C
@@LS67NOVA So I had to call them to get an idea for the cost. $65 + tax and shipping per side at 7.5 ft long.
Are you in Oklahoma by any chance 😂
Lol. Unfortunately no
@@LS67NOVA bummer. LOL!!! 😂
where did you order your screen material?
Affordable Windows Screens dot com. We went with 80% sunblock on our west wall and regular fiberglass on the other two. The 80% is thick and the wind pushes it a lot more than the regular fiberglass. We're going to build a pergola with retractable sunshades over our deck (west side of the screen system) and then replace the 80% screen with regular fiberglass. We won't be doing that until lumber prices become sane again.
Where did you get the regular fiberglass stuff you used on the others you mentioned at?
@@LS67NOVA when you do that, make an instructional video please!