The large size materials providing protection against the sun rays are called the shade sails. Installing them is not a daunting task; all you need is a lot of time to set it up. Offsetting the corners is the best way to enhance the efficacy of the shade sails. To make this possible you will have to have the opposite corners at level with each other and the remaining adjacent ones are to be uneven. This will ensure the influx of air in the shaded area and maximum protection against the sunrays. In this article we take you through simple steps to install the shade sail.
The primary step is to mark out in the ground the several points where the sail would be installed. The locations of these marks will differ depending on the sail sizes. On each of the footing location you will have to dig at least a sixteen square foot wide hole with the help of a shovel. The hole has to be dug out one half of the height of the support post. The bottom of each of the hole needs to be covered with a four inch bed of 3/4th inch of gravel. The next step is to screw lag bots at the opposite ends of the support post which would be at a distance of four inch from the post bottom. This can be done with the help of a screwdriver. The posts have to be put into the holes and then inserted into the gravel beds. This has to be done till the lag bolts touch the gravel surface.
The hole dug out around the post has to be filled with cement and ensure that all the cement reached the hole top and goes till the ground. The fixing accessories have to be mounted accordingly. The fixings have to be installed on the top parts and the lower lefts of the posts to make sure that they are posted at the same height. Once done the corners of the shade sails will have to be attached to the mounted fixings through a rope or wire. This completes the installation process.