a canopy like no other I have seen before

Do you live in Bavaria?
I moved from Munich and got laughed at because I put my snow shovel outside. :)

... but even if ... I don’t worry anymore - especially after the recent storm.

Alright. I remember the beginning of 2021 when I shoveled out my car because there were about 50cm of snow behind it. In Saxony-Anhalt... one night of heavy snow is enough and the thing is stuck.

And convincing yourself that this is art... it’s your taste, okay. If I walk around in green knee socks and short pants, that might be my taste... but that doesn’t make it a fashion trend by any means.

Hello,

I still have a few questions about the construction. From a craftsmanship perspective, it seems to be well made.

- Were the stainless steel tubes welded on site or were they delivered as one piece?
- Has anyone ever taken a closer look at the dowels and the sheet metal thickness of the vertical end plates above the window lintels? Both seem a bit weak to me when I think of wind suction (the canopy being pushed upwards).
- Are the two supports towards the window lintel only inserted into the tube frame or welded? I think I can see a sleeve welded onto the tube frame here without any preventing mechanism against pulling out.

It’s not to my taste either, I’m just worried about falling constructions similar to collapsing balconies due to incorrect dowels etc.

@ Simon

I had the 2 pipes bent and delivered.
A friend who’s a metalworker and lives around the corner welded them together – using industrial corner joints.
We both considered the durability.
I alone bear the responsibility :cool:
The attachment to the wall consists – among other things – of 8 pieces of 12mm screws, which reach 15 cm deep into the wall and were glued in.
The "thin, vertical end plates" are there so that I didn’t have to drill into the window lintel. They practically carry no load but only hold in tension so that the small arches (supports) can’t be pushed downward.

Let me put it this way:
I have never made such a part before. It is an experiment. But I have done many experiments of similar complexity and am convinced that it will hold.

Of course, I can be wrong :eek: ;)

Your examples from #19 are foreign bodies. And no, that does not create intended tension, it is just awkwardly different

The examples from #19 are examples that "other" builders and architects also work with "foreign bodies."

I do not believe that something has to be bad just BECAUSE it is a foreign body (apart from the fact that I do not perceive it that way).

Let the man have his canopy. He likes it, he wanted to show it off. Can't you just overlook it if you don't like it yourself, instead of trying to talk him out of it? Or in other words: "Matter of taste, said the monkey and dipped into the soap."

I think the canopy is great. I would stop and take a closer look while walking by – you couldn’t say that about the old canopy. I think you have achieved your goal – the piece is divisive and seems to emotionally touch many, judging by the comments ;) I wouldn’t want it on my house, but that’s not what it’s about anyway.