Amy Parker of Parker Hosiery of Old Fort,NC approached Slab Fab Studio wanting her Hosiery Outlet Store to have a bit more curbside recognition.
Amy had a “wave” metal roof in mind…. she also wanted large horizontal support elements to the wave roof and chain supports to hold it all together. Slab Fab Studio felt up to the design/ fabrication challenge.
After some brain storming, Amy and I came up with this loose “cocktail napkin” drawing.
After taking the on site measurements of the Parker Outlet store facade, it was time to throw Google SketchUp at the design project.
This is, after much design head scratching, what the Slab Fab Studio awning solution might look like.
Amy and her brother Jeff Parker (co-owners of Parker Hosiery), were excited, and gave the go ahead for the actual building of their Outlet awning.
I designed the awning in several bolt together pieces.
The vertical supports to be through bolted into the brick wall.
The horizontal roof support bolted to the vertical support.
The Outlet lettering, cut out of 1/8″ steel, 12 inches tall by Laser Precision Cutting were welded to a flat bar arc, and bolted to the vertical supports.
The galvanized 14 gauge steel “wave” roof was bent up by B and H Environmental and Sheet Metal of Asheville. It also bolted up to the awning horizontal supports.
The multiple pieces made the awning more difficult to fabricate initially. But it made the installation much easier… the brick facade was very uneven and ten feet off the ground.
Here is a picture of the awning in my shop prior to painting.
Here is a picture of the awning after finish painting and installation.
And another to accentuate the “wave” roof…
BIlly this is amazingly cool – I love it. Great job!
love it! great job!
Billy. Fantastic, it looks great. Good job Broski. Love you, Annie
Nice clean design, Billy, and love the contrasting textures of brick and smooth steel. The building otherwise looks pretty austere so it stands out without looking… hmmm… overdone.
I am wondering about the weight… brick isnt easy to attach to unless it’s a veneer and you can go into concrete behind like most brick buildings are out here in the west… but ya’ll have true brick buildings back there usually. Just wondering how the installation went. Love ya both
Sabrina,
Thanks for the note…. I made the awning in 4 pieces… the building was old (all brick construction). I secured the most vital awning support piece with all thread and nuts through the entire brick wall at 4 points… I lost sleep over securing to the brick… so I went with through bolting, rock solid. No worries there… Great to hear from you! Hope you are well!
Wow! I didn’t realize you made awesome signs like that! It is super cool. With you, there is more than meets the eye. You are incredibly talented.
Beth