Introduction: Repairing Canopy Frame Ribs
My canopy got messed up in a wind storm and it broke a few frame ribs.
Step 1: Remove and Matched Up Broken Frame Ribs
I bought 3 eight foot 5/8 x 11/2 trim boards and measured each rib.
Step 2: Marking the Holes
I used the broken ribs to match,mark and drill out the wholes, I also rounded the edge of the board that goes into the top of frame. I used a belt sander but you can also use a hand sander.
Step 3: Painting
I used grey primer paint which matched well
Step 4: Attach the Ribs
I re-attached the ribs using original hardware.
9 Comments
4 years ago
This has been on my to-do list for weeks! Though my canopy was so cheap that buying another unit simply for parts was how I was gonna take care of it. My rod broke completely so I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle to fix it with wood.
Reply 4 years ago
I use mine to work under in the backyard doing projects. The wood was cheap and I already had the paint. Wood cost $3 and I used the hardware on the canopy.
Reply 4 years ago
I want to explain that I replaced the broken frame rib, not just repaired. I cut the wood out to match the original metal rib and installed it in place of the original.
4 years ago
nice work. I had a similar situation with my canopy, but I wasn't able to replace the limb easily because the joints were not assembled with removable hardware. What I did was patch together the existing limb by reinforcing it from the inside.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Repairing-a-Broke...
Reply 4 years ago
Great instructable! I need to get better at taking pictures and writing the articles. I had a neighbor who wanted to throw away a flat screen tv because no one works on them anymore in our area. He brought it to me and I went on YouTube, watch someone change a diode in the same model. I tested his tv found out it was a bad diode. Ordered one online and repaired it for less than $5.
Reply 4 years ago
nice. I love finding those easy to fix treasures :)
Reply 4 years ago
thanks I hate to throw something away without trying to fix them first.
4 years ago
I don't want to talk about how mine got messed up. But it did. So I took some scraps of steel, drilled holes in them, and pushed them into the frame bars with some JB Quick Epoxy.
Reply 4 years ago
Good job I guess your like me, I hate to throw anything away that I can repair. We live in a throwaway society, my neighbors bring stuff to me to try to fix before they get rid of them.