Help: Anchor point for sun sail?

I want to get shade to the back deck. I don’t want to pop up umbrellas or canopies. I don’t want to pay for a pergola or awning but was thinking of sun sails that can be clipped / strung up and can be taken down when there is storms or for winter. The deck covers a walk out basement, with a retaining wall as the grade goes to ground level off to the right. I can drop posts in the yard in the foreground and on the left as anchor points. On the right by the patio door is a 4x4 running to the slab below for the deck that I can anchor into as well. But what about the back of the house? What are ways I can anchor into the house? Is the overhang above the patio door a good place? Can I go through the vinyl siding into the chimney? How can I get vertical stability for an anchor point for the sail to the back of the house? Thanks for the ideas. https://imgur.com/a/fJBrkZf submitted by /u/urfdaddy [link] [comments]

Mar 19, 2025 - 20:15

I want to get shade to the back deck. I don’t want to pop up umbrellas or canopies. I don’t want to pay for a pergola or awning but was thinking of sun sails that can be clipped / strung up and can be taken down when there is storms or for winter.

The deck covers a walk out basement, with a retaining wall as the grade goes to ground level off to the right. I can drop posts in the yard in the foreground and on the left as anchor points. On the right by the patio door is a 4x4 running to the slab below for the deck that I can anchor into as well.

But what about the back of the house? What are ways I can anchor into the house? Is the overhang above the patio door a good place? Can I go through the vinyl siding into the chimney? How can I get vertical stability for an anchor point for the sail to the back of the house? Thanks for the ideas.

https://imgur.com/a/fJBrkZf

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