How to Install Shade Cloth
- 1). Measure out about 25 percent more shade cloth than you will need to cover the entire structure. Unroll the shade cloth across the structure, leaving at least one foot of cloth overhanging on all sides. Pull the cloth into position, straightening as needed.
- 2). Start with the longest side you will be covering that is nearest to your home (if it is a porch) and affix the cloth with staples every 12 inches across the structure. Staple near the inner side of the board so they will not interfere when you later go to cut the edges off the fabric. Keep the fabric taut and the lines on the knitting straight as you work across the length of the structure.
- 3). Begin stapling on the closest short side, keeping the shade cloth evenly lined up as you head in the direction away from the home. Always continue in the same clockwise or counterclockwise motion you began in when attaching the cloth; never start stapling from an unattached side.
- 4). When you finish the last edge, try to avoid any overlap in the fabric. Affix the cloth to rafters and center supports of the structure as needed.
- 5). Carefully trim all edges of the excess fabric as closely to the edge of the beams as possible so you have a neat, finished look.