This Page is Designed to Help You Measure a 5 Sided Shade Sail of Any Shape.
Five sided shade sails are great! Adding a 5th corner to what a lot of folks would do a 4 sided shape is smart. It means less movement on the side that has the 3 connections.
A 5 sided custom made shade sail is probably the most common type of installation for a commercial shade sail installation company.
5 POINT SHADE SAILS ARE MOST COMMONLY USED FOR:
- Carport style shade sails
- Entertainment/ Deck shade sails
- Shade Sail coming from roof structures (3 points off the house + 2 posts)
MOVING ONTO MEASURING A 5 POINT CUSTOM MADE SHADE SAIL
A 5 Sided Shade Sail Requires 9 Measurements in Total.
Remember we measure from FIXING POINT TO FIXING POINT (eye to eye). Measuring from our connection points means you don’t have to guess how big the shade sail should be made. We will calculate the deductions for turnbuckles, shackles, stretch in material, and final tension so you can get it super tight!
JUST FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS TO MEASURE YOUR 5 CONNECTION POINT SHADE SAIL
STEP 1. ON PIECE OF PAPER (OR OUR ORDER FORM) SIMPLY DRAW 5 DOTS REPRESENTING THE ROUGH SHAPE OF YOUR SAIL STRUCTURE
STEP 2. LABEL YOUR POINTS A,B,C,D AND E SO WE CAN LABEL THE ACTUAL SHADE SAIL
STEP 3. MAKE A LIST A,B,C,D and E DOWN THE PAGE AND ADD HEIGHTS
STEP 4. MEASUREMENT BETWEEN EACH FIXING POINT AND MEASURE THE DIAGONALS
STEP 5. HEIGHTS CAN BE APPROX, AND JUST SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POINTS.
