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Case study

Awning Tie Rods at CAVA Restaurants

Builders have hung the timber awnings on CAVA restaurants across the country from our black steel tie rods and brackets, including League City, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Orlando, Florida, with more on the way. We supplied the builders; CAVA itself isn't our customer, and this page isn't sponsored or endorsed by CAVA. Here's what went into those storefronts.

League City, TX · animated from our drone photos

01 What we supplied

The Systems We Built

Each canopy hangs from 1/2" steel tie rods, fabricated to the builders' own bracket designs: round wall brackets in League City, square in Indianapolis. At the canopy, a laser-cut steel plate bolts to the side of each canopy beam, and the rods pin to both brackets and plates with clevises. Each rod is threaded right-hand at one end and left-hand at the other, so turning the rod draws both clevises in together: the rods tension on site without a turnbuckle. Every rod, bracket, and plate was finished in our shop-standard matte black powder coat.

The bracket designs weren't ours, and they didn't need to be. We build from customers' drawings and price them the same way as everything on our site: by the pounds of steel and inches of weld. There's no charge for customization.

Drawing of our standard awning / canopy tie rod: a 1-inch rod pinned with a clevis at each end to a 4-inch square face-mount bracket, one lagged to the wall post and one to the canopy beam.
Drawn: our standard awning / canopy system at 1". CAVA's rods were 1/2", with the builders' own round or square wall brackets and plates bolted to the side of each canopy beam.

02 Project

League City, TX

A long canopy wrapping the side and corner of the building. Ten 1/2" tie rods, each about 4' 4", hang the canopy beams from round wall brackets. Ordered, built, powder coated, and shipped in 17 days.

  • CAVA restaurant in League City, Texas, with a timber awning hung from the wall on black steel tie rods
  • Front of the League City CAVA, with the tie-rod-supported timber awning running along the side wall
  • Aerial view of the League City CAVA and its wraparound timber awning, held by a row of black steel tie rods
  • Timber awning along the League City CAVA, each beam held from the wall by a black steel tie rod and bracket
  • Black steel tie rods holding up a timber awning along a restaurant storefront
  • Curved corner of the timber awning at the League City CAVA, supported by black steel tie rods

03 Project

Indianapolis, IN

A storefront canopy, wrapping into a patio pergola, hung from the parapet on nine 1/2" tie rods with square wall brackets. Ordered, built, powder coated, and shipped in 11 days.

  • CAVA restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a timber awning hung on black steel tie rods across the storefront
  • Indianapolis CAVA storefront with a timber awning and patio pergola supported by steel tie rods
  • Timber awning at the Indianapolis CAVA, hung from the parapet on black steel tie rods
  • Aerial view of the Indianapolis CAVA, its timber awning and patio pergola hung on steel tie rods, with the downtown skyline behind

04 Only at Timberplates

Awning & canopy tie rods

Planning a canopy or awning? See our awning and canopy tie rods, design your own system online and see the price instantly, or send us your drawings and we'll build to them.

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Looking up at the curved timber awning at the League City CAVA, with black steel tie rods anchored to the wall above