Choosing to insert a wooden canopy in the plan of your home is a choice that in recent years has been made more and more often due to the possibility that it offers to change with class the physiognomy of the outdoor space in a practical and aesthetic way.
The wooden canopy, in fact, allows both to create a relaxation angle inside your garden, sheltered from both the sun and any bad weather, and to create a place where you can make grilled and aperitifs with friends, or again to be able to store your car in total safety and protection.
But do not make the mistake of confusing the wooden canopy with the roof with the gazebo. The gazebo is, in fact, an autonomous structure that can be placed anywhere in its garden, while the wooden roof requires one side resting on the wall of the home, having to depend on the latter.
However, choosing to create a wooden canopy will allow you to cover the environment, creating a space to be used almost at any time of the year and in any circumstance.
Our main advice, before proceeding with the description of everything related to the wooden canopy, is to decide first for which structure to opt taking into account the task that this will have: it is only a cover for the car or you want to use it Patio or veranda?
The answer to this question can greatly vary the structure to choose from and therefore the characteristics of the wooden canopy.

Structure

As for the structure of the wooden canopy, this will vary not only on the basis of the use that is intended to be made, but also based on the conformation of the house.
One of the most popular types of use is the one concerning wooden roof for the terrace.
In fact, those with terrace often choose to protect it and at the same time embellish it through a wooden canopy, going to shade the area at the best and therefore giving themselves that more so that is enough to have greater privacy.
Thanks to the typically inclined structure of the wooden canopy, moreover, it is possible to dispose of rain and humidity more easily, also going to guarantee protection for any plants placed on the terrace.
The wooden canopy can also be found prefabricated, one of the most popular solutions because it is able to cushion the costs.
The wooden roof structure must also be evaluated according to the type of wood to be used.
The material must be carefully selected in such a way as to be able to guarantee both durability and easy maintenance of the structure, preventing exposure to sunlight and in general to atmospheric agents will ruin it in a short time.
Generally it is opt for the lamellar wood of pine or fir.
The wooden canopy can then be made in different models that vary according to the needs and coverage to be adopted.
One of the main options is certainly to create a structure with open stones or bricks and tiles, designed to support a greater weight.
Another solution often adopted because it is particularly pleasant from an aesthetic point of view, is to place the curtains in the above part, a solution that in terms of solidity and protection are certainly less functional, but which guarantees a greater degree of customization.
For those who want continuity in terms of style, then the structure with wooden roof is the best choice, however paying attention to the type of wood chosen because they continuously subjected to the temperature changes.

The necessary permits

When it comes to wooden roof, however, one of the first things to pay attention concerns the permissions necessary to be able to create a canopy in your home.
Although these are a fairly simple and functional structure, as very often happens in our country, the bureaucracy linked to the creation of wooden roof can be difficult, precisely because it is often attributed a value of increasing the livable space of the house.
For this reason, in fact, sometimes it is necessary to obtain permits and it is necessary to know which one are necessary, since sometimes it is possible to be able to proceed independently.
The main element that determines the need to obtain a permit for the realization of a wooden canopy is that of the size. When a wooden roof makes volume, thus going to increase the building surface of the house, this is in fact considered as an alteration of the original structure of the home.
This happens in most cases and therefore it is necessary to have to proceed with the package: based on the structure of the wooden roof, it is possible to consider a variation of the real estate unit or whether to consider it an autonomous construction.
The other criterion is instead that of the permanence of the structure, that is, it is the method of building in relation to the use that will go to do.
In the totality of cases in which the wooden canopy is classified as permanent, this makes it fall within the obligation to stack.
The next step is equally necessary to start building your wooden roof is to request your municipality for a special construction license.
In fact, the cases in which it is possible to freely build a wooden canopy are rather rare.
The law provides that it is possible to proceed with the creation of a wooden canopy only in the event that this does not make volume and therefore its dimensions are quite small, reduced to the point that not to go to excessively modify the plan of the home.
On a practical level, a canopy does not require a stacing procedure when this is not intended for autonomous use and at the same time its measure does not exceed 8 square meters.