The glass is gripped from the side; the façade stays bare.
Swiss Made glazing: made in Switzerland by our partner glassmaker, installed by our own teams.
A canopy is a glazed cantilever above an entrance door: it shelters the threshold, the lock and the person looking for their keys. The difficulty is not holding the glass, it is holding it from one side only. The fixing is one-sided, with no tension rods: nothing runs diagonally down the façade.
Two thicknesses cover the range, in laminated safety glass made of heat-strengthened glass. The 17.52 mm with an SGP interlayer holds an overhang of 1000 mm; the 21.52 mm reaches 1100 mm with PVB or SGP, and 1200 mm with SGP once the width reaches 1590 mm. A panel is no wider than 3000 mm.
The 10° pitch is not an aesthetic choice: it is what sheds the water and stops deposits from settling. The lintel dimension must therefore be right before drilling. We measure it on site, not on the drawing.
The rest happens at installation. The profile is height-adjustable, with an automatically triggering safety catch.
Anchors for concrete, insulated concrete, steel and timber — settled at survey
The range
Canopy, model by model
Each section drawing is that of the system as actually installed. The dimensions beside it are the values the system is approved for, not ballpark figures.
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AIRFORCE Canopy - Complete kit
17.52 mm laminated glass (heat-strengthened, SGP): overhang max. 1000 mm, width min. 1390 mm
21.52 mm laminated glass (heat-strengthened, PVB or SGP): overhang max. 1100 mm, width min. 1390 mm
21.52 mm laminated glass (heat-strengthened, SGP): overhang max. 1200 mm, width min. 1590 mm
The choice is not made on the glass but on the projection you want: it dictates the thickness, the interlayer and sometimes the minimum panel width.
Compared specifications of the profiles in the range
Model
Application
Glass thickness
Approved load
Fixing centres
Lengths
Mill finish
Anodised
Curvable
M-17100002000AIRFORCE Canopy - Complete kit
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17,52 – 21,52 mm
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1,4 m · 1,6 m · 2 m · 2,4 m · 2,8 m · 3,2 m
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The loads shown are those the system is approved for. Final sizing depends on the use of the space and the wind pressure at the site — that is what we check during the survey.
Downloads
The documents for this range
A4 data sheets, one per profile: vertical section, dimensions, finishes. Final dimensions are set at the site survey.
The profile comes mill finish, natural anodised, powder-coated gloss, textured or matt, and in ARMOR, pre-anodised then powder-coated; other colours on request. On a canopy, the colour is chosen against the doors and windows, not the façade: the canopy sits thirty centimetres from the door, and that is where the difference shows.
By a lake and in mountain resorts, ARMOR is the choice: a simple coating on bare aluminium does not survive the same winters. Lead times are confirmed with the order.
.13
RAL gloss
.16
RAL matt textured
.18
RAL matt
.19
RAL enhanced, high-durability powder coating
.AN
Natural anodised
The drawing
Drawn before it is installed
Every piece starts from a workshop drawing dimensioned to the half-millimetre. That is what guarantees a true line once on site.
Frequently asked questions
About canopy
01What projection can be held without a tie rod?
1000 mm in 17.52 mm with an SGP interlayer, 1100 mm in 21.52 mm in PVB as in SGP, and 1200 mm in 21.52 mm SGP provided the panel is at least 1590 mm wide. The fixing is one-sided in all three cases: nothing runs diagonally down the façade.
02What is the maximum width for a single panel?
3000 mm of glass width. For a wider entrance, the solution is defined at the survey.
03Does snow have to be taken into account?
Yes, and it is the first check. In Switzerland the snow load is taken to SIA 261: it depends on the altitude and topography of the site. A 1200 mm projection in Nyon and the same in Verbier are not sized the same way, and it is that calculation which settles the glass build-up — not the other way round.
04Why a 10° pitch?
So the water runs off instead of standing. A flat pane holds a film of water that dries leaving limescale, and in winter that film freezes. The system's pitch is 10°: the fixing height at the lintel must be right the first time.
05Where does the water leaving the canopy fall?
As a sheet, at the leading edge. The point of fall moves with the projection: a 1200 mm canopy does not wet the same place as a 1000 mm one. If the threshold is finished in pale stone or timber, that is decided at survey and not after the first storm.
06What substrates can it be fixed to?
Concrete, concrete with external insulation, steel and timber. Each case has its anchor kit. Insulated concrete is the most delicate — you have to cross the insulation without creating a cold bridge or crushing the board — and timber requires checking the real load-bearing section, not the one on the drawing.
07What is the difference between PVB and SGP?
The interlayer. SGP is markedly stiffer than PVB: at equal glass thickness it allows a greater projection and a smaller deflection. That is why the 1200 mm projection only exists in SGP.
08What does an installed canopy cost?
The price is set after survey, in CHF, and it moves on four points: projection and width, the substrate to be drilled, the working height, and the finish chosen. An anodised 1.4 m canopy on bare concrete and the same one coated outside the chart on insulated concrete are not the same job. We do not give a range before we have seen the lintel.
09Does it need maintenance?
The glass, like a window. The aluminium, with soapy water and a soft cloth twice a year.
10Are the systems certified?
The system holds a general technical approval (AbZ). We attach to the quote the documents for the chosen build-up, overhang and thickness included.
The systems we install are certified
SIA 261Loads — Swiss standard
CEEuropean conformity
BS 6180Balustrades — building
AbP LGAApproved German testing
CCFATFrench technical approval
KOMOSKG-IKOB certification
RPF 14VEROTEC test laboratory
Next step
Configure your model, or take the dimensions with you
LuxeGlass Studio prices dimensions, finish and fixing. The catalogue carries every dimension in the range — worth keeping to hand on site.
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