How to determine the height of a gas station canopy?

18/09/2023by TL
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The gas station canopy is an important part of the gas station. The design of the gas station canopy must not only be strong, energy-saving, and waterproof, but also be beautiful and elegant.

The lightweight and unique shape of the membrane structure plays an important role in the construction of parking lots and waiting rooms.  In addition to meeting basic functions such as wind and rain protection and sun protection, it also has a good sign and recruitment effect, showing people’s personalized side. .

For high-risk and extremely flammable and explosive places like gas stations or gas stations, the material of the cover is very important. Gas filling stations made of flammable materials will aggravate the consequences of accidents. But canopies made of membrane materials are non-flammable. It greatly reduces the risk of the membrane material falling off in a fire. Its effect and function have already conquered the fire prevention authorities. And it is being used by more and more road builders.

So how to determine the most reasonable height?

There are unified gas station construction standards that can be followed. Generally, the area and height of the canopy range from 5 to 7 meters. details as follows:

The height of the lower canopy surface from the floor is determined according to the following conditions:

The area of the canopy is >1000m2 and the height is 7.0m;

800m2<canopy area≤1000m2, height 6.5m;

600m2<canopy area≤800m2, height 6.0m;

400m2<canopy area≤600m2, height 5.5m;

The area of the canopy is ≤400m2 and the height is 5m.

Canopy pillars made of different materials are arranged in different ways and have different heights.

The arrangement of the canopy pillars can be divided into single row pillars and multi-row pillars according to rows; single pillars and double pillars according to columns:

  1. Steel canopy: The canopy has a single row of pillars. The column spacing should not be greater than 12m, and the cantilever distance should not be greater than 5m. When the number of refueling islands is 2 or 3, a single pillar support should be used. When the number of refueling islands is 1 or 4 or more , double-pillar support should be used. When the canopy has multiple rows of pillars, the column spacing should not be greater than 15m, and the overhang distance should not be greater than 5m, and single-pillar support should be selected.
  2. Grid canopy: The canopy has a single row of pillars. The column spacing should not be greater than 15m, and the cantilever distance should not be greater than 5m. When the number of refueling islands is 2 or 3, a single pillar support should be used.  When the number of refueling islands is 1 or 4 or more , double pillar support should be used. When the canopy has multiple rows of pillars, the column spacing should not be greater than 20m, and the overhang distance should not be greater than 6m, single pillar support should be used.
  3. Concrete canopy: When the column spacing is greater than 12m, the cantilever distance should not be greater than 4m, and prestressed reinforced concrete structures or other special concrete structures can be used. Double-pillar supports should be used for single-row pillar canopies, and double-pillar supports should be used for multi-row pillar canopies. Single pillar support.