Craft-Bilt · Basswood Inc.
PanelCraft insulated covers and Northlander Skyview translucent roofs. Permanent protection for patios, porches, and carports — sized to Algoma snow load, ready to close in with Craft-Bilt sunroom walls later.
The cover
Craft-Bilt patio covers are aluminum roof systems — lean-to or A-frame — attached to the house and designed for local snow load and code. Installed as a professional set, not a fabric fly.
The useful trick in the book: an insulated patio cover can be enclosed later with Craft-Bilt sunroom walls and 4-track stacking windows. Build the roof this year. Turn it into a three-season room when the budget or the season says so.
We quote the cover with the ledger, the posts, the stone or deck below, and the Vista railing at the edge. One path from the yard.
PanelCraft
Homeowners choose PanelCraft for a shady deck, a maintenance-free carport, or the roof of a screened porch or sunroom. Thicker panels raise insulation value and span. The roof you put over a spa so the cover is not the only shade.
Northlander Skyview
High-strength multi-wall polycarbonate in tints. Filtered light, UV block, less heat and fade than a glass patio cover. Transparent or opaque sheets. Also used to roof a wood or metal pergola already on the lot.
Canopies & carports
Economical aluminum canopies for entries and side doors. Maintenance-free carports. Same mill, smaller span, still specified for wind and snow.
Close-in later
Insulated covers accept Craft-Bilt sunroom walls and 4-track stacking windows. The outdoor room can grow without tearing the roof off. We plan the post layout for that from the first quote.
Craft-Bilt Materials Ltd.
Craft-Bilt supplies specialty sunrooms, patio covers, awnings, stacking windows, polycarbonate roofs, and aluminum kits to the Canadian dealer market. Basswood Inc. specifies the system with the outdoor room — ledger, snow load, pad, and flashing — then sets it. craft-bilt.com
Sunrooms
Three-season and all-season rooms, balcony enclosures, Vista screen rooms, porch enclosures, and 4-track stacking windows. Betterliving is the heavier Canadian wall. Grand Vista is manufactured in Ajax, Ontario for snow load and wind.
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Patio covers
Permanent roofs for decks, patios, porches, and carports. PanelCraft insulated aluminum panels for shade and span. Northlander Skyview multi-wall polycarbonate for filtered light and UV control. Built now, closed in later as a sunroom.
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Awnings & shade
Retractable fabric awnings, tension shades, solar screens, pergola canopies, and Contempo permanent aluminum awnings. Solution-dyed acrylic, Somfy motor options, industry-leading 12-year Betterliving shade warranty.
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Sunroom systems
Covers, shade, and mill extras
Vista Railings
Vista Railings manufactures premium aluminum railing systems — picket, glass, and cable — plus QwickBuild aluminum deck framing. Fifty-plus years in the trade, stocking dealers across Canada. vistarailings.com
Picket
Clean traditional and modern picket infill. Aluminum that does not rot, split, or need stain. Residential decks, stairs, and porches that still want a classic guard.
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Glass
Glass infill that keeps the lake in the room. Framed and contemporary aluminum posts with a cap rail. Balconies, rooftop decks, and waterfront stairs where the view is the point.
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Cable
Horizontal cable infill — streamlined, low visual weight, still a real guard. For contemporary cottages and terraces that should not look like a fence.
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Where Vista sits
How we run a railing job
Questions
Craft-Bilt Materials Ltd. — Canadian dealer-sold aluminum sunrooms, patio covers, stacking windows, and Betterliving shade. Basswood Inc. specifies the kit with the pad, the ledger, and the snow load, then sets it.
Vista Railings. Picket, glass, and cable aluminum systems, plus QwickBuild deck framing. Craft-Bilt also manufactures railing and decking; on this line we specify Vista for the guard, as we already do on basswoodinc.ca/outdoor-living.
Yes. Craft-Bilt insulated patio covers are designed so you can close them in later with 4-track stacking windows and sunroom walls. Build the roof now; add the room when the budget or the season says so.
Grand Vista three-season DIY kits are on the cart at Craft-Bilt’s published kit prices, from the 10×10 at $19,500. The Northlander Skyview low-profile 12×12 cover kit is $2,622. An installed room, a heavier snow load, PanelCraft structural covers, Betterliving awnings, and Vista railings are still quoted — those do not have a single published unit price.
Grand Vista is manufactured in Ajax, Ontario and engineered for Canadian snow load and wind. Betterliving is sold as the heavier Canadian sunroom wall. Vista aluminum does not rot or need stain. We size posts, ledgers, and footings with the same crew that does the earthwork.
Width, projection, and whether you want shade, light, or a roof we can glaze later.
