Hello all homeowners.
My wife and I want to build a simple small pergola on our deck. We're thinking 3x3 meters and 2.4 - 2.5 meters high. We have thought of a simple, solid construction. Our deck is also simply built, so we want the pergola to match it! Our material thought is: Posts 95x95 Beams 45x170 Attachment with some form of French wood screw of suitable size. Then screw the posts from underneath the decking once we've selected the right spot! The idea is to build an outer frame around the posts and then go for 45x170 cc 500 as a shade roof, maybe eventually have a suitable roof that we can easily set up and take down! As the picture below shows, it's intended to look like that! Then I'm thinking if it's necessary to have braces at each post from both sides? I'm wondering how to do that? Might be difficult to make it look nice?
Hope for tips
Have a nice spring everyone!
My wife and I want to build a simple small pergola on our deck. We're thinking 3x3 meters and 2.4 - 2.5 meters high. We have thought of a simple, solid construction. Our deck is also simply built, so we want the pergola to match it! Our material thought is: Posts 95x95 Beams 45x170 Attachment with some form of French wood screw of suitable size. Then screw the posts from underneath the decking once we've selected the right spot! The idea is to build an outer frame around the posts and then go for 45x170 cc 500 as a shade roof, maybe eventually have a suitable roof that we can easily set up and take down! As the picture below shows, it's intended to look like that! Then I'm thinking if it's necessary to have braces at each post from both sides? I'm wondering how to do that? Might be difficult to make it look nice?
Hope for tips
Have a nice spring everyone!
I don't believe in fastening the posts from underneath in the decking. It won't be really stable. It's better to remove a few decking boards so you can place a beam where the posts will go and attach the posts to the beam. Then screw the decking back in place.
Braces are absolutely needed to make it stable. Two angled 45x90 pieces about 500-600mm in each corner, for example.
Braces are absolutely needed to make it stable. Two angled 45x90 pieces about 500-600mm in each corner, for example.