I thought I'd share how we did the covering for our Pergola.
We built our Redwood deck way back in 1973 and the following year added the Pergola.
Redwood was cheap back in the 70's...today it is very expensive, as well as not easily
available. Over the years we had several different coverings to shade the deck.
A few years ago we had to take the Pergola down when we had the roof re-shingled.
That's when Cliff came up with this clever and cheap way to have an awning.
Think of the way a hammock is made...he ripped pieces of cedar to the appropriate size (4 foot long strips) and in between attached the fabric. We used a fabric that we had on hand, it's called solar-viel, however it is very much like greenhouse screening.
You can use either greenhouse screening or canvas. I recommend the greenhouse screening
because it lets the light (and air) through, whereas canvas can get very hot under neath.
Either way the installation the same.
We made ours 4 foot wide by 8 foot long. The Pergola is 14 foot long, however the back part is shaded by the house, so we didn't have to over the entire thing.
First cut the wood to size and staple the fabric to the wood. on each end bungee cord is attached for installation. Then attach the top layer of the wood with screws.
Below is the first one, note the notch in the board is where the awning fits between the boards.
We built our Redwood deck way back in 1973 and the following year added the Pergola.
Redwood was cheap back in the 70's...today it is very expensive, as well as not easily
available. Over the years we had several different coverings to shade the deck.
A few years ago we had to take the Pergola down when we had the roof re-shingled.
That's when Cliff came up with this clever and cheap way to have an awning.
Think of the way a hammock is made...he ripped pieces of cedar to the appropriate size (4 foot long strips) and in between attached the fabric. We used a fabric that we had on hand, it's called solar-viel, however it is very much like greenhouse screening.
You can use either greenhouse screening or canvas. I recommend the greenhouse screening
because it lets the light (and air) through, whereas canvas can get very hot under neath.
Either way the installation the same.
We made ours 4 foot wide by 8 foot long. The Pergola is 14 foot long, however the back part is shaded by the house, so we didn't have to over the entire thing.
First cut the wood to size and staple the fabric to the wood. on each end bungee cord is attached for installation. Then attach the top layer of the wood with screws.
Below is the first one, note the notch in the board is where the awning fits between the boards.
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