Pergola with their hands

owners of private homes will always want to have a nook, which will serve as protection from the sun and a comfortable sitting area.For these purposes the perfect pergola.This lightweight design with a covered top, which can be build in the garden or attach to the house.

In this article we will talk about howpergola make their own hands.

Drawings pergolas

excellent material for the construction of pergolas is a tree.The frame structure consists of wooden beams and rails.To explore the entire building process, you can view photos and video step by step instructions.

Tools

• hammer;
• chisel;
• screws;
• drill;
• hacksaw on a tree;
• tape measure, level, clamps;
• drill.

Materials

• beams, rails;
• metal staples;
• cement, sand;
• kit for roof (the sail, fastening rope);
• glue;
• bolts.

Step by step instructions for the construction of pergolas with their hands

design Dimensions determined based on its location, or according to the scheme.

1. Take the timber - 6 pcs.They will serve as the pillars on which will lock the upper elements of pergolas.In the upper part Scrollsaw grooves.At the bottom you need to make a niche in which to set the bracket.

2. At the top of the boards will be fixed with the help of beams with transverse slats.On the surface it looks like a ladder.Front and rear "ladder" is flat.At the edges, it will be narrowed from the rear wall to the front of the pergola.That is, will deviation.A total of six "flights of stairs" to do (4 smooth, with a slope of 2).

to the construction process went according to plan, it is best to take advantage of the drawings.

3. assembled and glued all the spans, you need to paint all the structural elements (beams, stairs).

4. Further, as shown in the photo, pergolas begin assembly to give their own hands.

First, fasten with screws, brackets to the bottom of the prepared boards.

Then, proceed to the side wall.Self-tapping screws fasten the lateral span of the upper part of the two bars to the side without slots.The lower part of the two beams connects the board, fixed clamps.

5. After preparing a half of garden pergolas, you need to make it the marks on the ground and in local bars to drill fixing holes (holes).Then, set the prepared side.

It is important to firmly secure the boards to the rear wall of the house.Special drill drilled hole in the wall, and, as shown in the photo, fasten them with a special dowel.

6. Then, install two high pergola supports.

7. Now turn came to assembling the upper part of the back and the front wall half pergolas.

important condition.As seen in the photograph, the upper beam span should be longer than half the width at the bottom middle of the support beam, and the full width of outer beams.That is, the upper part of each passage on one side in the groove will extreme timber, on the other hand, it rests on the support beam middle.The spans are fixed with screws.

8. After completing the installation of one half of the design, you can install a second.Since the middle rails already fixed, the second part of the pergola will consist only of the side wall.After installing upper spans are attached (front and back, as well as, on the first part and pergolas).

9. For the strength of the structure and installation of the roof, installed two crossbars.Thus, you get a three-compartment roof.

10. Satisfied with the level of care that all exposed evenly, can be concreted bottom of the metal brackets that are attached to the beam.

11. Then, the roof is mounted.First, the back portion adjacent to the house, fix the top boards needed, beneath the cable pull for each side of the fabric.On the cable, using the fasteners, to wear cloth.

independent manufacturing wooden pergolas over.

Video building pergolas with their hands