What is the best way to estimate the right size and position for a pergola?
I am looking at building this:
A little more about what I want to build here where-can-i-buy-30-long-wood-beams-engi ... g-2062251/
My question today: I am not decided on the best placement and the right size for my pergola (the left side in the attached picture).
I would like to hear your opinion about guessing the right size and placement. I am thinking about putting together the frame (the posts and the frame for the roof of the pergola) and moving it together
I might not like it or come to the conclusion that the whole thing might be too expensive. I want to be able to return the materials to HD if the testing fails. I do not intend to drill wholes. What is the best way to build that temporary frame? Clamps?
The pergola will have two purposes:
-offer shadow for outdor sofa and coffee table;
-it will block the view of two of two storey houses that are at the back of my backyard.
Here is a view from the deck toward the two houses at the back
A little more about what I want to build here where-can-i-buy-30-long-wood-beams-engi ... g-2062251/
My question today: I am not decided on the best placement and the right size for my pergola (the left side in the attached picture).
I would like to hear your opinion about guessing the right size and placement. I am thinking about putting together the frame (the posts and the frame for the roof of the pergola) and moving it together
I might not like it or come to the conclusion that the whole thing might be too expensive. I want to be able to return the materials to HD if the testing fails. I do not intend to drill wholes. What is the best way to build that temporary frame? Clamps?
The pergola will have two purposes:
-offer shadow for outdor sofa and coffee table;
-it will block the view of two of two storey houses that are at the back of my backyard.
Here is a view from the deck toward the two houses at the back
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