Actually the ground snow load in Vancouver is higher than saskatoon (believe it or not!)

Though that said having a pictched roof is better... you could do a gazebo instead of a trellis... or a sloped trellis, you don't need much slope. you want to remove the water that melts from the snow, that is what causes the problems more than the snow.

Very nice looking wood & structure. I built a small one for my deck in Vernon, open top on it though. One of the perks of living in the Okanagan, the summers are very dry. I've planted a number of grape vines just off the deck, so within a few years, they will provide a living roof in the summer. With a south facing back yard, the requrement is more to provide shade from the summer sun rather than rain cover. The leaves will of course drop in the fall allowing the sun (when it's out in the winter) to provide light & perhaps a little heat during the snowy season.

Looks great Anthony.....how long will it take you to have it framed in, insulated and fish tanks set up :lol:

Looks great Anthony

My fishing buddy has a cabin on Deka Lake and we covered in his 30' x 24'
sun deck with a polycarbonate covered A frame structure. It has with stood 5winters now and looks as good as the day it was built. The winters on Deka Lake can be rather extreme.

I know we live in Gods Country however adding a polycarbonate cover to your pergola will certainly be useful on those seldom but off days.

Tom R

you can get #1 up here. going to cost ya though. although it wasn't that unreasonable when I was looking into it for a project I have. the biggest problem with #1 is it is normaly smaller lenghts or random ones so unless you want to pay huge bucks you order a mixed lenght load of how many board feet you want.

Steve

I have a semicube tank that I raise koi in usually, but am looking at building a proper koi pond next to the deck.

The polycarbonate won't hold much snow would it? We were thinking of doing kind of an open clerestory roof where the trellis is the higher part of the clerestory roof, and then just use gutters to catch the water from the house. House has hip roof. Does that make any sense at all? :lol:

Sort off. I design for living, so I am good at visulization. Lol. If you ever decide to do something I am sure I can help you out figure something's out

The sizes I am after will be a custom mill run. They would be for a multi-million dollar project.

The #1 you can buy wouldnt even be #3 20 yrs ago. All the real clear stuff gets exported

I should take a pic and PM you, and see if you can come up with a better plan for me (if you don't mind).