My New Pergola (Japanese Gazebo) - Pics

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Thanks goes out to Dave (BCA friend) for coming in to give me a hand on Friday, as well as my buddy Dean (carpenter friend from Powell River) and my bro, Stan.

Here's what we were working on this weekend. Did the construction part on Friday & Saturday & I installed the roof this morning (last part was done in the rain).

Had to build it in 2 days because the forecast was for rain Sunday/Monday. Luckily we got it done in 2 days (just had to install the roofing material (polycarbonate 7'x3' corrugated sheets)

Cleared off all the garbage in prep.



Laying out the wood Friday morning.



First pieces up.



Lifting up the 26' 6x6 beams.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Installing the 14' rafters on Saturday.



Added extra decorative rafter pieces to improve the Look!



Side view

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Here's top view of the roof (corrugated Polycarbonate).









Lots of work but we got it up & done in just over 2 days, so very pleased.

Thanks for looking.

Anthony

[toxic111]

Nice Trellis.. man I wish I could get that nice cedar out here... here #3 is about the best I can normally find.

[hillegom]

Nice work Anthony. Looks good. Must have busted your alls.
This for the bbq this summer?

Toxic, #1 cedar is exported. Apparently we can't afford it either.

[toxic111]

Originally Posted by hillegom

Nice work Anthony. Looks good. Must have busted your alls.
This for the bbq this summer?

Toxic, #1 cedar is exported. Apparently we can't afford it either.

Oh I know #1 is exported.. it is why we can't get any good wood anymore.

I grew up on the west coast, so I know the wood. I am also in the constrcution industry (30yrs) & I have seen the quality of wood go way down.

Right now I am looking to special order some 8x8 & 6x14 clear cedar.... no idea what that is going to cost yet... at least I don't have to pay for it.

[Myka]

Very nice! It looks a bit funny to me though since I'm used to seeing a greater pitch. (we have snow load to worry about)

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Pergolas are almost always quite flat. It only slopes 1+' for the 26' length so very slight (2.3 degrees I think is what we calculated for cutting the tops of the posts).

This is supposed to be very strong polycarbonate (used for making skylights for many of the large supermarkets across Canada, including the Prairies) so hopefully it'll stand up to Vancouver's snowload.

It has 8 4x6 posts and is attached to the house. The main beams are 26' long and made from a laminate (nailed together) "sandwich of 12' & 14' (left) 3 @ 8' (middle) and 14' & 12' (right) 2x6s.

It's No.2 grade WRC so not bad. I lucked out and was able to order it through some guys at BCA for a great price. Altogether, the wood for the pergola was around $500+, but I ordered $734 worth (including $90 delivery) altogether for my other projects.

I plan to build my 10' x 3' x 8' tall bbq pergola next and then a 7' x 3' pergola cover for my patio swing.

Total cost for the project was $1500-1600, but that includes buying a used Bostitch 3.5" nail gun to speed up the process.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Pergolas are almost always quite flat.

This is supposed to be very strong polycarbonate [...] so hopefully it'll stand up to Vancouver's snowload.

Ya, that's why I can't have one...at least not with the nice polycarbonate. Anything that holds snow here has a steeper pitch. Of course there are pergolas, but they don't have a roof. I want both like you...!

[don.ald]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

I plan to build my 10' x 3' x 8' tall bbq pergola next and then a 7' x 3' pergola cover for my patio swing.

and a Koi pond?