Adapting The Plans
There may be several reasons for adapting the plans - after all we all have individual tastes, and some situations require special treatment.
The free pergola plans do, in fact, allow for a lot of variation, but you might like to consider the options below before you begin.
Would you like to -
* Use concrete instead of Metposts to secure your
posts to the ground.
* Put up your pergola on sloping ground.
* Use 'chunkier' wood.
* Make the rafters longer.
* Make the cross rafters sit higher.
* Have more main rafters and no cross rafters.
* Put trellis panels on a 3rd side of your pergola.
* Make your pergola longer/wider.
If you would like to do any of these things, follow the link at the bottom of the page.
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