Permanent Shade in Utah’s Dixie: DIY Timber Frame Pergola

Permanent Shade in Utah’s Dixie: DIY Timber Frame Pergola

This is a featured permanent DIY 10′ x 16′ timber frame pergola kit featuring Cove style knee braces, Southwest beam and rafter end profiles and is finished in a premium high-grade, UV-protective, Rich Cordoba timber exterior stain. For desert regions and Xeriscaping timber frame pergolas offer pleasant shade as exampled on the right.

Attaching an Attached DIY Timber Frame Pergola Kit Over a Deck

Attaching an Attached DIY Timber Frame Pergola Kit Over a Deck

So once the posts are stood here, we are going to be dropping in these main support beams and yo can see that they just interlock here with the dovetail interlocking method that we have designed here and it is just a smooth lock in and fastened in with a couple of lags there at the top but that’s just a precautionary measure cause that dovetail’s going to last forever. We will end up putting a couple of knee braces under for extra support.

14 Black Elegant Timber Frame Arbors, Awnings & Pergolas

14 Black Elegant Timber Frame Arbors, Awnings & Pergolas

#2 A beautiful black, premium high grade, UV protective water based stain finished 16′ x 25′ timber frame DIY pergola kit with classic knee braces installed for shade. Keywords used in reference to the color black: formal, powerful, bold, elegant, dramatic, authority, wealth, strong, mysterious, classy, polished, classic, stylish, confident, depth, #9 Free DIY arbor plans and projects are readily accessible.

Low Cost, Easy Upkeep Pergola: Aluminum Reinforced Vinyl vs Timber Frame

Low Cost, Easy Upkeep Pergola: Aluminum Reinforced Vinyl vs Timber Frame

“— Rick & Nancy Bowen, Holladay, UT We have had many clients tell us that their kit went together like a set of “Legos” or “Lincoln Logs”. This integrity is shown in timber framing dating back hundreds of years that have allowed for wide-open spaces, cathedral ceilings, commercial construction, great rooms, ancient bridges, waterworks and more.

How to Install a DIY Timber Frame Pergola Kit; Fasten Beams & Level 7/12

How to Install a DIY Timber Frame Pergola Kit; Fasten Beams & Level 7/12

Continued from: How to Install a DIY Timber Frame Pergola Kit; Setting the Posts & Beams 6/12 We will put a bolt through once all four corners are done then we will be ready to lay up and get all the posts leveled. We then attach some temporary 2 x 4’s attached to the upper beam and we have it all lined up as in this example pictured right.