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For a timber frame DIY arbor, gazebo, pavilion or pergola kit, the drop in layout rafter beam are part of Western Timber Frame's easy to install design features that makes a DIY kit so simple to install. Each layout beam has been precisely cut to neatly lay each rafter into place without any guesswork. It is so easy!
"I am so impressed with the craftsmanship. the beams fit together perfectly and I can't even tell where the joints are...all the timber was pre-cut and stained, ready to be installed. Nothing had to be re-cut. It had all been measured perfectly." -Devon O'Brien, Holladay, UT
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Western Timber Frame™ is known for their unique The Dovetail Difference™ design which features a drop in dovetail. This wonderful design gives it an arbor, pergola, pavilion or gazebo kit more strength which also results in a magnificent, aesthetically pleasing, old word craftsman style without the show of unsightly bolts, lags, hangers and hardware. The drop in layout rafters are designed upon this same principle.

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There are two main benefits of the drop-in rafter layout. The first is ease of installation. Because the timber beam that supports the rafters is already marked and slotted, you don’t have to measure anything or try to figure the proper spacing of your rafters.With easy interlocking corners and drop-in rafter layouts, the hard work is done for you by experienced craftsmen. Perfection is delivered from first contact to the successful installation of your Western Timber Frame™ Pergola Kit. Click here to and see what Design Managers at Western Timber Frame are doing to help people design a timber frame arbor, pergola, pavilion or gazebo kit that is right for them.

The pergola looks great!! It went up very nicely. Everything was well marked with no guesswork! Helen O.W., Rochester, MN
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