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Had an 20+ year old pergola falling apart on my back porch. Designed and built this 16x12' guy over the course of 2 days.

I built the whole thing using and impact driver, and a miter saw for cuts. I used joist hangers for the cross pieces as well.

It's designed to handle up to 1 ft of snow without sagging, which would be a record for this part of NM. So far seems to be holding up.

Really happy with how it turned out.

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[-] Magrid@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

that's really cool! also i didn't knew that "pergola" (italian word) was also "pergola" in english

[-] gimlithepirate@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Me neither! TIL.

[-] NopeNopeNope2@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Very nice! The wood adds a lot of warmth

[-] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome. What a great structure. Looks great.

[-] gimlithepirate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! One of the keys for me is there are no screws with pure sheer loads, unless it uses a joist hanger.

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