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1st, thank you for the rule on how to determine length. I think everybody just assumes you were born with that knowledge. 2nd, you're wearing hearing protection. This sets you apart from 98% of the other people. Thank you for that.
Great info, was thinking about trying to level anchors but this makes more sense. Did you wedge anything in the gap of wood where slightly raised to make level?
I ordered a 10x10 pergola with louvres for my patio. I am a single female, and live alone with really noone to help. Im afraid to have a stranger come in to my home. Do you think this is something I can install myself?
I don't know that that's a question we can answer. Please watch the videos and see if what's done there is something you think is within your capabilities. A pergola is a great skill building project!
The bolts don't take any weight, that's taken by bearing on the post base. Appendix AH of the International Residential Code allows a certain amount of down load on 3.5" slabs. There's not much shear on the bolts.
what a lovely design. I have a question: when I see car port designs, the 45 degree braces go along the length of the port (as well as across), but in this design you only use braces across, and not lengthways. Is there a reason (eg no wind can blow that way because of where the house is relative to the pergola), or is it simply aesthetics?
Hola vi tu video y no se donde me perdí pero en la medida 7 7/16 eran 5 escalones pero te sobraban unos números y dijiste que lo ibas a explicar más adelante si me puedes decir en que minuto perdí esa información Por otra parte excelente video súper bien explicado muchas gracias!!!
Were these posts 8 feet? I had thought that 8 foot would be too low, especially when some of the beams rest below the top of the posts, but your finished product looks more than high enough.
Thanks. I used the method. I added a tv using ZeboZAP into my gazebo without drilling into the post. The tv strapped onto the post and sviwels 360 and now with extra security I’m super pumped for spring and summer.
Installing a wayfair aluminum pergola on a 4" concrete slab with no footers. What size anchors do you recommend using? And how deep can I drill into 4" slab? Pergola foot is only like 1/4" thick, so I was thinking 3" or 3.5" wedge anchor embedded 2.5-3". Plan is to install 4-6in from edge w rotary drill. Lmk what you think. And thanks in advance! Great vid.
@@ApexPergola Looking at something similar -- installing 8x8 brackets in an existing slab, 16" on center from the edge of the slab. Slabs only about 4" thick AFAIK. Between the height of the hex head, and the bracket/washer thickness, I imagine I should still use a ~5" anchor embedded pretty much the full depth of the slab? Simpson seems to lean toward their Titen anchors even though they make wedge anchors as well -- any suggestion there? Wedge anchors seem to have a slightly lower member thickness requirement for similar embedments
@@ApexPergola I would definitely use stainless anchors if I did that, to avoid any corrosion concerns. I guess when I say full depth, I’d leave a 1/2” or so of concrete at the bottom
I might suggest using 2x4 braces with a couple sand bags stacked at the end to keep them from moving. You could also attach a little 2x4 "foot" at the bottom of the brace to make it easier to stack the sand bags.
The Simpson Strong-Tie bases I used require specific screws to achieve the rated capacity. Check the manufacturer catalog for the ones you're using for requirements.
If the slope is fairly low, they can be used as is with no change in approach. If a greater slope, you might have to either shim the bottom of the base plate (use stainless/galvanized washers or grout) or install on the slope and bevel the bottom of the post accordingly.
Where i live in ontario this is not to code because 'side winds will cause the concrete to crack.' Annoying as hell, as if a 4 posts and open cross sections are going to catch enough sideforce drag to crack a 4 inch slab.
It's better to put them on piers, and that's the way we normally recommend to install them. There are ways to "properly" install on a patio slab, but it can be tricky.
I'm in Ontario as well and was about to make this type of open structure, what did you do instead? I feel like most people just attach regular gazebo's to their patio which would create more drag than 4 posts. My neighbour has a shallower patio and just put a costco 10x12 gazebo on theirs.
Looks great- good design! Thank you for sharing the build method- your skilsaw and router combination looks accurate and effective, not to mention easy, for the notching. I will definitely go this route after watching your vid. Cheers from Canada
I have to thank you so much for these videos! Im in the process of following along and its making most of this pretty simple the hardest park for me was making sure everything was square lol but that 3 4 5 method was simple to understand and to my shock i was able to get everything squared up. Just this morning I was able to get my second set of post up and tonight I will be working on the rafters again thanks so much.
I don't know that I'd say that. More that the SST catalogs are very robust in comparison. Plus, they've been around a lot longer, so inspectors are more familiar (if that's something that's important in your area).
That seems a bit thin. You should have a footing under posts because all the weight of your structure is concentrated over the spot where the post is placed.@@JB-lr1tf
