Home Improvement : Pergola Serves Leisure, Work

A pergola can be a structure for many purposes: a dry and shady place for outdoor eating, working on hobbies or do-it-yourself projects, playing games, and other such leisure-time activities. On the more practical side, it’s also a great storage area for your garden and carpentry tools, bicycles, barbecue equipment and anything else you want to place there to take away the overload from the garage.

Building a pergola is an easier job than you might imagine with a step-by-step plan and detailed diagrams to follow. It guides you in purchasing the proper amount of lumber and exterior-grade fir plywood, pouring the footings, constructing the frame, roofing and finishing the structure with a good paint job. Extra building tips are included on drilling, planing, nailing and more.

For more information on today’s project, call (800) 828-2453.