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A pergola is a gracious addition to a house; it creates an outdoor living space for your property. Building a pergola attached to house is not too difficult; this approach eliminates a set of posts. But otherwise construction techniques are the same as for standalone pergolas. Start by obtaining a good set of plans and control with building regulations administrator in your city or village. The first step in the construction is the exact position of the posts, loopholes longer than 8 meters may require additional support. A shortcut to exact location involves using a frame built of 2×10 boards.

Verify the alignment pergola attached to house frame by measuring the diagonals from one corner to another. If the measurements are the same, the frame is square and true. Place the frame against the foundation to find postholes, make necessary marks where the holes will be dug. Remove the frame and dig the post holes. Code requirements vary, but generally the holes should be a little deeper than the frost line. Use a motorized auger or a post whole digger to make the hole. Line the bottom of the hole with about 4 “of gravel. Dip the end of the posts in the roofing tar as a preservative target.

Change frame set the posts vertically, carefully check that they are in bulk. Use the inside of the frame as a border to guarantee the correct place. Brace posts with 2 “x4” material, mix concrete according to directions and pour it into the hole. Cone shape concrete over ground level to improve water runoff. Attach a correct size, usually 2×10. Headboard table on the side of the house. It should be left behind bolted to vertical members of the house framing and this may require removal of the outerwear and should be planned in advance. The retention the ledger board bottom should be consistent with the height of the beams that will be added posts.

Remember to blink and seal the ledger board correctly. The bed beams that join the posts together run parallel to the side of the house. 2 beams are attached to the upper part of the posts, one on each side. The size typically 2x 16; this forms a kind of sandwich, the beams become the bread. The bars will attach to the ledger table in one end and the rest on top of the beams on the other end. The bars are attached to the board using the ledger beam hangers, comfort and value. It will usually require several days of careful work for this pergola attached to house project.