
Get it done – Pergola
Shopping List
- Poles 75 – 100mm treated:
- 8 x 3,6m
- 2 x 3m
- 30 Lats of 3m
- 3 x pole brackets for wall mounting
- 3m hoop iron strip
- Wooden lattice (in garden section) – according to size you want to close off.
- 8 x coach screws 8 x 100mm
- Raw bolts to fit brackets
- 4 or 5mm x 70mm chipboard screws, 1 bag
- 4x40mm chipboard screws
- 6mm wall plugs
- 1 roll of plastic sheeting to cover 22 square m
- 2 cubic meters of gravel stone
- 70 red face bricks for edging
- 3 bags concrete pre mix
- 2 x plants
Tool List
- PFZ 500 E multi saw with wood blade
- PST 700 E Jig saw
- Impact drill
- PBH 2000 rotary hammer drill with drill bit for rawl bolts
- PSR 18V cordless drill
- PSR 14,4 cordless drill
- PCL 20 crossbeam laser level
- PLR 50 digital laser range finder
- Drill bit set with sockets to fit coach screws
- Spirit level
- Spade and garden fork
- Wheel barrow
- Ladders
STEPS
Day one
- Remove existing bench and table
- Measure out for poles
- Dig 3 holes
- Mix premix concrete.
- Place poles and pour in cement
- Brace poles with lats and leave to set.
- Clear grass (Whilst grass is being cleared and concrete is setting we carry on with the rest)
- Measure out on the wall where brackets must go x 5
- Drill holes for brackets x 5
- Put brackets against the wall x 5
- Once grass is cleared we lay plastic sheeting
- Lay brick border
- Fill with stones
Day two
- Transfer measurements from brackets to poles
- Cut planted poles to size
- Cut, drill and join front cross beams to upright poles
- Cut Hoople iron to size and drill holes
- Put the remainder 5 poles in the brackets and fasten to the front beam with hoople iron.
- Cut lats to size and drill holes
- Fasten lats to the top of the poles
- Put in lattice walls on the side
- Dig holes and plant vines/creepers against lattice
- Put Table and Benches back