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Pergolas:
The word pergola comes from the Italian "progettare"
- to project. The distinguishing design of a pergola is both its
"flat rood" and large joists which project beyond their
supporting posts.
Pergolas
can be very simple affairs with posts and joists or more elaborate
with cross stringers and sided panels of trellis, lattice or pickets.
The more decorative pergolas, when free standing creates the feeling
of an enclosed garden room. Often smaller pergolas are a design
alternative to the arbor, while the larger pergolas are used to
create shade and a sense of intimacy over a patio, deck or dining
area.
Brattle
has two designs of pergolas, Sorrento and SantaFe. The Sorrento
has an open double trellis joist with a maximum inside width of
73". The SantaFe, with a solid joist, is designed to span
wide up to 12'
There
is no better garden structure than a pergola for growing and training
plant material. Its "flat roof" is easily accessible
from inside for pruning and training vines. Also, hanging baskets
are easily hung and maintained on a pergola stringer.
Brattle
pergolas are made primarily of western red cedar. We occasionally
use eastern white cedar, pacific yellow and a new wood polymer
product called Terex. Cedar, cupressaceae, is one of the most
naturally decay resistant species of wood. Above ground cedar
will last indefinitely, as long as it is periodically stained,
painted or oiled. Cedar ground post will endure best in well-drained
soil and are known to last over 15 years. BrattleWorks also offers
a Forever Post which lasts a lifetime and it is combination wood
and metal pipe.
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