I am building a Pergola. The lumber has already been ordered and stored in the client's garage. The Pergola is going way in the back yard hundreds of feet away from where the lumber has been stored. I built the roof of the pergola on my truck bed and drove down to where I have been digging post holes. I pushed it off one side of the bed and propped it up with a sheet of plywood while I drove the pickup away. I almost got mouse trapped, but I lived to frame another day.
I put 2 x 2's across the 2 x 6 joists to keep them straight. Then we flipped the top over and bolted on the posts. Now the Pergola is like a giant table. We made sure the legs were square both ways with the top. We dragged the pergola back a few feet and flipped it over. The heavy posts made it easy to flip over. It went right down into to the holes as planned and nobody got hurt. It took 6 of us to get it up. Then we went around and leveled the posts. Now we are ready to dump concrete in the post holes.
I got it leveled and poured the concrete in the holes. I had to take my paint sprayer apart because it wasn't keeping pressure.
Nice prairie skyline
This is what the underneath side looks like.
7 comments:
Do tell me more about the mouse trap. Glad you made it out alive.
I'm impressed with your work. I'm glad you're OK.
You are really making great progress it will not only be great for the wedding but a real addition to beautify their yard and it will last A very long time.
This is really nice.
Do we get to see a picture of it right side up and in place?
I am really impressed with your final product it is very beautiful!
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