Pergola

Palm-rib pergola

Location
Punta Garrobo, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero
Type of work
Pergola
Dimensions
6.45 × 6.00 m
Timber and roofing
8″×4″ steel, 8 × 20 cm timber sealed with CWF, palm rib

From plan to build

The pergola, piece by piece.

How this 6.45 × 6.00 m pergola went up: steel below, timber above and palm rib on top to filter the sun. Every piece comes from the construction drawings; at the end, the finished pergola.

  1. Footings40 × 40 cm concrete piers
  2. Steel posts8″ × 4″, 2.40 m clear
  3. Steel beamsZinc chromate and matte enamel
  4. Timber joists13 pieces, 8 × 20 cm at 53 cm centres, sealed with CWF
  5. Palm ribLaid over the timber to filter the sun

Modelled from this project's drawings. Dimensions in metres.

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