Posted: 3/19/2011 8:23:43 AM EDT
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Anyone familiar with this product or the company?
TexSun Exteriors I'm trying to find out if the product is quality as well as a cost comparison versus a wood pergola (cedar). Alternatively, does anyone have a recommendation for a company to install a pergola? Especially, someone willing to work the price based on me doing some of the work? |
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Yep, that's the kind of info I'm looking for. I'll probably have them come out for a quote.
I know a stained cedar 16'x16' pergola will run me about $3,500 installed. Materials I've priced about $1,500. I'd need some help getting the main posts up, but I can do the rest myself. My main conundrum now is whether I want to do a 4-post setup or run from a header against the house. That and exactly how big I want it. Trying for low $. As an aside, those little overhangs the builders put over the back door, is there brick behind that or would I need to brick that area if I pulled it down? |
| one thing to consider is the movement of the sun vs. the orientation of the "slats" on top of the pergola. You want the sun to move across the slats so that everything under gets the same amount of light exposure over the course of the day. if the sun moves parallel to the slats some portions get sun all day, the shaded portions dont, and over time it will sun bleach stripes on your deck. Bad explanation, but hopefuilly you understand what I am trying to say. |
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one thing to consider is the movement of the sun vs. the orientation of the "slats" on top of the pergola. You want the sun to move across the slats so that everything under gets the same amount of light exposure over the course of the day. if the sun moves parallel to the slats some portions get sun all day, the shaded portions dont, and over time it will sun bleach stripes on your deck. Bad explanation, but hopefuilly you understand what I am trying to say. Gotcha. (concrete tho) |
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one thing to consider is the movement of the sun vs. the orientation of the "slats" on top of the pergola. You want the sun to move across the slats so that everything under gets the same amount of light exposure over the course of the day. if the sun moves parallel to the slats some portions get sun all day, the shaded portions dont, and over time it will sun bleach stripes on your deck. Bad explanation, but hopefuilly you understand what I am trying to say. So basically run the slats east to west? Not north south? |
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one thing to consider is the movement of the sun vs. the orientation of the "slats" on top of the pergola. You want the sun to move across the slats so that everything under gets the same amount of light exposure over the course of the day. if the sun moves parallel to the slats some portions get sun all day, the shaded portions dont, and over time it will sun bleach stripes on your deck. Bad explanation, but hopefuilly you understand what I am trying to say. So basically run the slats east to west? Not north south? No, the other way around. You would run your purlins, or stringers if you will, east and west. |
