"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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"rupert" wrote in message
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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One of the Casualties of the strong winds has been our 30' pergola, this
is the second time the 4" tanalised uprights have snapped in strong wind
and I have concluded its just not strong enough!
I have reluctantly decided to build the pillars up in brick but before
I order bricks wondered if any Urglers have used any other method to
create the uprights?
I didn't know for instance whether there are any square section products
like the things you build chimneys out of but in something a bit more
decorative than rough concrete, looking to end up with something around
a
foot square
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

How about 4 x 4" uprights forming a square about 15x15" and filling in
with bits of trellis?

Its a thought, but I am on my 3rd set of tanalised 4" posts now in 20
years, its not so much the expense of replacing them but the upheaval, the
whole thing is covered in roses which makes replacing anything hard work!


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk


Hi Charlie,

I have a 4x4" post in the garden which I use as the upright of a bird
feeder. It is supported on one corner only by angle-iron and it has never
budged - and it is fairly exposed. Could you do something like that? It
would be fairly inexpensive and simple to do; you may not even have to move
the roses.

Spider