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Pergola repairs?
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote ... 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 When we moved here there were square wooden pillars holding up a porch that runs across the front of the house. They rotted from the inside within a couple of years and after replacing them a couple of times, and constantly having to mend them despite using good wood preservative, we eventually bought stone like pillars from Haddonstone. Quite expensive but because they last forever without any maintenance they are actually cheaper in the long haul, at the time they were cheaper than some hollow glass fibre ones I found. Alternatively how about using some of those thermal blocks they use these days to make houses, cement one on top of another, use a circle cutter down the centre to enable you to cement in reinforcing rods , I sure your local builders merchant would advise. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK Couple more good ideas thanks, how well do those thermolite blocks last outside with frost etc do you know? -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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