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Designing a Pergola From the Ground Up

Professional Deck Builder

January/February 2009
by Mark Clement
A full-size template and a mini-excavator speed the job along.

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Designing a Pergola From the Ground Up A full-size template and a mini-excavator speed the job along by Mark Clement I've heard people call a pergola anything from an arbor, a colonnade, or a trellis to "one of those garden things." But regardless of what my clients call them, I enjoy building them. The balance of site work, layout, and trim is just right. Plus, they're profitable. Since pergolas are luxury items, the budget to build one is usually large enough that I can use nice materials and take extra time, as I did even on the fairly modest project

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