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The sun is always a welcome guest. And in the city, and especially when traveling to the countryside. But after all and from guests sometimes it would be desirable to retire. From the sun - too, when there is too much of it, on an exhaustingly hot summer day. We are looking for a saving shade, a secluded corner somewhere under the canopy of trees. However, not every summer cottage has a sprawling crown that gives the desired coolness.

The Polish magazine Sam Zrobi proposes to build a simple shade-forming structure - a pergola. It is a light trellis structure, which itself scatters the sun's rays, and serves as a light frame for a translucent green tent of climbing plants.

Outwardly, the pergola resembles an unfinished building - rare racks support an uncovered slatted roof. However, nothing more is required: a row of ropes or wire is stretched between the racks - and the creepers that have climbed along them form green lacy walls that will cover from the wind, and the roof sieve, together with the tops of plants, will protect from scorching rays.

Although the structure is lightweight, it still needs a reliable foundation - concrete columns buried in the ground. They are cast right on the spot: a cement mortar with a filler of crushed stone or broken brick is laid in the holes dug in advance. It is desirable that the top of the column rises somewhat above the ground, for which the neck of the hole should be built up like a box without a bottom.

A metal thrust bearing is inserted into the solution that has begun to thicken along the axis of the column. This is a piece of steel strip with a bifurcated shank at the bottom, and holes for bolts in the upper part for connection with pergola uprights.

The top of the racks on both sides is clamped with longitudinal lags, nailed. The length of the lag must be calculated so that in case of splicing, their joints fall on the nearest rack.

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The "roof" of the pergola: 1 - rack, 2 - lathing slats, 3 - longitudinal logs.

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Base: 1 - foundation column, 2 - thrust bearing.

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Knot of connection of a rack (1) and a thrust bearing (2) by means of bolts (3) and nuts (4)

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Fragment of a pergola

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One of the complete pergola supports: 1 - stand, 2 - fasteners, 3 - thrust bearing, 4 foundation column

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Rack thrust

Grooves are sawn along the entire length in the logs at equal distances - under the lathing slats, in which the same counters are prepared: when they are combined, we get a "lock" connection that does not require any additional fasteners.

After assembling the entire structure, it remains to stretch a rope or wire between the racks; the number of rows is arbitrary, more dependent on the type of plants climbing along them.

To protect the wood of the building, it is desirable to cover it with drying oil, and even better - with oil paints of calm or, conversely, bright colors.

From plants for a green tent, traditional ivy or hops are suitable. You can also use lemongrass, which has recently become more common among summer residents and gardeners (it will also give an increase in vitamins) or clematis, wild grapes or village bindweed familiar to everyone since childhood.

The dimensions shown in the figures are mostly indicative, since they largely depend on the location and specific purpose of the pergola: after all, it can be a romantic gazebo, a summer kitchen, a car park, and a decorative corridor path from the gate to the porch of the house.

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