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Here is a look at how I built by backyard pergola to go on my newly poured concrete patio. Also I review the brackets I chose to use which are by a company called Antsky. I got the brackets from Amazon, here is the link to what I used.
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4X4 Flange Anchor Base:
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4X4 Right Angle Corner Bracket:
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Overall I really like these and they seem quality built. The base plate is 8 gauge steel and the parts that hold the 4X4's is 14 gauge. The corner brackets have built in mounting points for sunshades or anything you'd like to mount. And each part comes with hardware.
Speaking of hardware, I decided not to use the concrete anchors as I didn't trust drilling perfectly aligned holes. As I mention in the video, the sleeve of the anchor is 10mm and the hole in the base bracket is also 10mm. What would be ideal is if the base hole was 11-12, then I could set in place and level the pergola, put the base bracket bracket down, then drill the anchor holes right through the base hole.
These are 5 star products though and I am happy with the results.
These are specially useful (or necessary) if you have a not perfectly shaped or sized space for an out of the box 10X10 or 12X12 pergola. I needed about 11' 11" by 11' 2" to maximize my space and this let me do that exactly the max I could. But what really sealed the deal for me is the box store pergolas are all 8 feet high and that would have but a 4X4 (and the top of the pergola) below eye level for me when in the house. I needed 10 feet to clear the window and building my own with brackets was the only solution for that.
If you have any questions just ask.
Thanks!
Contents of this Video
0:00 Intro
0:41 Overview of Brackets and what's included
3:22 Putting together the upper frame
5:20 Lifting it up... by myself... BAD IDEA :D
5:42 It was at this moment, he knew he (messed) up
5:54 Getting help
6:20 RESULTS
6:51 What would I change/what I didn't like?
9:04 Sunshade brackets, what do know before you buy a shade
10:25 Overall thoughts
