Category: bioclimatic pergola systems

Pergola Merton.
CA stunning corner pergola design made from the step-by-step pergola plans.
An unusual Asian corner pergola, with beautiful curved rafters, made from the step-by-step pergola plans.
A pergola arch that can be made into a seated arbour.
A fantastic attached lean-to pergola made using the step-by-step attached pergola plans.
An unusual hexagonal pergola, with beautiful radiating rafters, made from the step-by-step pergola plans.
Stunning pitched-roof hexagonal pergola.
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Pergola Merton.
It should be relatively easy to build, shouldn’t it?
If you are anything like me, you have an idea and are itching to get on with it the moment the idea pops into your head. You have the interest and enthusiasm, and your motivation is on fire! Great!!

Pergola Merton.
Remote Control
Optional remote control for your veranda which operates and dims the LED spot lighting. Included remote control for your pergola which opens/closes/adjust the roof blades, and can also operate and control the optional LED strip lighting if installed.

Pergola Newham.
LED Strip Lights
A continuous strip of highly efficient, dimmable LED light with integrated diffuser for a sharp, modern look. Can be applied to all four sides of your pergola. Available in classic warm white or custom-configurable RGB and can be operated by remote-control, or by smartphone app with the optional Bluetooth module.

Pergola Newham.
The robust, freestanding design of our pergolas allows them to be used either to enclose your terrace and extend the overall living area of your home, or build a luxury relaxation space anywhere in your garden. We can even design your pergola roof to be cantilevered or suspended with no need for posts at all, creating the ultimate modern aesthetic whilst still offering comfort and complete peace of mind.

Pergola Newham.
Glass Walls
Glass walls to close off one or more sides of your veranda/pergola without spoiling the view. Slim frame, powder coated to match your veranda/pergola. Available with aluminium mullions for better airtightness and stability or glass-to-glass joins for the ultimate in clear, unobstructed views. The glass can be optionally back-painted, heated, solar coated or switchable.

Pergola Redbridge.
Copyright image: a pergola built from the step-by-step free pergola plans, with raised rafters and purlins.
Ray adapted the corner pergola plans to fit around his pointed decking area.
Many people make the changes in this way and create amazing structures. The instructions for making a triangular pergola are freely available.

Pergola Redbridge.
The free pergola plans are intended to show beginners how to build a pergola – from getting ideas, finding tools and materials, and last, but not least, easy step by step construction, creating a low cost, beautiful, free-standing wooden garden feature to enjoy for many years to come.
Building one of these wonderful structures can be very satisfying, as well as great fun, and you definitely won’t need an engineering degree to understand them!
“Thank you for the free pergola plans – your site is a wealth of useful information that I am looking forward to enjoying!”

Pergola Redbridge.
Year-Round Performance
With the option of integrated glass doors, glass walls, LED lights, privacy blinds and radiant heaters, these pergolas can be comfortably used throughout the evening and into the cooler months of the year. When summer comes around, the unique bioclimatic roof can be opened up to provide ventilation whilst still shading your outdoor living space, ensuring the temperature stays enjoyable. We’ll be happy to assist you in designing an outdoor living space that truly performs, no matter the season.

Pergola Richmond upon Thames. Our bespoke Pergola Planner will let you design your pergola to meet your own specification, dimensions and requirements!
We are extremely excited to announce a totally unique design service: ‘Pergola Planner’. For the first time you can now develop your own bespoke pergola or arbour for the garden – custom made to your own requirements!
Does my Pergola require planning permission?
As a general rule from the 1st October 2008, garden structures (including pergolas) do not require planning permission as long as the following points are followed:-
No structure forward of the principle elevation fronting a highway. Pergola Richmond upon Thames.
Must be single storey with a maximum eaves height of 2.5mtrs and a total height of less than or equal to 4mtrs for a pitched roof or 3mtrs for any other type of roof.
Within 2mtrs of a boundary the maximum height cannot exceed 2.5mtrs.Pergola Richmond upon Thames.
Garden structures must have no verandas, balconies or raised platforms.
Where no more than 50% of the existing land around the ‘original house’ is already covered by garden buildings.
Within the curtilage of a listed building planning permission must be sought.
In Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks, World Heritage Sites, the maximum area to be covered by an outdoor structure, more than 20mtrs from the original house, must be limited to an area not exceeding 10sq mtrs. However, any buildings at the side of the property, within these nominated areas, will require planning permission.
As local authorities may interpret these guidelines in different ways, it is always best to give your Local Planning Office a quick telephone call to discuss what you are intending to do, before you proceed, to ensure that you will meet the regulations for your own particular area.

Pergola Richmond upon Thames.
Free Pergola Plans
Free Pergola Plans, Pergola Kits, Design Ideas and Accessories
Copyright image: a beautiful, pink climbing rose growing up pergola trellis.
So…you want to build a pergola and you want to build it now!

Pergola Richmond upon Thames. We have a superb range of high quality garden pergolas available, in a variety of styles and designs. Pergola Richmond upon Thames. Many of our wooden pergola kits even boast 2 year anti-rot guarantees, as they’ve been pressure treated. Some designs even incorporate decking areas – perfect for outdoor entertaining. Easy assembly and delivered free and fast to most UK postcodes – shop our garden pergolas today.

Pergola Sutton.
Glass Sliding Doors
Beautifully transparent full-glass sliding doors allowing you to open up one or more sides of your veranda/pergola. Slim frame, powder coated to match your veranda/pergola. Available in up to 5 tracks for maximum clear area. Locking handles for increased security and clear weather-seals for improved airtightness also available.

Pergola Sutton.
Most can be made by adapting the principles used in the free pergola plans. Some of us, however, need a little more help with building these more unusual designs.

Pergola Sutton.
Adapting the Free Pergola Plans
The example design is just that, an example, with easy to change elements to suit your own unique style preferences and situation. Simple or elaborate, large or small, build it as you wish!
The free pergola plans will still work for any shape or size, even if the look is significantly different – using thicker wood, making rafter tails longer, changing the shape of the structure and the decorative rafter tail ends, having rafters running in only one direction and closer together, using a raised rafter style, or having rafters sitting fully on top of the supports. There are so many things you can do.
See Adapting The Plans for more ideas and details.
Here is one that has been adapted from the free pergola plans, with raised rafters, and purlins for extra shade…

Pergola Waltham Forest.
Wherever we would like to position these wonderful features in our gardens, we sometimes need to lay a patio, too, as well as doing the woodwork. Many people ask how to do this properly, themselves.
See how the professionals do it in this video tutorial, which includes digging out, drainage, covering unsightly drain covers, correct laying techniques, and pointing, ensuring that your patio stays put, and has no wobbly bits!
Copyright image: laying a patio video tutorial.
The video comes with free supplementary notes showing how to calculate quantities, and other useful hints and tips to make sure your patio lasts for many years.

Pergola Waltham Forest.
Copyright image: a pergola built from the step-by-step free pergola plans, with raised rafters and purlins.
Ray adapted the corner pergola plans to fit around his pointed decking area.
Many people make the changes in this way and create amazing structures. The instructions for making a triangular pergola are freely available.

Pergola Waltham Forest.
It should be relatively easy to build, shouldn’t it?
If you are anything like me, you have an idea and are itching to get on with it the moment the idea pops into your head. You have the interest and enthusiasm, and your motivation is on fire! Great!!