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Shade Cloth DIY:  Perfect Pergola The Perfect Pergola

Alnet Cooltone shade cloth caters for the ever-growing demand for protection form the sun's harmful rays and is approved by the Cancer Association. Because Cooltone shade cloth is knitted in a polyethylene fabric, it won't rot, run or absorb moisture and is therefore extremely strong and durable.

 

MATERIALS:

Foundations:
Ready mix concrete: 2 x 44 pounds (20kg) bags

Timber (SA Pine):
TANALITH PINE POLES (LATHE-TURNED POLES OPTIONAL):
Upright poles: 2 x 9 ft (2,7m) (4"8 inch (120mm))
Horizontal poles:
3 x 14 ft (4,2m) (3"6 inch (90mm))
1 x 16 ft (4,8m) (3"6 inch (90mm))
TANALITH PINE PLANKS:
For front and back: 4 x 8 ft (2,4m) (4"56 inch (114mm) x 1"52 inch (38mm))
TANALITH PINE COVER STRIPS:
For side and middle horizontal poles:
3 x 14 ft (4,2m) (1"2 inch (30mm) x "-48 inch (12mm))
For securing poles to L-brackets:
6 x 2"4 inch (60mm)
FOUNDATION MIXTURE:


Shade cloth:
31"6 ft (9,5m): (Cut in two lengths of 14 ft (4,25m) x 10 ft (3m))

Connectors and fasteners:
COPPER FLAT-HEAD CLOUT NAILS:
For cover strips: 100 x 2 inch (50mm) = ± 250g (every 6 inches (150mm))
GALVANISED FLATHEAD CLOUT NAILS:
For shade cloth: 450 x 2 inches (50mm) = ± 500g (every 2 inches (50mm))
GALVANISED L-BRACKETS:
For horizontal pole support: 3 x 6 inches (150mm) x 6 inches (150mm)
CUPHEAD BOLTS WITH WASHERS:
For connection of front cross pole and uprights poles: 2 x 8"4 inch (210mm) x "-48 inch (12mm)
For connection of side and middle poles:
3 x 7"2 inch (180mm) x "-48 inch (12mm)
COUNTERSUNK BRASS SCREWS:
For connection of tanalith planks:
6 x 3"2 inch (80mm)
RAWL BOLTS:
For securing L-brackets to wall: 3 x 4 inches (100mm) ("-8 inch (20mm))
STEEL NAILS:
For securing poles in foundations: 12 x 6 inches (150mm) (6")
ROOFING NAILS WITH WASHERS:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Measure and mark pole positioning on wall and ground; upright poles 12 ft (3,64m) from wall and 15 ft (4,5m) apart (at center of pole).

2. Dig foundation holes at 14 ft (350mm) x 14 ft (350mm) x14 ft (350mm) deep.

3. Secure upright poles in foundation holes by attaching 6 x 6 inch nails around each pole and pouring in the concrete mixture. Allow concrete to set overnight.

4. Secure horizontal front cross pole to upright poles, by drilling cuphead bolt holes at 5 ft (125mm) from top of upright poles.

5. Attach L-brackets at a height of 7"5 ft (2,25m) (at bottom of L-bracket) on the wall using the rawl bolts (at 15"7 ft (4,71m) apart and one centered between the two.)

6. Cut out a section measuring 1"8 inch (45mm) x 4"8 inch (120mm) at both ends of the three horizontal poles.

7. Rest the three horizontal poles on L-brackets and front cross pole, and secure to L-bracketes and front cross pole with cuphead bolts (ensure that the cutout section is on top).

8. Affix shade cloth to one half of the structure as follows: Attach shade cloth to the first tanalith pine plank with galvanised clout nails. Wrap shade cloth around the plank. First secure plank to the wall side of the outer and middle horizontal poles. Attach shade cloth to center horizontal pole using galvanised clout nails. Pull the shade cloth over the side pole until it is taut, and secure with galvanised clout nails. Cut off excess material. Repeat this process on the other half of the structure. Cover the galvanised clout nails on the middle and side poles with the cover strips and using copper clout nails.

Your excess material may be used as a partial side flap.

 

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