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I needed some shade on the back deck, got to be unbearably hot back there in the afternoon, so I decided to add a Pergola. Well, that soon snowballed into a complete refacing of the deck. The results actually turned out pretty good though so I thought I’d share. I ordered all of the Cedar for the Pergola from a local mill and they were the best looking Cedar boards I have ever seen and will for sure use them again for future outdoor projects. I went with Sikken Natural Oak stain to protect and tint the wood. I replaced all the Cedar spindles with black aluminum spindles which contrast nicely with the stain. I also added a SunSetter rolldown shade on 1 side to help block a bit more sun that peaks in under the Pergola. Lastly I put LED rope lights in between the beams, along the outside joist and under the bottom section of the rails. The LED’s glow really nicely up into the joists adding a glowing effect and I put holes in key locations to hide direct visibility of the rope light as much as possible. There’s a hot tub in the back section and sitting in there you get a really nice view of the glow, and after all the LED’s were up and turned on we realized they provided just enough light to not need any other external lights.
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 94 days ago
Nice work! I like the end detail on all the joists and beams.
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thetimberkid
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posted 94 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
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Napaman
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posted 94 days ago
beautiful!!!!!
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snowdog
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posted 94 days ago
take a pic at night so we can see the glow.
I like the rail, black aluminum spindles .. nice. Where did you get them from? I was thinking abotu replacing my rails with something more see through maybe the glass panels I have seen in the past. We still have not decided.
Great job. There is nothing like a deck and hot tub to make the days troubles melt away
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posted 94 days ago
Great looking deck and pergola. Amazing how those projects can snowball.
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Shay
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posted 93 days ago
The spindles were found at Lowes. I picked theirs because they had connectors for the stairs. If you don’t have stairs they sell them at both Home Depot and Menards but some locations don’t actually keep them in stock.
I have had multiple requests for night shots.. I’ll have to work on that one.
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wraith
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posted 91 days ago
Looks great – and gives me ideas for my future father-in-law’s back yard.
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James Early
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posted 87 days ago
Great job. I’m planning to make one of these next summer. A new favorite!
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Blake
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posted 86 days ago
Excellent addition.
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