That looks awesome!!!
It's funny you mention a pergola, I was telling my mate how far along I was with it and he was like you doing a pergola? And my response was, what the fuck is a pergola!?! I had to Google it. If only I had seen this beforehand!! It would be rather nice right enough but beyond my ken!
Sneak peek of mine
I really aim to get it complete this weekend. It has gone on long enough. I do still to have bought far too much wood though!
Is that a thumb I see? 😲
Wahahahahhah!!! I will be seeing thumbs on this thing for years I reckon!
Thumbs aside, the deck is looking good!
I am quite pleased and at the same time bored as fuck of the thing. All I want to do is sit on it and get pushed but that involves finishing the fucker! This weekend, it will surely be killed!
Very nice!!!!
You didn't buy too much wood. You have enough for a small planter. (Colourful flowers on the deck)
As for the pergola .. I'm thinking I might put up something like the one above on my deck in a year or so. In all honesty, building a deck is more complicated than a pergola - but you don't need to spend as much time on a ladder.
HAhaha, I swear you are in my head!!! I just demolished the two old planters I had because i had fashioned them out of untreated wood and after five years they were beginning to look a bit sorry for themselves. I was looking at my leftover timber and was thinking, Couple of planters, no bother!
I am seriously tempted with a pergola now!
The one thing to pay attention to is weight. You want the "roof" to be as light as possible. But you also want the weight from the posts to go directly to the ground. If you don't want to bury them, make sure that they are directly above the posts that your deck uses (which are buried).
Here are some other design ideas
https://www.thespruce.com/free-pergola-plans-1357132
And finally, because this guys voice is awesome. (but he has some good ideas).
Hehe, as soon as I get my little ones to bed I will be watching that video.
I have some posts sticking up at the end I could have it onto. My original thinking was some kind of trellis affair to screen out my neighbours. Opportunities abound!!! Might have to wait for next year though. I don't think I could handle another project so soon!!