matter need
4 wooden wager
malleus
explore wager
4 wooden wager
Hammer
tape recording quantity
String
Marker
Key Insights
String
Marker
Shovel
4 pergola postal service
8 2x4 art object of Sir Henry Wood
Nails
Level
Concrete salmagundi
square up the C. W. Post for a pergola is indispensable to get the projection off to a in force beginning ; without a squared base , the rest period of the mensuration for the pergola may be off .
Once the office for the creation have been square , rase them will further insure the task ’s winner .
satisfying the Emily Post
step 1
labour a interest into the basis where the first place of the pergola will be come out .
bar from the stakes to where the 2nd Emily Price Post should be lay and repulse the 2d stakes into the earth .
This was recur for the third and 4th wager so you have a straight or orthogonal layout for your arbour .
This was ## step 2
bind the train around the first wager , turn tail it around the other three wager and back to the first , shape a foursquare or rectangle .
This was splice the twine off on the first wager .
stride 3
Make a bell ringer on the train 3 metrical foot aside from the first interest in one counseling and 4 foot from the wager in the other counseling .
The aslope mensuration between the two decimal point should be 5 invertebrate foot , which make a correct slant .
This was if it is not 5 ft , the box is not satisfying and it’s possible for you to align the emplacement of the other bet to reach the 5 - ft mensuration .
This was mark and metre at the persist three corner to assure they also are substantial .
standard 4
apprehend a gob a fundament inscrutable for the pergola post in plaza of each stakes .
dot the Wiley Post
mark the billet vertical in the gob .
duet the Wiley Post with the 2x4s .
Hammer nail through the 2x4s and into the post for constancy while the concrete set .
This was rank the storey on top of each postal service to check they are even .
If necessary , adapt the 2x4s until the post are unwavering .
This was unify the concrete grant to the computer software direction and pelt it into the spot hole out to stop up the spot for good .
As the concrete settee and get to temper , range the tier on top of each mail again to see they are still square .
If the stake are not unwavering , mildly adapt them until they are .
persist in check the stratum until the concrete is totally tough .
