The more I think about this project, I’m starting to lean toward building a freestanding pergola out of either pressure treated or cedar wood, treated with a premium quality oil based stain, constructed with stainless steel hardware, anchored very securely to the concrete deck, with a removable canvas roof. I love building stuff and this would be a fun and rewarding project which I can customize to the exact dimensions needed. I can purchase, precut, and treat all the materials at my well equipped home up north this fall and bring everything down here in my truck when we come down for our long winter stay. I’m going to measure everything carefully tomorrow and sketch out the plans. We have a friend up north who custom makes high quality marine grade canvas boat covers, who can definitely custom fabricate a very nice canvas roof cover for us. I’m getting excited about a fun project that I can build to withstand a cat 5 hurricane with the roof removed : ) Dam, went to Lowel’s to get a replacement filter for the A/C and it turned into a major project.
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