Looking to build a simple 3x2 Pergola and roof it over my "outdoor kitchen" ie BBQs and looking at either 10mm polycarbonate or the EZ Glaze sheets. www.eurocell.co.uk/roofing/polycarbonate/ezglazeclr25-ez-glaze-60-clear-3mm-thick-polycarbonate-sheet-688mm-x-2-5m
Anyone used these and any pros or cons?
And on a similar question, what is the point of a pergola if its not roofed? Keep seeing folk with a frame in their back gardens and thinking really what is the point of that??
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>> And on a similar question, what is the point of a pergola if its not
>> roofed? Keep seeing folk with a frame in their back gardens and thinking really what
>> is the point of that??
Grow things up and round it?
Ours has a couple Clematis and a rose.
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Get the best of both worlds and get one with a retractable covering.
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It would need to be a fully retractable waterproof covering and I suspect they wont be cheap
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I suppose you are thinking of the transparency but do you need that?
For a cheap job, OSB3 and roofing felt. For a real bobby dazzler, how about cedar shingles or thatch?
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Yeah I need it for the transparency!
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how about cedar shingles or thatch?
Over a barbecue?
Any roof is going to trap smoke and fumes. Barbecues are for outside
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>> how about cedar shingles or thatch?
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>> Over a barbecue?
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>> Any roof is going to trap smoke and fumes. Barbecues are for outside
You spotted the flaw in my plan. That's when it becomes a bobby dazzler!
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If it has a permananet roof, it is no longer a pergola, if you build it with a perpex see through roof, we in the south call it a car port, lean too, or eyesore.
You will regret, in three years time, peering up at the sky through the murkey green fungai and moss infested roof.
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Unless your BBQs is commonly used on days when cold, grey, drizzle, downpour etc prevail, why bother with any cover.
If you are really keen for a structure to disguise the BBQ with something pleasing to the eye, just grow climbing plants up the legs and across the top.
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Roofing a Pergola - Bromptonaut
