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Dark grey wood pergola with a slatted back wall over an outdoor kitchen, beside a pool and loungers
A dark grey wood pergola over the kitchen and bar, beside the pool.
Open pergola

Wood pergola

Posts, beams and rafters in cedar, redwood or douglas fir, open to the sky. Warmest-looking option here by a distance, and the one with a standing appointment for cleaning, sanding and re-finishing.

Signature cost band

The middle band. Where most of our projects land once the yard is seen as a whole.

Colour families

  • Natural cedar
  • Stained walnut
  • Painted white

Families, not products. The exact colour gets chosen off a physical sample against your house.

What is true of this material

Shade
Dappled — rafter spacing sets how much
Upkeep
Re-finishing on a cycle, forever
Structure
Footings and connections are engineered and inspected

Ask whoever bids this

“What is the refinishing interval on this species in full San Diego sun?”

Attributes

Where this turns up