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No sir, I did not. I've heard both sides of the "treat or not treat the bottom" argument but the one that made the most sense to me was to not treat it. Reason being: If rain water gets into the wood, it needs a place to escape at the bottom instead of trapping it in there by sealing it. It's also sitting on a 1" tall post brace, so it is elevated off the concrete and I'm not too worried about it soaking up water from the bottom.

Thanks Dean!

What were the length of that braces that you used? How far down the post did you go to make your notches? I'm going to make that fancy jig for the circular saw.

+Dean Winchell I made the braces 30" long, and made my lowest cut in the post 17" below the bottom of the 2x12 beams. That would make the brace stick up into the beam section about 4". If you don't like the proportion/look of my brace to post, you can always use the Pythagorean Theorem (if you're math savvy) and figure out what the length of that brace needs to be, depending on how low you want the brace to be attached to the post. If you are a visual learner, shoot me an email to: triplerwoodworks(at)gmail.com and I will draw you up a rough sketch and give you some examples. I definitely want to see some pictures of your pergola when it's done!

Thanks! I tried to see how far they extended between the beams in the video. I decided to do a 9 x 9, using 12' beams and rafters, which will give an 18" overhang. I'll send pics of all the work. It'll be free standing on sonatubes and 9" high like yours. Dug the holes and cleared 1/2 of the turf today. Keep going RRR!

+Dean Winchell Hey Dean, have you finished your pergola yet? I'm curious to see the photos! I had another guy send me pictures of the pergola he build and I'll be showcasing his in an upcoming video. I'd love to throw your in there as well!

Thanks Yash. I’m in the Dallas/Fort Worth area but I’m probably not qualified to build a pergola on a roof deck haha.

I agree, 4x4’s look puny. I used 6x6’s

The short answer is "Not enough"

Lourdes Chapa, I’m in Texas

+Mariano Garcia Thanks for the feedback, Mariano! It's cedar and it's holding up really well right now.

Dr. Joseph Bowles Yessir I can do that. Send me an email to: TripleRWoodworks(at)gmail.com and we can go from there.

I would like to know if you can share the list of mats and cut measurements please?

Thanks Kathryn!

eric ramirez - I don’t think there’s a way to put photos in the comments here. You can definitely email them to me, I’d love to see how it came out! TripleRWoodworks(at)gmail.com

You absolutely can but in my opinion, 4x4 posts might look tiny compared to the rest of the pergola unless you build a smaller pergola. If you do go with 4x4 posts, I wouldn't go much bigger than 2x8's for the beams (largest board that's on the bottom). I've also heard of people building with 4x4 posts and then "wrapping" the 4x4 with 1x6's to make it thicker. I personally wouldn't do that because of warping issues down the road and the clean seam that you get during the building phase would likely warp and create gaps.

Great question, Patrick! The post heights were actually not my favorite part of this project because I didn’t yet have the skills/techniques to make it level front to back. It’s only visible from the side view, but you can tell that the roof slopes toward the grass. 🤦🏻‍♂️ I generally first decide what clearance I want with the post braces and then do the math up from there to give me a final post height. In the future, I will figure out where my high spot is on the concrete, then add length (height) to the other posts based on how much lower the concrete is in those locations. I also build & install at a Millwork shop and a few of the installers have nice lasers from Pacific Laser Systems that have a very visible green laser, even in the daytime. Expensive but worth it!

RRR Woodworks that makes sense. I pretty much always build pergolas on-site. So, for me I just set my posts extra tall and cut off the tops once they’re in the air. It was neat seeing this be a make and then build process.

I almost did that, but I did a cabinet install for my dad at his house and my biggest mistake was assembling there because any work I needed to do on it had to happen at his house. I told myself that for future projects, I would do as much as I possibly could at my house in my shop because cutting & building in the field isn’t as efficient for me. I’m sure you’re WAY better at it than I am though!!

RRR Woodworks hah, well to be fair, my pergolas don’t usually have these fine cuts involved to fit the pieces together. Your work looks great.

As someone who doesn’t build these all the time, I appreciate the feedback! Do you have a website? And what part of the country are you in? I’d love to check it out but you might as well advertise on here so others in your area can see! I don’t mind at all!

Thanks Kristian. My usual price is about $32/sqft, so that would be $3,600. Since he was my buddy’s dad, I gave him a good discount. I believe the range that most people charge for cedar pergolas with stainless steel hardware is in the $28-$35 range. If any other pergola builders can chime in on pricing, that would be fantastic! That was a rough range I found googling on the internet.

RRR Woodworks all the pergolas that show up when I search it are flimsy looking this looks like real sturdy big lumbering quality

I think the key is 6x6 posts, and some people even use 8x8 posts. I like the proportions with the 6x6 post, 2x12, 2x6, & 2x2. If I were to build a much bigger pergola, I might use 8x8 posts.

Tbone Malone: Ballpark in the $3K range

@@RRRWoodworks When you replied, "Not enough" to a similar question, you weren't kidding. That should have been a 6k job, especially with bar top, cedar, and the scroll effects on the tails!