Pergolas are those architectural structures which not only provide beauty to your garden but also give support to the climbing plants too. Most of the pergola designs will provide a shade to your garden. Some of the pergolas designs are used for only entry as well as exit points from one place to another. Materials as well as style are the two important factors which are to be considered while planning to install a pergola structure in the garden.
There are different materials which are used to design a pergola such as metal, wood and even from plastic. All the materials provide different kind of advantages s as well as disadvantages in comparison to the other materials so one must choose the right material for their garden. Most of the pergola designs are made from wood because of the flexibility of the wood material which can suit almost all garden as well as home designs. While suing wood pergola you should consider the types of wood which can withstand all the weather conditions. Some woods can be easily decayed and can even be infected by some insects as well as termites. Redwood is the most superior quality of wood and even it cannot get easily rot whenever exposed to some weather conditions.
In case you want to use the pergola structure to give support to your climbing plants then you should not use treated wood pergola designs due to the fact that it can harm the plants. Plastics are also used for making the pergola structures. Plastic is more durable than wood because it cannot get rotten. You can use plastic to design pergola because it is being more stylish as well as fashionable than the wood. Your plastic pergola can be made from the high quality of plastic vinyl duet to its superior durability.
You must choose that plastic pergola which ahs UV inhibitor feature in it so that it will not get discolored when ever exposed to different weather conditions. Metal is another materials from which different kinds of pergola structures can be made. These are the most expensive among all the three materials used for the construction of the pergola structure. Depending on the types of material used these pergola structures can be made heavy too. These metal pergola structures are more durable as well as sturdy too.
Cast iron is a type of metal which is free from rust but it is heavy too. Aluminum is another metal which is much lighter than the cast iron but it is still durable, sturdy and even free from rust. One must check the hardness of the aluminum pergola structure and the ideal hardness for this type of pergola structure will be from T-4 to T-6.Style of the t shaped pergola structure must match your garden as well as design of your home. Pergola structure should be Asian inspired for the Japanese garden and traditional pergolas for the English gardens. Pergolas are very popular in the summer season as it will provide a shade.