Now begin ratcheting the strap tight, which will pull the center beam straight.
Be sure you’re not wrapping the strap around the part of the beam that the rafter needs to connect with. The other end of the ratcheting strap will loop twice (it’s only shown once here, but you’ll want to do twice) around the center beam, just slightly off-center, then hook to itself. Once the screw eye is fully secure into the center of the wall-mounted frame, you can hook one end of a ratcheting strap into the screw eye. We chose the center point because we will be installing our center rafters first, and the rafter will completely cover the screw eye hole once the eye has done its job and is removed.
#Pergola rafter brackets install#
Tip: To install a screw eye, simply get it started into the board with your hands, then use a screwdriver through the eye to tighten it. So, our first order of business is: straighten the center beam.Īt the center point on the wall-mounted frame boards, we quickly installed a (temporary) screw eye. This will be a problem if we try to install rafters to a center beam that’s not straight.
Unfortunately for us, our center beam boards are a bit bowed. If you have a center beam, as this pergola does, you’ll want to find center on each side of the beam. The installation of each rafter is fast, the connection is secure, and it will last as long as the bracket method…but for much less cost.īefore you begin installing your pergola rafters, you’re going to want to find center on your perpendicular frame boards.
Of course, construction isn’t all about aesthetic appeal – you want the finished product to be as safe and secure as it is stylish. However, because brackets are required for use on each end of each board, they do not provide a clean, modern aesthetic. The brackets are graded for outdoor use, and they hold the lumber in place securely and safely. Metal brackets are a popular and excellent material to use when building a pergola.
#Pergola rafter brackets how to#
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install pergola rafters quickly, relatively easily, and inexpensively – without brackets. If you have your pergola posts in, your pergola frame installed, and your pergola rafter lumber stained, you’re probably ready to move onto finishing up your wood pergola by installing the rafters.
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