Installation Guide

Int ro duc tion & O verview
3
12 x 12 Flat Top Pergola
Getting Started
฀฀฀฀฀First฀off,฀allow฀us฀to฀say฀thank฀you฀for฀the฀investment฀you฀have฀made฀in฀one฀
฀฀฀฀฀
of฀our฀fine฀pergola฀kits.฀฀This฀kit฀is฀designed฀to฀be฀assembled฀and฀installed
฀฀฀฀฀ ideally฀by฀two฀people฀with฀basic฀carpentry฀knowledge฀and฀tools.฀฀Do฀not฀
฀฀฀฀฀ attempt฀alone,฀especially฀during฀the฀installation฀stage.฀฀Should฀you฀decide฀to฀
฀฀฀฀฀moderately฀modify฀the฀dimensions฀of฀your฀pergola฀from฀the฀standard฀kit฀size,฀
฀฀฀฀฀a฀circular฀saw฀with฀a฀sharp฀fine-tooth฀blade฀is฀all฀that฀is฀needed฀to฀cut,฀shorten฀
฀฀฀฀฀ or฀modify฀the฀vinyl฀components. ฀฀When฀฀assembling฀฀components฀place฀on฀a
฀฀฀฀฀non-abrasive ฀ surface฀฀(ie:฀shipping฀box)฀฀to฀฀avoid฀scratching.฀฀We฀recom-
฀฀฀฀mend฀a฀15’฀x฀15’
area฀for฀unobstructed฀฀assembling.฀฀฀You฀should฀฀not฀need฀to
฀฀฀฀use฀excessive฀force฀ when ฀assembling฀any฀components.
Planning & Preparing
฀฀฀฀฀ The฀Regency฀Pergola฀is฀made฀to฀stand฀independent฀of฀your฀home฀and฀you
฀฀฀฀฀can฀ either฀locate฀it฀near฀your฀house฀or฀let฀it฀stand฀alone฀in฀the฀garden.฀฀By฀keep-
฀฀฀฀฀ing฀ it฀unattached฀from฀your฀home฀you฀will฀not฀have฀to฀฀deal฀with฀฀moving฀exis-
฀฀฀฀฀ting฀ gutters฀or฀matching฀eave฀heights.฀฀If฀you฀plan฀to฀build฀your฀pergola฀close
฀฀฀฀฀to฀the฀house,฀please฀keep฀the฀outer฀extremities฀of฀the฀pergola฀a฀minimum฀of
฀฀฀฀฀4฀inches฀back฀from฀your฀eaves.
฀฀฀฀฀What฀looks฀like฀the฀toughest฀part฀of฀this฀project฀is฀actually฀the฀easiest,฀the
฀฀฀฀฀ graceful,฀solid-looking฀columns.฀฀We’ve฀designed฀these฀columns฀to฀simply฀be
฀฀฀฀฀slipped฀over฀treated฀4x4฀wood฀posts฀that฀are฀either฀embedded฀in฀concrete฀or
฀฀฀฀฀ directly฀mounted฀to฀a฀concrete฀or฀wood฀surface฀using฀our฀bolt฀down฀brackets.฀฀
฀฀฀฀฀ See฀pages฀7,฀8฀and฀9฀for฀more฀details.฀
฀฀฀฀฀ It฀is฀critical฀before฀you฀start฀that฀you฀consider฀the฀current฀slope฀of฀elevation
฀฀฀฀฀where฀the฀pergola฀is฀planned฀-฀if฀there฀is฀any.฀฀Also฀utility฀or฀sprinkler฀line
฀฀฀฀฀ location฀is฀important฀to฀identify฀prior฀to฀excavating฀holes฀if฀necessary.฀
฀฀฀฀฀You฀should฀also฀check฀to฀verify ฀local฀building฀codes,฀ordinances,฀neighbour-
฀฀฀฀฀hood฀covenants,฀or฀height฀restrictions฀regarding฀this฀type฀of฀structure.
Restriction of Use
This product is not designed to carry additional
weight loads such as swings, people or other objects.
Please take the time to read this instruction
guide thoroughly prior to the construction of your
pergola. If you have any questions,
feel free to
contact our technical dept by calling
1 800 282 9346
(Mon to Fri 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M . EST).
UK TEL: [phone] - Mon. to Fri. 1:00 PM to
10:00 PM GMT.
(Regency Pergola Shown)
www.newenglandarbors.com
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