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A pergola in Florida is a wind problem before it is a shade problem. The difference between one that lasts and one that ends up in the neighbour's pool is anchoring: footings sized properly, posts tied down, and the connection to the house detailed rather than improvised. Done right it makes the afternoon usable, which is the half of the day a screen room does not fix.
A pergola in Florida is a structural question dressed up as a landscaping one. It is a large sail attached to a house in a state with a hurricane season, and the difference between one that lasts twenty years and one that ends up in a neighbour's pool is entirely in the anchoring: footing size, post tie-downs, and how the connection to the house is detailed.
Bolted to the wall and hoped for is the failure mode, and it is common.
Shade over the half of the day a screen room does not fix. A deck that is unusable from midday because of sun becomes usable, and combined with screening in the evening the whole day opens up. Slat spacing and orientation decide how much sun gets through and are worth thinking about against which way the deck faces.
Freestanding structures avoid the house connection entirely and on larger lots are often the better answer. Pergolas usually sit over a deck on framing that has to carry the extra load, and pair naturally with screening.
Exposed new-build gardens in Wesley Chapel, larger lots in Valrico and Lutz, and back gardens across Brandon, Tampa and Riverview.
How long does it take? Depends on size and whether footings need pouring.
These come up on the same job more often than not:
Turn a deck or patio into a room you can sit in at dusk without feeding the mosquitoes.
Learn More →Joists, beams, footings, ledgers and flashing - the structure that decides how long the surface lasts.
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