Pergola Project, Part II

Today we continued the great build behind our house as we put up the cross beams on our pergola project. It was quite a hard day of work. We had already prepared the 2x6 beams by cutting the decorative edges and staining the boards; however, today we had to notch the boards. There were 12 boards to notch with 4 notches in each board. My job was to cut the notches, while Harry and his dad hung them. Take a look at our progress.


Here I am cutting the notches in the 2x6's.


This was our pergola with half the cross beams hung.


Harry and his dad enjoy sitting under the not completed, but looking good, pergola.


Here is our pergola as it stands tonight. It is not done, but it's looking a whole lot better. Tomorrow we hope to work on the slats that will go on top; however rain is predicted. The slats are 2x4's that will form a grid on top of the cross beams. After we get the slats up, all we need to do is add some corner braces and we are done. We'll keep you all posted on our progress.