What is a pergola: here some great ideas for your garden.

The pergolas are mobile or anchored structures to the floor very used in the garden. These are very simple solutions, open both on each side of the perimeter and on the roof. Even the fixed structures do not require foundations, but at most anchorages to the ground, while the perimeter can be found in the variants with sliding doors and roofs closable by motorized and adjustable semi-axes. The roof can also be covered with fixed solutions that still allow the passage of light. Let's see together the most used pergolas for the garden.

Independent pergolas or leaning against the building.

The position that the pergola must have is the first distinction that must be made, whether close to a wall or self-supporting, with an independent fixed structure or even mobile in thermoplastic materials. The choice obviously depends on the garden availability and house’s perimeter conformation, which must have an extended wall to ensure that the aesthetic effect of the leaning solution is satisfactory.

The independent pergolas, on the other hand, do not need sufficiently large walls but spaces in the garden allowing the installation of at least one set of a sofa, two armchairs and a coffee table, the minimum for a comfortable furnishing set. Choose this solution for a great tea corner in the garden.

Wooden pergolas

Wooden pergolas are the most classic on the market. Choose a wooden pergola by the pool and integrate it with a canopy cover on the roof, through which the light will pass lightly, and will protect you from wind and light rain. Wood can be left natural, paint in white or black, the effect it will give you will never let you down.

Steel Pergolas

The steel pergolas ensure great resistance and durability to the elements, maintaining the refinement and flexibility of application sought. The steel pergola will give a touch of modernism typical of the '900 and will lend itself to different materials in combination, from glass, to stone columns or terracotta tiles.

The steel pergolas have a great aesthetic effect if immersed in the green or adorned with climbing plants throughout the structure.

Aluminum pergolas

As in the case of steel, aluminum is a very strong, light and truly adaptable metal to all the needs for the garden. The costs of the material are slightly higher than other steels that are equally resistant to the weather and represent small problems in terms of thermal dispersions and consequent condensation on doors and windows of the perimeter of the pergola.

Cover of terracotta tiles

It is a detail used in ancient architecture and dating back to Roman times. The classic terracotta tile is used on the roofs of pergolas and houses for thousands of years and is one of the oldest clay cooking techniques in Mediterranean civilizations.

These covers are fixed, create a total protective shade and can be perfectly integrated both with wooden and steel pergolas.

Motorized mobile covers

Closed with the rain and opened with a beautiful day, these solutions are often made of aluminum with thermal insulating profiles. The costs are not always higher than the solutions listed above and are adaptable to architectural styles not just of all kinds, having a much more contemporary inclination.