Pergola Attached To Brick Wall

Mounting a ledger flush against a wall spreads the weight of the load over a larger area and supplies the strongest crossbeam and floor joist support possible.

Pergola attached to brick wall.

Ideally you dont want extra loads attached to brick veneer. When stretched across the length of a house an attached pergola can contain separate zones. All of our attached pergola kits include a 2 8 ledger board. A veneer is just that.

Use joist hangers for brick ledger board for wood. Belgard beautiful outdoor living space with fireplace and paver sitting wall. The ledger board is simply a piece of wood attached to your home to which you would fasten your pergola s rafters. Functioning as an outdoor room this cedar pergola has a massive brick fireplace at one end a central dining area and a small seating nook flanked by a patchwork frame of glass block inserts.

Unless it s a structural area the bricks were laid and designed to only support it s own load and act as a facade. Add an attached pergola to a pool house to create a covered area or add it to the wall extending from your kitchen slider to expand your home s living space. Even if you put a post a foot or so from the wall and just had the end of the pergola tacked to the bricks for stability and weather sealing. Our pergolas attach to a wall and extend out away from a building giving you more covered space for your outdoor gatherings.

If you re attaching your pergola to a brick home you can t use the typical wooden ledger board to anchor your pergola to your wall.