What is your advice for building a pergola or open roof for my patio?

Cherry Carter
by Cherry Carter
I have a 14 x18 patio. Thinking of a steel pergola or building an open roof. What is your advice on looks, costs? I live in NC.

  2 answers
  • Judy Clark Judy Clark on Jun 08, 2018

    Last summer I had a deck built and had a metal pergola attached to it. I got the pergola from Lowes and it had the sun shade on it also. I have really enjoyed it. I got the pergola on sale at the end of the season for about $600 and don't know the exact cost of installation because they were building my deck also. I would definitely do it again. The sun shade really keeps the sun out of the house.


    Good luck


    Judy Clark

  • Debi53 Debi53 on Jun 08, 2018

    My husband built a beautiful wooden pergola over our large patio-when we lived in GA- and we loved it. We hung a swing from it.