Pergola Plans: Freestanding Wood Pergola, 10x10, 12x12 and 16x16
Plans for a freestanding wood pergola in three sizes: 10 x 10, 12 x 12 and 16 x 16 ft. Easy to follow and thorough, with 6x6 posts, doubled 2x10 beams, 2x8 rafters, 2x4 slats and decorative tails, dimensioned drawings, cut and shopping lists and CAD files. The PDF opens with a permit drawing set you can adapt for your permit application.
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Every cut has a letter (A, B, C), and every step shows which lettered parts and which screws go together, so you build it like flat-pack furniture, one step at a time.
You also get dimensioned drawings, a materials and shopping list, a cost spreadsheet and CAD files, so the plans answer the questions that come up while you build.
Permit drawing set included
Permit drawing set included, ready to adapt for your permit application; some building departments require stamped drawings. The PDF opens with a permit drawing set for each size: a site plan template, footing plan, framing plan, elevations, section and details, a code reference table that names its topics, the load and span basis and a materials schedule. These are generic DIY drawings with no engineer's or architect's stamp, and the code table is a reference, not a guarantee that your office will accept them. Have a licensed engineer or your local building department review the drawings for your site before you build or apply.
CAD files included
A SketchUp-ready 3D model (.dae, every board a named part) plus DXF drawings for AutoCAD, LibreCAD or FreeCAD, so you can change a size, add your lot lines or hand the drawings to a drafter.
What you build
Plans for a freestanding wood pergola in 10 x 10, 12 x 12 and 16 x 16 ft sizes, measured tail to tail.
6x6 pressure-treated posts on standoff post bases, two beams of two 2x10 plies set on post caps, 2x8 rafters doubled over the posts and held down with hurricane ties, 2x4 slats laid flat, and four 4x4 knee braces at the corner posts in both directions. The 16 ft size has six posts. Choose your footing: a 16 in concrete pier at every post, or surface-mount on an existing slab after a slab thickness check that is part of the plans.
- 10 x 10 ft: four posts, 8 ft apart, about 9 ft 7 in tall
- 12 x 12 ft: four posts, 9 ft apart
- 16 x 16 ft: six posts, two extra at the middle of the beams
- Pointed tail cuts that need only a saw, with a curved tail shown as an option
- Footing options sheet with a five-point slab check (at least 4 in thick, sound, anchors 6 in from edges)
- A permit drawing set for every size, with wind and snow loads marked for you to confirm with your building office
Check your site loads
The plans assume 20 psf roof live load plus dead weight and 30 psf wind on the members. Ask your building office for your local ground snow load and design wind speed before you build.
What you get
- The plan PDF: dimensioned drawings, lettered parts and numbered steps with one drawing each, hardware and shopping lists
- The permit drawing set at the front of the PDF, ready to adapt for your permit application (some building departments require stamped drawings)
- CAD files: SketchUp-ready 3D model (.dae) and DXF drawings
- An editable materials cost spreadsheet (.xlsx) that works in Excel, Google Sheets and Apple Numbers, with a step-by-step guide to opening it in Google Sheets
- The worksheets again as printable web pages (ZIP), so you can reprint single pages any time
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