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How to tell whether your patio can take a pergola's bolts, and what to do if it cannot.

Patio slab, concrete pads or ground screws: what a pergola stands on, how it is anchored, and what to ask the maker.

How to read a maker's wind and snow rating, why the conditions matter, opening louvres, anchoring, and exposed UK gardens.

Keeping a timber pergola kit sound in a UK climate: treatment, post bases, fixings, plants and annual checks.