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Spent 3 weekends rebuilding a pergola that collapsed after 2 storms

Last month I poured concrete footings and built this heavy timber pergola in my backyard in Austin. A microburst hit last Tuesday and it twisted the whole frame like a pretzel. Why do I keep thinking I can DIY heavy outdoor structures without an engineer looking at the plans first?
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noraj79
noraj798d ago
Had a buddy who built a deck in his backyard last spring. A single storm took out two of the support posts and he spent his whole vacation fixing it.
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kai779
kai7798d ago
Was it built right in the first place though?
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