DIY - How I built a Simple Stand-alone Sun Shade - Shelter - Pergola

DIY - How I built a Simple Stand-alone Sun Shade - Shelter - Pergola
*Update: I add a peaked roof to this shelter* • DIY - Add a peaked roo...
I constructed this 10x10 sun shelter for less than one-third the price of a store-purchased structure and had a blast designing and building it! I feel this shelter is higher quality than store-bought and the top material is easy to remove before the winter snows in western Montana.
I started with 10’ 4x4’s and 12’ 1x8’s. The structure is 8' high and 12' tip-to-tip on two sides. Two coats of stain will help preserve the structure from the elements.
I fashioned metal caps for the top of the 4x4s and installed adjusters from an old clothes dryer to the bottom of the posts. The adjusters also keep the structure off the courtyard pavers so that water cannot wick up the posts.
I painted 10’ ¾” electrical conduit to hold the center of the sun shade material up. I drilled holes in the inner 1x8’s and inserted the conduit during the assembly process. This simple mounting technique eliminated complex mounting hardware.
The sun shade material and trick mounting clips were purchased from Greenhouse Megastore. The material I used was 12’ wide (without any seams) and will block 80% of the sun. Greenhouse Megastore will cut the material length you require. I purchased 13 running feet to get over the minimum order, thus saving $20 on the cut charge. I cut the material to approximately 10x10 for my project. The clips are held in place at 8 points on the structure and 8 more clips were used to help stretch the material. The material does stretch nicely making a mighty fine cover.
This was a fun, simple project that almost anyone can build and enjoy for years.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Still photography was taken with a Samsung Galaxy S5 smart phone and an Apple iPad Air2. Video was taken with a DJI OSMO camera. I used Microsoft Move Maker to assemble the stills and finished the project with Adobe Premier Pro.
Music used: "Meditation Impromptu 02" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@NovemberJS]

Excellent video! I searched everywhere trying to find the right structure for a shade sail and then I found your video. It was perfect. I just made one almost identical to yours this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration and the finer details you included in the description and the replies you added.

[@philhenderson8125]

I am building a cover over my BBQ/pizza oven cooking area and your video has given me the choice of using shade cloth over the sitting/eating area (which I hadn't thought of) ...Great!! thankyou for your video it has helped me....cheers

[@dgrover2000]

I disagree with all the comments about this video not being a how to. This is exactly what a how-to should be for DIYer IMHO. Almost every time I do a project the measurements are always adjusted for the unique requirements of the job. If you are handy this is perfect style to guide your project. Thanks to Dave for creating this video as it was exactly what I needed to inspire my pergola. Great work and keep the videos coming!

[@TheWoodYogi]

Great design and it looks beautiful finished. Thank you 😊

[@RobertWadlingtonDIY]

very nice sun shade shelter and smooth flowing video.

[@franklin3271]

I'd love to make one 20x20 to cover my kids pool. I do have to secure it because of the high winds. Thanks for sharing because it gives me plenty of ideas.

[@cindygardiner1017]

Excellent job thinking on building one myself Thanks for the video.

[@DaveM-mp6yu]

Nice job, just what I needed!

[@thaduke4663]

Thought this was a how to, but then I saw "how I". Beautiful work, bro. Also noticed some comments on the music but I enjoyed it. ✌🐯

[@arnoldk1834]

Amazing work, thank you for sharing sir!

[@MontanaMonk]

Very nice construction. Terrific video.

[@BlondeExplorer1]

😀 Fantastic video. I followed the instructions after watching the video. AWESOME. Be well.😀

[@fabuloso7176]

wow that's awesomely great job

[@MrDeadInMyPocket]

Thumbs up. Thanks for sharing this, some good info.

[@ratikashisix9372]

beautiful

[@jeanetteyork2582]

"Schnaaken da Norski?" I heard this often growing up in Oregon... Where many Americans of Norwegian descent migrated during the 1930s. They were hilarious people with a great love of hard work, jokes & craft...whether they were loggers, housewives or finish carpenters. Your shop sign reminded me of some fun times and the lovely Norskis i knew then.

[@georgeleakos954]

The slide show "instructions" were pretty clear to me. But I can also see where others might need detailed step by step instructions.

[@laniec.f.2531]

Beautiful piece. I'd have to build mine in the "back 40", because, if I built one that close to my house, it would be demolished from the weight of all of the snow falling off the roof from our Maine winters. Absolutely love the design though. Wish you was my neighbor... I'd enjoy watching this kind of skill in progress.

[@prince426]

Nice work

[@kenhayes9854]

Thanks, David