Pergola Words, in Plain English
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Fifteen terms
- Pergola
- Posts and beams with an open or louvred roof.
- Louvre
- A blade in the roof that turns to open or shut.
- Bioclimatic
- A louvred roof that controls sun, air and rain.
- Rafter
- A timber running across the top of a pergola.
- Beam
- The main timber or section the rafters sit on.
- Post shoe
- A galvanised bracket that holds a timber post off the ground.
- Pad
- A block of concrete under a post.
- Wall plate
- The beam fixed to the house that a lean-to hangs from.
- Flashing
- A strip that stops rain running behind the wall plate.
- Polycarbonate
- A clear or tinted plastic roof sheet.
- Powder coating
- The baked-on colour finish on aluminium and steel.
- Glulam
- Timber glued in layers for long spans.
- Lean-to
- A pergola fixed to the house on one side.
- Veranda
- A roofed pergola along the house wall, often glass.
- Class 3
- The planning exemption for garden structures.
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- Carlow330 mm of rain, May to September
- Cavan402 mm of rain, May to September
- Clare450 mm of rain, May to September
- Cork384 mm of rain, May to September
- Donegal445 mm of rain, May to September
- Dublin306 mm of rain, May to September
- Galway475 mm of rain, May to September
- Kerry445 mm of rain, May to September
- Kildare345 mm of rain, May to September
- Kilkenny333 mm of rain, May to September
- Laois360 mm of rain, May to September
- Leitrim414 mm of rain, May to September
- Limerick387 mm of rain, May to September
- Longford389 mm of rain, May to September
- Louth333 mm of rain, May to September
- Mayo488 mm of rain, May to September
- Meath347 mm of rain, May to September
- Monaghan374 mm of rain, May to September
- Offaly354 mm of rain, May to September
- Roscommon401 mm of rain, May to September
- Sligo481 mm of rain, May to September
- Tipperary372 mm of rain, May to September
- Waterford374 mm of rain, May to September
- Westmeath357 mm of rain, May to September
- Wexford365 mm of rain, May to September
- Wicklow319 mm of rain, May to September
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