How to protect your pergola in snow day?
How to protect your pergola in snow day?
Louvered pergola is a bioclimatice product so it can be use in 4 season. But in many countries, such as the United States, Russia, Canada, Finland, Denmark, etc.., there’s a long period of cold with flying heavy snow in winter, it is difficult to go out, so it is even more improssible to use pergola to do outdoor activeties. Therefore, the louvered pergola will not be used at that time.
Not only that, we even need to do something simple measures to protect the louvered pergola from heavy snow.
Thus this news will let you know how to use and protect your pergola in winter when it snows. I think it may help you much.
Whether should we open all the louver blades of the pergola is depends on snow thickness and weight.
For example the snow loading of our heavy design double layer E220 Luna electric pergola is 24.9lbf/ft², snow loading of our single layer M140S Stellar manual control pergola is 17.8lbf/ft².
But even if the amount of snowfall is not large in that day, it will accumulate thicker and heavier every day.
Then there is a high probability that the weight of the snow on a certain day will exceed the snow load that the pergola can bear and be crushed and deformed.
To protect the pergola, we are suggest to open all the blades when it snows.
When you need to use the pergola for BBQ or other outdoor activities in snow day, you just need to close then blades and clean the snow from under the pergola, then place the furniture you need.
When finish, open the blades again. But please remember, you must out of the pergola when opening the blades, otherwise you will be hurt be the snow falling from the blades.
Also we suggest you to add some heating equipment such as fire pit and electric heater on the pergola when you use it in the cold day. And add zip screen on all sizes of the pergola for wind-resistance and temperature control is also necessary.
These can help to build up a warm and comfortable environment under the louvered pergola to enjoy a nice time.
