Talk About Materials Of The Pergola
Talk About Materials Of The Pergola
The outdoor living space is become a trend among persons who wish to surrounded by nature.
The aluminium pergola is one of the ways in such a outdoor living culture, there are a lot of topic when we talk about the pergolas,
such as the issue of materials(wood or metal) , structures , size , functions ans so on, the most important issue is that materials of the pergola in these themes.
When we mention the materials, pergolas is normally made by wood and metals, but metal adopted in pergola is normally iron and aluminium,
which has different technicalities factors that can influenced the performance of a whole pergola, especially for a pergola with louvered roof, it will be revealed in the article below.
Iron pergolas
First of all , about the weight of iron pergolas, the iron is much heavier than other materials such as aluminium,
if you accept the over weight for a pergola, it is reasonable options due to it's durability which means the structure can be large structure depends on the actual scene of using.
But every coin has two sides, we need to mention that the iron pergola need to be coated, aim to keep the good quality of the appearance to be smooth from rust or oxidation.
Furthermore, the whole structure need the maintenance at certain intervals of some months, and coating on the loose connections after repairing, it takes extra cost and effort to maintain.
Aluminum pergola
Aluminum pergolas have their own unique and more extensive uses than iron pergolas.
On the one hand, aluminum is very light in weight, even lighter than wood, which is recognized by many people for its convenience in transportation and even installation.
On the other hand, the maintenance required by the aluminum pergola is very small comparing with the iron metal pergola, it does not need to be maintained and re-welded and re-coated at the joint every some months, saving a lot of extra maintenance costs.
In addition, the aluminum structure with alumina layer protect the aluminum pergola itself from rust.
The production process of anodizing make the pergola to possess different colors through liquid or powder paint.
Aluminum pergola (aluminium pergola with louvered roof) are very popular among many families, especially for those who concentrate on the living of nature.
They can get away from tedious work to enjoy this rare outdoor leisure space and time.
There are several reasons why popular for aluminum pergola.
On the one hand, the overall price of aluminum materials is cheap comparing with iron materials, besides,the weight is the superiority of aluminum pergola.
Coupled with its unique appearance, it is a beautiful landscape in the backyard regardless of the surrounding environment or climate changes.
Material of louvered blades
Strictly speaking, the aluminum pergola is that all materials are made of aluminum alloy, which provides the foundation for the maintenance-free during period of use.
However, some merchants on the market, they advertise that they use all-aluminum alloy as the material of the entire aluminium louvered pergola, but actually some components are made of iron.
For example, they use iron metal at the top blade part.
This is not a big problem in the short term because you cannot recognized it's shortage immediately, but after a long period of weather and climate changes, the iron metal blades will be affected with rust, resulting in the blades not opening and closing smoothly, Seriously water leakage.
