Douglas fir is well known to architectural engineers as the best for support beams in larger construction designs. Douglas fir ranks 600 pounds of force for the Janka hardness test, which isn’t particularly high.
No longer did people want to sit out on the porch but they preferred being inside watching television after dinner. America was fast becoming a new culture, “prone to fear”, guarded of their privacy, interacting mostly with trusted friends and family.
Swing Away In A Backyard Therapeutic Garden Touch, sight, sound, movement, body awareness and the pull of gravity are senses we experience. Another innovative project to check out is this Anatomy of a Swing Park promoting swings for exercise and entertainment in vacant areas or bus stops.
They can included a kitchen, living room, walls and have all the same amenities found in other common out door structures. Today, a Pergola are designed with closeable louvered roofs, out door kitchens, living rooms, for pool houses and more.
After being in business for only five years, Dean Cycon was offered by a credible distributor to expand his distribution from seventeen stores with twelve employees and triple its size overnight. Interestingly, the trend has turned to smarter designs, green building with more expanded outdoor living areas and amenities.
He laughed, a contagious laugh and continued: We have people who will come in or call us, who are afraid to tell us what it is they want because they don’t know what it’s called. We enjoy designing and building outdoor shade structures, whether it’s an arbor, pavilion, pergola, cabana, a round or ‘square gazebo’ .”
They were most often found in more formal courtyard gardens or wooded areas. In smaller areas it can also be difficult to utilize much space for planting.
These kiosks are like a small booth where an employee or two will answer questions and sell products. A timber kiosk can be created fast and easy place as Howard & Peggy Bigenho, of Eagle Mountain, UT expressed to us, “It was surprisingly finished in only 3 1/2 hours.” Patty Sampson, another client was also impressed by strength and the speed in which a Western Timber Frame structure went up and said, “It went together like Lincoln Logs.
Often these timber structures feature outdoor radiant heaters, shades, lights, ovens, swings, louvered roofs, hot tubs, electric power and so on. Imagine you have a beautiful patio cover that pays your electric bills and turns sunlight into savings.
A typical residential patio is 4″ thick with an average of 3000 pounds per square inch ratio. Two automobiles covering the same amount of space far outweigh an oversized heavy duty timber frame pergola.