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How to Build a Gazebo With a Canopy Top
How to Build a Gazebo With a Canopy Top. A gazebo structure is typically open on the sides with a fabric canopy over top. The canopy usually resembles a tent to allow water or debris slide off. Gazebos can be built from concrete, brick or wood. But the most common -- and affordable -- is the type with wooden pole supports and a canopy top that can...
A gazebo structure is typically open on the sides with a fabric canopy over top. The canopy usually resembles a tent to allow water or debris slide off. Gazebos can be built from concrete, brick or wood. But the most common -- and affordable -- is the type with wooden pole supports and a canopy top that can be changed or taken down during winter months when not in use.
Things You'll Need
Wooden stake
String
Tape measure
Post hole digger
4 pressure-treated wooden beams, 4-by-4-by-120-inches
1 pressure-treated wooden beam, 4-by-4-by-144-inches
Shovel
2 canvas tarps, 14-by-18-feet
Drive a stake into the ground where you want the center of the gazebo. Tie the end of a ball of string onto the stake. Stretch the string out 60 inches, as indicated on a tape measure. Walk around in a circle to determine the perimeter of the gazebo. Make four marks on the ground, evenly spaced around the perimeter of the circle.
Dig four holes, each 18 inches deep, using a post hole digger. Pull up the stake in the center, and dig one 18-inch hole there. Place one 110-inch pressure-treated beam vertically into each hole around the perimeter. Place the 144-inch beam into the hole in the center.
Fill the holes with dirt around the beams, with a shovel. Use a level to ensure that the poles are straight vertically. Tap the dirt down firmly around the beams, with the end of a shovel.
Toss one canvas tarp over the top of the poles. Throw the other tarp perpendicular over the first tarp. The sides will hang down. Create a curtain effect by rolling them up and securing them with twine just below the tops of the posts.
Tips & Warnings
This will provide curtains on two sides. For curtains on all four sides, reduce the sizes of the tarps and use four or more tarps over the top.
Place one octagon bench in the center around the beam. Place other benches around the perimeter of the gazebo.
Use only pressure-treated beams. Any other beam will rot when exposed to dirt or moisture.
