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I am after some advice regarding costs of building versus buying a green oak pergola. My wife is getting to the end of an epic hard landscaping project in part of the garden and wants a pergola. I agree with her and like the look of green oak with pegged mortice and tenons . I've researched a bit about building one so understand how they are constructed but am not sure if buying a kit would be cheaper then making one myself. One of my concerns is cutting the mortices. I don't fancy doing them totally by hand and a chain morticer is an expensive bit of kit. Would I end up spending around the same making one myself from scratch as buying a kit?
The other issue is that what I want is an odd shape so a kit may not be available that fits what I really want. It is to fit into a corner of the garden and opposite the corner (which is knowhere near 90 deg) is a quarter of a circular patio so it is sort of square(ish) with an arc out of one corner if that makes sense. Probably around 3m x 3m.
Any advice would be welcome.
The other issue is that what I want is an odd shape so a kit may not be available that fits what I really want. It is to fit into a corner of the garden and opposite the corner (which is knowhere near 90 deg) is a quarter of a circular patio so it is sort of square(ish) with an arc out of one corner if that makes sense. Probably around 3m x 3m.
Any advice would be welcome.