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Designing and Installing Pergola Ceiling Slats

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What happens here

Thermowood Ash slats are installed on the pergola ceiling to create a distinctive, staggered decorative design. The presenter explains the strategy to balance natural light with shade, using varying lengths of slats to achieve a 'feathered off' appearance. Some slats are cut at a 45-degree angle to precisely fit against the fireplace structure. To efficiently manage cuts for multiple slats without individual measurements, a calculator is used to add or subtract 24 inches from base measurements, ensuring random but correctly aligned seams over the rafters. Each slat is then carefully nailed into position.

Goal: Create a decorative and functional pergola ceiling with staggered Thermowood slats.

Tools and materials

  • Calculator Apple — Calculating staggered measurements to avoid repetitive individual measuring
  • Ladder — Providing access to the pergola ceiling for installation
  • Miter Saw DeWalt — Cutting slats to precise lengths and 45-degree angles for fitting
  • Nail Gun — Fastening the slats securely to the pergola structure
  • Table Saw — Ripping down Thermowood boards into the required slat widths (implied)
  • Thermowood Ash Slats Thermowood.com — Creating the unique staggered pattern on the pergola ceiling
  • Nails — Securing the Thermowood slats to the pergola structure

What they say

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cut it I don't know just foot whatever um wa just come close we stop uh yeah yeah we might yeah maybe we'll maybe we'll cut these edges don't worry about don't worry about the edge just just start around the fire pit and go that way and then we'll kind of see where we're at we'll see what pieces we have but like you can use these here and it'll all work out this yeah you can use it wherever I than some yeah you can

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