Ta-Daaa ! Here is the finished corner arbor. I have not put the shade cloth on the roof or face yet. This arbor faces west, and will need shade from the setting sun in the hottest months.
Looking up at the roof beams..
Things I learned:
1. Buy all your P/T lumber from the same source: Different Store chains buy different lumber, and the colors don't match when staining. Some wood is even waterproofed, which makes staining and sealing difficult.
2. Do NOT build a shade house or arbor at ground level. It makes twice the bull-work digging out the subfloor and protecting against wood rot on the posts. TWICE the work !!
3. Let the P/T wood dry out for days or a week before staining and hanging. I let it dry in the sun and turned it over twice a day to the side it was warping to. I only lost one board to warpage, and used it for subfloor brace.
4. Figure out the needs for the job, then buy twice the screws and stain you think you will need. It saves gas..
Working on the good days, and with a sick family member, this took me a month to complete. Now I will set up the irrigation: A line from the house for routine watering, with a sprinkler line spliced in with a valve for watering when I am out of town.
Now to harvest a bunch of the Schomb stems...
Ciao !
Marc
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