Product ID 820.2170 / Instruction ID 445.35.30
Updated 11/19/19
Bowers Forest Products / PO Box 589 / Beavercreek, OR 97004 / Cust. Serv. 503-631-4408
HERITAGE PERGOLA ARBOR
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
GARDEN STRUCTURES
STEP 4
•
Center one of the cap pieces across
the two headers, placing it between
the two marks. Fasten with a 1¼”
screw through hole centered into
top of one header. Secure cap to
second header in same manner.
•
Using spacer provided, attach other
cap pieces at equal intervals, 3 caps
on each side of the center one.
•
Assembly is complete. Carefully
raise arbor upright. Anchoring steps
are on next page.
•
Carefully raise and square up the arbor. This can be easily done with a large carpenter’s square, a tape meas-
ure, or even a length of string, as shown below.
pencil
mark
carpenter’s
square
“x
“y”
“a”
“b”
1.
Measure the distance “a” at post tops.
2.
Set bottom of posts to same spacing “b”.
3.
Measure diagonal distance “x”.
4.
Check opposite diagonal distance “y”.
When a=b and x=y, the arbor is square.
•
When the arbor is squared up, drive two 1¼”
screws at the top of each brace into the header.
With a square:
With a tape measure or string:
STEP 3
Spacer
.
