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Setting up the template:
1. Your pergola kit includes a wooden template that is
used to mark your post locations. Notice that two of the
2x4 boards have a marking near the ends. Build a box
that will reveal the outside corners of the posts when
properly placed.
2. Arrange the template pieces so that they are
positioned in the exact location of where the pergola
will be placed. The boards with the marking on the end
will be across from each other. The marks will show
where the other boards will be attached to create this
box.
3. Connect the corners of the template pieces by
driving two 2 ½" screws through the side of the
template boards.
4. When the template is in position, square the
template. Do this by measuring diagonally from one
corner to its opposite corner, then measure diagonally
between the other two corners. These two dimensions
MUST be the same. Adjust the template until the
diagonal measurements are identical.
5. Once the template is “square,” mark the post
locations using the INSIDE corners of the framed
box on a concrete slab with a pencil. After all the post
locations are marked on the concrete slab, remove and
set the wooden template aside.
SECTION One – Posts
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