In many ways it almost seems like the sky not the roof is the limit.
Pergola roof spacing.
Spacing of the rafters will vary according to your visual preference and the size of the pergola.
Luckily at western timber frame you don t have to just dream it in your mind as a design manager can give you a rendering of how that.
So the rafter spacing should be 15 inches and 29 32 of an inch for absolutely even spacing.
The only hard and fast rule of rafter spacing.
Install the front and rear rafters first fastening them to the face of the support posts above the girder.
The most important rule in spacing is to keep the distance consistent between all the rafters.
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So can six tall pergola posts really be anywhere between one and five feet apart.
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Since 16 goes evenly into 48 three times you can arrive at the number you need to shrink your gap for symmetrical spacing across the pergola.
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Three thirty seconds of an inch or 3 32.
Spacing the rafters 16 to 20 inches apart is common.