The deck went in around October 2011.
Quite a few beams to replace this time, plus all the uprights. The uprights have rotted off above ground. All the wood set in concrete is as-new. There is a rose and honeysuckle which have done a good job of pushing the pergola north
Of the 6 posts, 2 can't be removed due to the rose and the honeysuckle. The southern 2 (3) are both at 500mm deep and in with speed beton. The RH one thursday 22nd, the LH one saturday 24rd August. Of the northern 2 (3) the LH one has a decent socket 25cm deep and is anchored onto a large rock. The RH one was dug fresh (easier) and is 600 from grass, which is 100mm higher than the original.
The intention is :- southern end, link the 2 good posts with a chevron and attach the horizontal part as-is. No point trying to force the rose around; northern end, make Y pieces between the post and rail.
The concrete sets hard quickly, but like any concrete is at design strength in 28 days. After 7 days is nearly 2/3 full strength
Sept 2025. Finally replaced the flower pots with corten steel and trimmed roots etc. The weather was too poor to replace all the beams which had been bought about 2 years earlier...busy couple of years.
15/6/26 Removed the deck tiles from the side entrance to the sink. Replaced 2 beams from the Douglas 'stock' and levelled the deck. 7 tiles had fallen apart and were glued back together.
Need to swap a number from the sink to the south face as they are really starting to show their age (15 years old)
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