Add shade and a sense of shelter to your patio with a pergola built on solid footings and designed with the rest of your outdoor space.
A pergola turns an open patio into an outdoor room. It filters the afternoon sun, frames the view, and gives you a place to hang lights or train climbing plants. At Peters’ Patio and Landscape, we build pergolas for homeowners in Rochester and southern Minnesota as part of a patio or outdoor living project.
Pergolas can stand on their own over a patio or be attached to the house. Posts can sit on footings below the patio or be wrapped in block or stone pillars that match your seat walls, which is a clean way to make the pergola look like it was always part of the space.
Minnesota weather is hard on outdoor structures, so the footings matter as much as the wood. We set posts on footings below the frost line where needed so the pergola does not shift when the ground freezes.
A pergola works well with seating walls, an outdoor kitchen, and landscape lighting for evenings outside.
We start with how much shade you want and where. Afternoon sun on a west-facing patio needs a different layout than a pergola that mostly frames a dining area. We plan the size, height, spacing and materials around the patio and the house.
If you are building a new patio, we plan the footings and pergola together so everything lines up. Pergolas can also be added to an existing patio.
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Are you looking to renovate your property but are not sure what to add? View our gallery to see the many attractive landscapes and outdoor living areas we have previously designed and built.
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