Recent content by rgv

Thanks! I bought the advised fasteners. My initial concern was actually about the roof's sturdiness. I have doubts about the longest wood pieces that support the roof and are supported by the posts. I plan to glue together two 16 feet 2 by 6 inch pressure-treated wood. The balcony itself is...

Can't check what is under the dark gray trim. Based on the height the ledger is attached to the floor so I believe it should be good enough support. Will add the bolts you advised

Sorry about that, next time will do a proper initial post

why a waste of time? Everything you posted works differently in Canada? or is the link to the US website is waste of time?

any chance you know the Canadian analogue?

Thanks for the detailed response! I'm not sure if the ledger board is attached securely. Adding a video and pictures. Any guesses?

Requires to drill the house wall. Can't do. Doesn't this add more load to the joists? The balcony is 100sq ft => 100*40 = 4000lb or 1800kg. I think that adding ~200kg pergola shouldn't overload it, especially since the pergola structure puts the load on the edge joist stuck together. At the...

What if I put two 4by4 posts to support the balcony floor where it attaches to the building, one for each corner? To avoid extra load from snow plan to use cable for snow melting.

I was hoping it should be built as per local requirements: 100 lbs per square foot the balcony area is 100sq ft. => it should hold 10,000lbs = 4500kg. The pergola weight + snow + people is way less than that

This is how the balcony to building attachment looks like. As I understand it is not cantilevered

yeah.. attached the picture of the current state

Plan to build a roofed pergola on the balcony of a 2-store house. The plan is attached, removed rails from the schema for visibility. Can't drill the structure or walls. For the ground and load-bearing parts plan to use 4by4 in pressure-treated posts. To connect 4by4s plan to use mortise and...