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Outdoors > Patios > How to Build a Pergola

Learn how to build a free-standing pergola to add charm and shade to your garden.

Use a posthole digger to dig out the holes within the chalk circles. In this project, we excavated to a depth of three feet to meet Florida state building codes. Because Florida is frequently subjected to hurricanes, the holes must be that deep to keep the posts stable during high winds. We actually made the holes a few inches deeper in preparation for the next step.
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