http://www.car4play.com/forum Car4play forum en-gb Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:48:43 +0100 Copyright: Car4play webmaster@car4play.com (Technical) 5 car4play688420 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:48:43 +0100 >> how about cedar shingles or thatch? >> >> Over a barbecue? >> >> Any roof is going to trap smoke and fumes. Barbecues are for outside You spotted the flaw in my plan. That's when it becomes a bobby dazzler! http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688420&v=e car4play688419 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:44:39 +0100 Unless your BBQs is commonly used on days when cold, grey, drizzle, downpour etc prevail, why bother with any cover. If you are really keen for a structure to disguise the BBQ with something pleasing to the eye, just grow climbing plants up the legs and across the top. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688419&v=e car4play688413 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:30:24 +0100 how about cedar shingles or thatch? Over a barbecue? Any roof is going to trap smoke and fumes. Barbecues are for outside http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688413&v=e car4play688412 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:42:32 +0100 If it has a permananet roof, it is no longer a pergola, if you build it with a perpex see through roof, we in the south call it a car port, lean too, or eyesore. You will regret, in three years time, peering up at the sky through the murkey green fungai and moss infested roof. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688412&v=e car4play688409 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:42:35 +0100 It would need to be a fully retractable waterproof covering and I suspect they wont be cheap http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688409&v=e car4play688408 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:41:44 +0100 Yeah I need it for the transparency! http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688408&v=e car4play688406 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:17:50 +0100 I suppose you are thinking of the transparency but do you need that? For a cheap job, OSB3 and roofing felt. For a real bobby dazzler, how about cedar shingles or thatch? http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688406&v=e car4play688405 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:59:02 +0100 Get the best of both worlds and get one with a retractable covering. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688405&v=e car4play688404 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:21:03 +0100 >> And on a similar question, what is the point of a pergola if its not >> roofed? Keep seeing folk with a frame in their back gardens and thinking really what >> is the point of that?? Grow things up and round it? Ours has a couple Clematis and a rose. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688404&v=e car4play688403 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:15:12 +0100 Looking to build a simple 3x2 Pergola and roof it over my "outdoor kitchen" ie BBQs and looking at either 10mm polycarbonate or the EZ Glaze sheets. https://www.eurocell.co.uk/roofing/polycarbonate/ezglazeclr25-ez-glaze-60-clear-3mm-thick-polycarbonate-sheet-688mm-x-2-5m Anyone used these and any pros or cons? And on a similar question, what is the point of a pergola if its not roofed? Keep seeing folk with a frame in their back gardens and thinking really what is the point of that?? http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=688403&v=e