contemporary pergola guide

Bespoke | Made To Order

Watch the video to help you visualise our aluminium pergola designs - it offers an insight into exactly how the made to order pergola looks and feels in your outdoor living space. The pergola features a louvred roof and raisable fabric sides which can be seen in detail in the video or pictured in our gallery. This footage helps you to understand how our aluminium pergola can be customised, with the option for cantilever, LEDs, heating and many more to suit your garden space. The metal finish can be chosen to compliment your house exterior and drainage is fully accommodated within the frame.

KEEPING YOU SAFE

Covid-19 Compliant

We are still open and operating throughout the coronavirus. Our team has strict instructions in place ensuring we comply with all government restrictions. We have followed any special requests by our clients and ensure that there are no unnecessary risks taken throughout development.

“We create contemporary aluminium pergolas for people all around the UK, helping you make the most of your garden space. Get your quotation today and you can soon be enjoying our wonderful product!”

Clive Williams

CEO of Rase Outdoor Living.

Created for you

Variety of Customisation

We offer a massive range of customisation options for our products

From survey to commissioning we can take care of everything for you, just get in touch and tell us what your preferences are.

Try our budget tool to see our base prices.

Stylish & Flexible

Expansive Options

Our products range from size, style and price so we can guarantee we can find something that would be ideal for your outdoor living space.

Product Range

Frequently Asked Questions

What Does a Pergola Offer?

Not only are our metal pergolas sleek and stylish but they also provide shelter within your garden. Come rain or shine, with a pergola you can continue to make the most of your garden, whatever the weather. In the height of summer, the pergola can provide some much-needed shade to protect your family from hard UV rays. During spring showers, a metal pergola with sides is the perfect way to shelter your family from the rain from all angles. Additionally, a pergola can add some privacy to your outdoor space.For a totally versatile solution to staying outside on a rainy day or during the warmness of the sun’s rays, consider a pergola with a retractable canopy. You can either shield yourself completely from the elements or slightly retract your canopy to enjoy the drizzle of the rain or warmth of the sun. With a pergola, your outdoor living space is no longer limited by the weather. It is functional in nearly any climate, giving you the opportunity to enjoy your outside space throughout the seasons.

What is the Rough Cost of a Bespoke Metal Pergola

The best way for you to understand how much the product may cost is to use our especially made budget tool. This will give you a quick estimate to how much a freestanding aluminium pergola would cost for the inputted size.

We also believe in the importance of giving you an accurate price for your garden space and design, if you are happy with the estimate given from the budget tool, but would like a more in depth quote, then either give us a ring or send an email. It is best to have images ready of your outdoor space. With these pictures it will help give more insight into the possible designs before we carry out a survey.

What Customisation Options are Available?

A pergola can do so much more than simply provide shade. In fact, a pergola can define an outdoor space, create a destination for friends and family, and provide a garden focal point. One idea for turning an average pergola into a stunning outdoor feature is to pair it with in-built lighting, heating and speakers. As well as the option to embed LED strips into the louvred roof, you can also add LED strips and/or spotlights into the frame.

Moreover, you can customise the colour of the pergola, with supported for 1000 RAL colours, and the pergola roof, frame and fabric sides can all be uniquely coloured. The benefit of having a made to order pergola is that you can choose whether or not to have it lean-to or just as a freestanding aluminium pergola - they can also be coupled or have an overhanging canopy if desired.

The choice of where to place screens is completely down to you, and you can choose whether you want automated fabrice pergola sides, or if you instead want a custom made glass or wood design. With the louvred canopy, you can choose whether to have a narrow or wide width, as well as whether you want the roof to be rotatable and fully retractable.

Finally we also offer the option to include wind, rain and sun sensors, alongside home automation integration, this means that you can control your pergola directly from your smartphone or remote, and the sensors can automatically configure your roof and sides to be best protected from the elements.

What is the Guarantee Policy

Our metal pergola is a high quality, aluminum, automatic sun shading system with a precise mechanism. This construction is particularly water repellent but complete water tightness is not guaranteed. The construction and the aluminum louvers resist wind speeds up to 120km/h and were CSTB tested. The included warranty certificate contains more technical information and tips to enjoy your product for many years. The products have a warranty period of 5 years. For a complete overview of the warranty, ask for our specific sales conditions.
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Exception: LED lighting and heaters have a 2-year warranty. Electronics has a 3-year warranty. 5 The motor has a 5-year warranty.

How Long do the Modern Pergolas take to install?

One of our bespoke garden plans can usually be installed in just one day. This is largely dependant on the number of customisations and features selected, the installation process may take two days for more complex jobs. We aim to complete them quickly, however ensuring that the installation aligns with the landscape designs and that quality is not compromised is our top priority. This timescale does not include any of the foundation works that must be done beforehand.

Is the Pergola Completely Waterproof?

Yes. Our louvered roofs are designed to be all-weather solutions and therefore the interlocking design of the roof creates a watertight covering when closed - It is developed specifically to be upheld with international standards.
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When the louvred canopy is completely closed, there is a small fall (slope) from front to back of approx 6 cm; water runs off the pergolas roof into an internal guttering concealed within the frame. This internal guttering is connected to 50mm downpipes in the upright posts with 1 drainage post required per 15 sq/m of roof surface area. There will always be small amounts of condensation and splashback in the aluminium models, however the custom design is set out to minimise this, and our latest model - the B-250 - is the most watertight yet.

We Custom Design our Products to Cater to your Needs, Producing Mind-Blowing Results.

ur range of features and products ensure we can create the perfect garden pergola in order to suit your needs. Our service can offer tailored choices on the colours for the frame, louvre and fabric sides. The feature list also includes made-to-order choices for speaker systems, in-built lighting, heating, and automated weather control systems.

3d Modelling Architecture

We have top of the range 3D modelling software to ensure that our pergola will fit perfectly into your outdoor living space - helping you easily visualise it.

Interior Design

We work with a number of companies that can help fill your pergola with extremely luxurious and practical furniture.

Client Interaction

At every stage of the procedure we will be 100% upfront with you, helping inform you about time scales and current progress. We will always be ready to answer any questions or requests.

If you are still unsure what you need you can read more about who we are and download our virtual brochure below:

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Our Achievements

Proud Numbers

100+

products installed

100%

positive feedback

team members

years experience

Petra Heise

Ordered our Pergola from Rase Outdoor Living at the end of last year.
Dealt with Clive throughout and yesterday was delivery and installation day. The team arrived on site early in the morning. They were fully covid prepared. The team worked solidly until the job was finished. Fantastic team, fantastic job led by Clive, perfect end result, many thanks. Would definitely recommend their services.

S Henderson

We recently had a Brustor pergola installed by Clive and his team and it is absolutely beautiful. It is the perfect combination of an indoor/outdoor living space - we've never been out of it since it was installed!

I can't fault the company or the team at all, absolutely outstanding service from outset to completion. Everything was explained in detail and no queries were ever a problem to answer.

The installation was smooth and tidy, without any issues. They were an exceptionally polite and friendly group and adhered to Covid-19 rules.

I cannot recommend this company enough. Absolutely fantastic service and absolutely stunning product. I wish we'd done it sooner! Clive, thank you so much to you and your team.

Jo Richardson

We have just had the Brustor 200 fitted, approx 4.5 x 3.5m with remote control blinds, heater and lights. Wow, words cannot describe how amazing it is and the service from Clive and the team. From initial survey and guidance through to delivery, communication was clear. The installation was done in a day with great care taken not to mark our newly laid patio. All rubbish cleared away. Covid-19 social distancing adhered to as well. Would definitely recommend.

John Mallet

Happy Client

"A real quality product with a completely professional design and installation service. Installation team are incredibly sensitive to your prepared areas no detail spared. Nice people to have at your home."

Woods

Happy Customer

“An absolutely stunning addition to our garden, professionally installed by Clive and his team. It’s a great piece of kit, offering some shade when too hot and when the sun goes down just drop the remote control curtains and flick a heater on, the evening fun continues!”

Stephen Leadbeater

Happy Customer

“Rase Outdoor Living installed two outdoor spaces for us, one as a stand alone Pod, and the other as a cover for our Hot Tub. The service from start to finish, from initial consultation and design, through to installation and commissioning was first class. We needed a few tweaks afterwards for small add on’s, and nothing was too much trouble. We had looked at several firms and couldn’t be more pleased that we chose Rase Outdoor Living.”