Here's how to do it step by step

Preparatory work and material list

A detailed planning drawing ensures that the construction work runs smoothly. We recommend using native types of wood such as spruce, pine, larch or Douglas fir. Ideally, have the wood cut to size by a specialist company. The following materials and tools are needed to make a hexagonal wooden gazebo:

• 6 high posts with bolts as a clip-on device
• 6 woods for the frame
• 12 slightly shorter rafters (the longer these wooden beams, the higher the roof)
• 12 short beams as supports for the roof frame
• Roof boards
• Roofing felt or bitumen sheeting
• Metal rail
• 6 post shoes
• Bolts, screws, metal brackets
• concrete

The following tools are required: spirit level, hammer, saw, drilling machine,(€ 86.78 at Amazon *) Ladder, folding rule, tape measure and carpenter's pencil.

Building instructions - step-by-step to the garden pavilion

Carefully measure the locations for the posts. Dig 60 cm deep pits in the right places and pour concrete into them to anchor the post shoes. After the concrete has dried over 2 days, screw the corner posts into the metal shoes. Repeatedly check the vertical alignment on each post with the spirit level. How to proceed:

• Assemble the roof structure from the 6 wooden beams
• First measure the roof frame at all angles and correct if necessary
• With a helping hand, push the roof frame onto the bolts of the support posts

Now fix small, beveled beams to the right and left of each post as supports for the roof frame. Screwed on at a 45-degree angle, you ensure better stability of the entire roof structure.

Instructions for an elegant pavilion roof

Starting from the six corner posts, now assemble the roof struts. With a good sense of proportion and the folding rule, the struts come together precisely in the middle and are screwed to each other and to the roof frame. Please choose a roof slope that allows rainwater and snow to run off without problems. The roof receives a decorative swing when the struts protrude a little over the frame construction. To finish the roof:

• Screw the roof boards onto the struts so that there are no joints
• Attach the metal rail to the lower edge of the roof
• Attach roofing felt or cover it with bitumen sheeting

There are various alternatives to the wooden roof panels for the design of the pavilion roof. A garden pavilion looks very harmonious if the roof tiles of the house are repeated on its roof. A metal roof goes well with the modern garden style. The pent roof with is a variant that is close to nature Green roof.