At the back of our garden is a patio with a pergola over it. The front of this faces the lawn and the two supporting posts are just under 5m apart.
The previous owners spanned this gap with a beam that was made up of
4 pieces of overlapping timber. Two main beams and two joining beams over lapping the join in the middle. The main beams are 6" by 2" which the overlapping ones are 6" by 1".ASCII 'art':
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This is rotting badly around the entire joint area and needs to be replaced. I'd like to replace it with a single beam if possible.
I assume that a single 6" by 2" beam (if available in the needed length) could replace the current beam.
Any suggestions or alternative materials?
Guy
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