About Teesside Pergolas
Teesside homeowners get competitive, written quotes for aluminium, louvered, wall-mounted, freestanding and timber pergolas here, free and in writing. Every quote is pushed towards the same format, with the frame specification, wind rating, base detail and electrics stated, because that is the only way two prices can honestly be compared.
A pergola is mostly engineering wearing garden clothes. Two quotes can both say "3 by 3 metre aluminium pergola, £3,500" and describe entirely different structures: one with a 100 by 100 post in a 3mm wall, tested to 120 kilometres per hour, bolted to concrete pads; the other with a lighter frame clipped to the surface of your patio slabs. Both look identical on the day they are finished. The first March gale tells them apart. This site exists to get every quote written in the first format, so the choice you make is an informed one.
How it works
Tell us about the garden: roughly how big the area is, the style you have in mind, and your postcode. The enquiry goes to one independent local pergola contractor covering your area, who measures the job properly and comes back with written figures. Aluminium, louvered, wall-mounted, freestanding and timber structures, plus screens, heaters and lighting, all follow the same standard.
The standards we hold quotes to
- A written price with the structure spelled out: post and beam sizes, wall thickness, roof type and finish, all stated rather than assumed.
- A wind rating on the page: the tested figure, and a base detail that matches it, because a rated frame on weak fixings is not a rated structure.
- Proper footings: concrete pads or engineered bolt-down plates suited to the surface, never legs resting on a patio slab and hope.
- Water dealt with: for louvered roofs, the gutter route and discharge point stated, so a downpour does not sheet off the edge onto the lawn.
- Certified electrics: motorised louvres, heaters and lighting wired by someone qualified, with the paperwork to show for it.
- Insurance you can read: public liability cover appropriate for structural outdoor work, evidenced by certificate.
Who runs it
The site is run by 360 Media Works Ltd, a Teesside company based at Varsity House on the Preston Farm estate in Stockton-on-Tees. The guides here are written to be worth reading whether or not you ever ask for a quote, which is why they include the figures, the trade-offs and the questions a sales page would leave out.