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Pergolas
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A pergola is bought for shade and kept for the way it makes a patio feel like a room. The pieces here are the practical end of that: steel and metal frames with retractable or sliding canopies, so the same structure gives shade in July and lets the light through in September.
The range covers 3 x 3m double-roof garden gazebos with netting, a pop-up version with a carry bag, a lean-to steel pergola for fixing against a house wall, and metal pergolas with sliding canopies, curtains and integrated drainage. Prices are £130 to £261.
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Pop-Up Double-Roof Gazebo with Netting and Carry Bag | Kaiku
From £130
Metal Pergola with Retractable Roof and Drainage, Grey | Kaiku
From £167
Lean-To Steel Pergola with Sliding Canopy, Dark Grey | Kaiku
From £175
3 x 3m Double-Roof Garden Gazebo with Netting | Kaiku
From £219
Steel Pergola with Retractable Canopy, Khaki | Kaiku
From £221
Two-Tier Patio Gazebo with Netting and Curtains, Beige | Kaiku
From £229
Metal Pergola with Sliding Canopy and Curtains, Grey | Kaiku
From £261
How to choose
Anchor it, always. A canopy is a sail, and an unweighted pergola in a gust is the most expensive lesson in this catalogue. Bolt into a hard surface where you can, and where you cannot, weight every leg — and retract the canopy whenever you leave it for more than a day.
Retract or slide beats fixed in a British garden. Shade is welcome for perhaps ten weeks a year; the other forty you want the light. A sliding or retractable canopy is what keeps a pergola from being the thing that makes the patio doors dark in November.
Think about the water. A flat fabric canopy pools rain, and pooled water is what tears a canopy and bends a frame. The models here with drainage channels handle this properly; with any other model, retract it before heavy rain rather than after.
Match the footprint to the furniture and the route. A 3 x 3m gazebo covers a four-seat table with room to push chairs back; it does not cover a six-seat table with a walkway around it. The lean-to design is the one to look at where the patio is narrow and one side can be the house.
Common questions
- Does a pergola need anchoring?
- Yes, without exception. A canopy acts as a sail — bolt into a hard surface where you can, weight every leg where you cannot, and retract the canopy when you are away or high wind is forecast.
- Retractable or fixed canopy?
- Retractable, in the UK. You want shade for a few weeks and light for the rest of the year, and a fixed canopy is what makes the room behind the patio doors dark in winter.
- Will rain pool on the canopy?
- On a flat fabric canopy, yes, and pooling is what tears fabric and bends frames. Some models here have drainage channels; with any other, retract the canopy before heavy rain.
- What size pergola for a dining table?
- A 3 x 3m frame covers a four-seat table with room to push chairs back. For six seats plus a walkway you need more, or a lean-to design fixed to the house so the whole footprint is over the table.