Step 2: Design the gazebo with sketchup
The first thing to do is to design your gazebo. My design took me an evening with my father (an architect) to learn using sketchup (very easy) and start building something with the needed sizes and proportions.
Because we live in an alpine environment the structure must support a lot of snow. To be safe we used very thick wood. Shown in images below there are sketches and quotes of the various pieces (in centimeters). If you need the dimensions measured in inches, just download the SKP file (sketchup source file) and change with your metric preferences. If you want to save time, you can start with my project and transform it based on your preferences or simply use it as it is :)
Because we live in an alpine environment the structure must support a lot of snow. To be safe we used very thick wood. Shown in images below there are sketches and quotes of the various pieces (in centimeters). If you need the dimensions measured in inches, just download the SKP file (sketchup source file) and change with your metric preferences. If you want to save time, you can start with my project and transform it based on your preferences or simply use it as it is :)
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