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3-Arm pergola corner bracket for 4x4s?

Home Improvement Asked on February 23, 2021

How can I reproduce the functionality of these 3-Arm pergola corner brackets for 4×4 wood posts? My concern is that it will need to securely hold the weight of the treated 4×4.

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They would be used for this:
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One Answer

You'd reproduce that function with knee braces, which is what nearly everyone else does. Such hardware would need to be very robust to do the job on a larger pergola, making it cost-prohibitive (and somewhat ugly). You can find heavy-duty pergola hardware kits online, though they won't be exactly what you've shown.

However, three simple L-brackets on each corner (two on the faces and one on top), properly sized and with adequate bolts, would probably do. You'd need at least four bolts through each bracket, for a total of 12 at each corner. You can see how this gets messy in a hurry.

To rectify your apparent misconception, the challenge isn't carrying the weight of your beam. It's dealing with the racking forces applied to the corner joints. There can be a ton of torque on those points in the wind.

Answered by isherwood on February 23, 2021

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