Louvered Roof Garden Arches, Trellises, Arbors & Pergolas

Two pages sit under this one: Pergolas, with every model we stock in sizes from 8 x 8 ft to 10 x 20 ft, and Pergola Accessories, with the curtains, side panels, privacy screens and replacement canopy tops that fit them.

The pergolas divide by roof. One group has an adjustable louvered roof — rotating aluminum slats you open for sun or close for shade — on the Sojag HILO and the Gazebo Penguin Vikos. The other carries a fabric canopy over the frame, retractable or adjustable, on the Corriveau San Luis and the Sojag Yamba, Dunwich, Lima and Fontana. Both kinds are open-sided structures built for shade rather than enclosed rooms.

Which one suits you depends on what you want overhead and how much you want to close in. Louvers give you control over the light and leave a roof in place over the table; a retractable canopy folds away when you want full sun. Curtains, mosquito netting or a privacy screen then close one or more sides of either kind. Free shipping on most orders over $88*.

Pergola FAQ

What is the difference between a pergola and a gazebo?

A pergola is an open-sided shade structure: posts, beams and either a louvered roof or a fabric canopy, with nothing closing the sides unless you add curtains or screens. A gazebo on this site has a fixed hard roof of steel or polycarbonate panels, and many models include mosquito netting or curtains in the box. For an outdoor room with a solid roof, look at gazebos; for adjustable shade over a patio, a pergola is the one.

Louvered roof or retractable canopy — which should I choose?

A louvered roof is a set of aluminum slats you rotate: closed, they give deep shade and keep light rain off; open, they let the sun straight through, and the roof itself stays in place all year. It is not a watertight roof — a louvered pergola is a shade-and-shelter structure. A retractable canopy runs on a track instead: you draw it across for shade and fold it back for sun, and the fabric is normally taken down and stored for the winter.

Can the sides of a pergola be closed in?

Yes, within each model's own range of accessories: Gazebo Penguin curtains and mosquito netting for the Vikos in 10 x 10 and 10 x 13 ft and Sojag's pull-down privacy screens for the 10 ft and 12 ft sides of a HILO. Each set is made for its own model and footprint, so the accessory has to match the pergola — the Pergola Accessories page lists what fits what.

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Louvered-roof pergolas use rotating slats instead of a fixed panel, so the roof can be opened for sun or closed for shade. The range covers the Sojag Hilo, whose louvers turn by hand crank, the Gazebo Penguin Vikos, including a wood-finish version, and the Corriveau Casilda and Glendale, in sizes from 10 x 10 ft to 10 x 20 ft.

Is a louvered roof watertight when it is closed?

Closed, the slats overlap to shed rain, and every range here builds gutters into the roof frame: the water runs into the gutters at the edge of the roof and drains away down the inside of the posts, instead of pouring off the sides onto the furniture. Corriveau calls it an integrated drainage system on the Casilda and the Glendale, Sojag an integrated gutter system on the Hilo, and the Vikos drains the same way. It is a rain roof rather than a sealed room: the sides stay open unless you add privacy panels, curtains or netting.

How do the slats open and close?

By hand. The Sojag Hilo and the Gazebo Penguin Vikos both turn their slats with a crank handle, and Corriveau describes the Casilda as opening manually. The roof is split into two sections on the Hilo, the Vikos and the Casilda, so you can shade half the pergola and leave the other half open to the sky; on the Glendale the blades run the full length of the roof instead. Corriveau puts assembly at about four hours for its two models, with the Casilda's blades clipping into the louvre frame as you build it.

What are the frame and the slats made of?

The frames are aluminum, so none of them rust: extruded and powder-coated on the Hilo, heavy-duty powder-coated on the Vikos, 4 in. square posts on the Casilda and 5 in. posts on the Glendale. The slats are aluminum on the Sojag and Corriveau pergolas; on the Gazebo Penguin Vikos they are 0.7 mm galvanized steel. All of them have pre-drilled anchor holes in the post bases for fixing the pergola down — four per post on the Corriveau models, and the anchoring hardware is not included — and privacy panels, curtains or mosquito netting are sold separately for closing in the sides.

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