| Are you handy? Think you can build a gazebo from | | | | afford the angular cutting abilities you will need when |
| scratch? There are plenty of gazebo plans available | | | | fashioning the various sections of the gazebo. The |
| free in libraries and online. There are also blueprints | | | | sliding version is best for larger pieces of wood.You |
| available for fees ranging from $8 to $200. The more | | | | can either bolt the gazebo to a concrete slab or |
| expensive gazebo plans are architectural blueprints, | | | | pre-existing wood floor, or you can create the |
| which are much more specific and best suited to the | | | | gazebo with a built-in floor. In the latter case, you will |
| experienced contractor. But a talented home | | | | need to pour one concrete pier for each post. |
| improvement buff can make good use of the less | | | | Contact your local building department to find out |
| expensive options available.A good free gazebo plan | | | | how deep the concrete piers should be, and whether |
| is available from the Build Eazy website. There you | | | | there are any underground cables you should try to |
| will find links to complete plans for 5 basic gazebos of | | | | avoid.Three kinds of woods are commonly used to |
| varying sizes and styles to suit most tastes and uses. | | | | build outdoor structures: pine, cedar, and redwood. |
| There plans are free.There are several things to think | | | | Pine is the softest and easiest to work with, but it |
| about before starting to build a gazebo. You will need | | | | decomposes the fastest. Cedar and redwood are |
| some basic carpentry tools such as a level and a | | | | harder and more expensive, but age |
| screw gun. You will also need a compound miter saw | | | | well.Alternatively, you can build a metal or vinyl |
| or sliding compound miter saw. These machines | | | | gazebo. |