You could simply replace the bent pieces with treated lumber and build the thing as designed. Just have to buy some hardware to attach them if you can’t detach and use what I see on the prefab beams.
Alternatively, you could build it with the bent pieces, wait for a storm, and then claim weather damage with your insurer. Small claim though and not worth the price hike in premiums.
Let me dumb this down for you deplorables:
He said, “I’m not exactly into pergolas.” So your recommendation is for him to go out, spend money on treated wood and hardware, spend a substantial amount of time building it, all for something he doesn’t like?
I apologize for the poor ”idea” you were given, Geezer. Reading comprehension and critical thinking continue to plague lifelong WV educated people, including those on this board.
As hard as it is to believe, I’m not very good at building things/construction, so I don’t know what could be made with the wood. However, I am an expert at erecting things.
WV-Fan could possibly use the wood to expand his 20,000 square foot deck into a 20,100 square foot deck. The problem is that you’d then have to spend a half-day listening to his stories about the crabs he catches on the weekends when he is away from his wife and how often his niece puts-out for guys in town . . . or maybe it’s the other way around, but the point remains the same.
