It is impossible, turning the pages of decoration magazines or even speaking with garden enthusiasts, not to hear about bioclimatic pergolas. But what exactly is it and is this colossal success justified?
A bioclimatic pergola is to be considered as an outdoor structure. But given what it brings, many see it more as a new outdoor piece. It always consists of a roof with aluminum slats that can be oriented using a crank, on the basic model.
How it stands depends on the model you choose, depending on where you plan to have it professionally installed.
The freestanding model is undoubtedly the best known and the one that can be placed anywhere:near the house, on the terrace or even in a garden, because with its four posts, it is independent.
This is not the case for lean-to and hanging models, which both need a front to stand on. In the case of the lean-to model, half of the pergola rests on the facade with only two posts on the ground.
The suspended pergola in fact only has a roof and is held on the facade with a sophisticated anchoring system that only a professional can guarantee, if the facade of the house allows it. A technical study will be carried out in both cases, to determine it.
The slats on the roof are oriented to follow the course of the sun. At its zenith, depending on the season, the sun can be too intense to consider staying outside. It is then possible to orient them for shade.
But the pergola does not only allow this, since by being closed, the roof becomes completely waterproof. So you can enjoy the mild autumn days, but also stay outside when it rains, without getting wet.
Pergolas are also adorned with a number of options to make them a real living room. You can have walls put in there, to protect yourself from the wind, or even ask a professional to install LED lighting, to stay outside longer in summer, when night falls.
Various sensors can be integrated so that the slats close automatically in the event of rain or wind.
The bioclimatic pergola finds its place in small courtyards, on terraces and balconies or even in large gardens:everything is possible with the tailor-made realization which represents the majority of requests from outdoor owners.
Other possibilities are to ask the professional, to have a new outdoor part. It should be noted that when it is attached to the house, the bioclimatic pergola contributes to providing better thermal comfort both in winter and in summer, thus saving money on heating or even air conditioning, when the house is otherwise well insulated.
