Has anybody come up with a tried & true method to connect a pergola’s joists to the side of a house? I’m trying to detail one in a way that will shed water, not show its fasteners (within reason). I’d appreciate photos, descriptions, etc for successful methods to fasten a 16″ o.c. trellis framed from 2×10’s or something similar. Thanks in advance
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In photo, pergola 1 I used 3x8 joists notched into a 3x10 lagged (countersunk and plugged) into the building side. That 3x10 ledger was dadoed on the bottom to let the shingles fit up under it. It aligned with a fascia type skirt board flowing on around the building to make it integral. There was a water-table type cap piece over it and flashing up under the next level of shingle siding. Sorry I don't have detail drawing.
In photo, pergola entry, from an existing older house, you can see that they had a pilaster against the wall and ran a beam across that to rest the joists on comparable to the same beam across the outer columns.
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