Fiberglass Colonnades
Main benefits of the Baldwin Fiberglass Colonnades:
* Constructed with fiberglass, stainless steel, and aluminum plate
* Will last for decades with or without bi-annual cleaning
* Fully customizable to any size rectangle or square
* Designed for assembly with minimal tools and experience
* Intersections notched for strength, old world craftsmanship and ease of assembly
* No exposed fasteners - Very clean fit and finish
* Hollow members can conceal wires for lights and speakers, even water lines
Sunrise Senior Living
Bridgewater, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Dress up any walkway with a fiberglass colonnade.
Bridgewater, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Our colonnades are made from stuctural fiberglass, which makes them a better alternative to outdated materials such as vinyl and lumber.
Bridgewater, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
All of our structures require an adequate mounting surface such as concrete footings or a concrete slab.
Bridgewater, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Our fiberglass members are notched so that they interlock. There are no ugly brackets and all of the fasteners are concealed.
Bridgewater, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
These structures are easy to install. They come with written instructions and require a minimal amount of simple tools.
Bridgewater, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
The standard rafter length is four feet, but this can be extended up to six feet.
Residential Pool Colonnade
Deep River, CT
Fiberglass Colonnades
This colonnade features custom recessed columns mounted on stone face masonry piers.
Deep River, CT
Fiberglass Colonnades
Another custom feature are the massive 4x12" beams that really help to give this structure the appropriate scale.
Deep River, CT
Fiberglass Colonnades
Electrical wires can be run through the columns and beams, in this case, the colonnade was prewired for sconce lighting.
Deep River, CT
Fiberglass Colonnades
Featuring a long lasting, durable finish, our colonnades will remain maintenance free for years to come.
Deep River, CT
Fiberglass Colonnades
We offer a variety of contour profiles and this structure features "Windsor" style contours.
Deep River, CT
Fiberglass Colonnades
Use our colonnade pricing tool above to get started today!
Avalon Bay
Huntington Station, NY
Fiberglass Colonnades
Add a touch of class to your next project with a fiberglass colonnade.
Huntington Station, NY
Fiberglass Colonnades
This structure features double 2x8" beams with a generous overhang.
Huntington Station, NY
Fiberglass Colonnades
This structure features a custom column trim package.
Huntington Station, NY
Fiberglass Colonnades
Our structural fiberglass columns integrate easily with most railing systems.
Huntington Station, NY
Fiberglass Colonnades
This luxury housing project required a number of colonnades and pergolas for their pool amenities area.
Huntington Station, NY
Fiberglass Colonnades
A fiberglass colonnade from Baldwin Pergolas is a cost effective option for you site amenities needs.
Huntington Station, NY
Fiberglass Colonnades
Whether your project is big or small, give Baldwin a call!
Sunrise Senior Living
Livingston, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Colonnades are perfect for residential housing projects.
Livingston, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Whether you are trying to frame an entryway or dress up a building's facade, a colonnade usually fits the bill.
Livingston, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Our colonnades are constructed with durable structural fiberglass columns and fiberglass pultrusions.
Livingston, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Our colonnades are available with a variety of column types.
Livingston, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
We offer electrical options such as lighting and outlets.
Livingston, NJ
Fiberglass Colonnades
Our colonnades can be painted any color, just give us a color code or we can color match an existing sample.
Details Make Baldwin the Obvious Choice
Why Baldwin?
Our Planning and Design Team
Max Baldwin founded Baldwin Pergolas over 30 years ago and is considered a leading expert in the industry. With decades of experience you can count on Baldwin to get the job done right the first time! At Baldwin we care and we have an experienced design and sales team that is prepared to guide you through the process of creating your perfect pergola. Mike Hurlburt is our project manager and is ready to help you design and build your dream pergola TODAY!
Why Baldwin?
Our Materials
All of our columns are high density FRP fiberglass and will last for generations. Our competitors use high density foam or hollow plastic column capitals and bases. We do not. Rather, we use the same high density FRP that is found in our columns to ensure durability and longevity.
Why Baldwin?
Our Rafter Tails
Our rafter tails are precision crafted by utilizing cutting edge CNC technology.
Why Baldwin?
Their Rafter Tails
Many of our competitors employ a substandard rafter tail design. They achieve their rafter tails by attaching countoured block of foam to a square cut fiberglass tube. We epoxy high density polyurethane foam inside of our fiberglass pultrusions and then precisely cut our contours directly into the fiberglass with a CNC machine.
Why Baldwin?
Our Tie-Downs
Max Baldwin and company pioneered the industry standard column mounting system which uses threaded rods to tie down columns to slabs or concrete footings. We use 5/8" inch diameter stainless steel threaded rods that attach at the footing, run the length of the column and are fastened to a structural aluminum assembly at the top of the column. Each threaded rod provides approximately 6000lbs of downward force to prevent uplift.
Why Baldwin?
Stainless Steel Hardware
We use only stainless steel hardware in our pergolas because we believe in using the highest quality materials available. If it's not perfect, it's not a Baldwin.
Why Baldwin?
Notched Intersections
We carefully design and notch our pergolas to make the structure more beautiful, stronger and easier to assemble. You just match the notches up and it slides together. No measuring is required.
Why Baldwin?
More Shade
We offer a variety of options from canopy shade systems to vertical curtains.
Why Baldwin?
Concealed Wires
All of our fiberglass pultrusions and columns are hollow and act as conduit allowings us to conceal any and all wiring. Please be sure to coordinate your lighting, A/V and other electrical needs in advance with one of our design consultants.
Why Baldwin?
Color selection
We use Sherwin Williams industrial grade exterior paints and we are able to match any color. In each case, we purchase screw caps to match your preferred color of paint. Our pergolas are built with a designers eye for quality and none of our fasteners are exposed.
Options - Decisions you will need to make when ordering
Options
Attached or Freestanding?
Our typical attached pergola consists of a set of main beams running parallel to the house as well as a ledger that connects to the side of your the house. They require less columns, less footings and ultimately a lower price tag. Freestanding pergolas are more popular.
Options
Depth and width
Our pergolas are available in standard sizes for ease of pricing, but we can custom tailor the size of your pergola down to the exact inch you require. Our order form makes this simple, but you'll need to tell us exactly where you want the centers of your columns. The best way to do this is to place pots or plates where the columns will be. Measure. Custom drawings will be created for your review and approval. 10" inch round and square columns have 13" inch base trim. 12" inch diameter columns have 15 1/2" base trim.
Options
Height
We encourage our customers to design short pergolas because they provide more shade. A perfect height is seven and a half to eight feet. Many projects require taller columns for a variety of reasons. The taller the pergola, the more stress on the columns and footings, so we require any pergola over eight feet tall be built with 12" diameter columns and larger footings.
The pergola in this picture needed to be very tall to preserve the views from the house and the scale of the house was large, so this pergola was a perfect fit!
Options
Choice of column size and shape
Your columns can be round or square. Typically, if your house already has columns, the pergola is designed to share that architectural detail. In recent years, square columns have been gaining in popularity. Recessed panels are an option if you choose square columns. Flutes are an option if you choose round columns. If a pergola is larger then 180 square feet, large columns are recommended.
Options
Column Capitals
Almost all of our customers choose the Tuscan style capital and base as their preferred order of architecture because it has a clean, simple, somewhat modern look. On occasion someone might desire a more formal or distinctive architecture. Most popular among the many choices are the Ionic, the Corinthian and the Composite. The Composite combines the architecture of the Ionic and the Corinthian.
Options
Rafter tails
The cut on the rafter tail determines the architectural style of the pergola. Years ago everyone chose the Baldwin style. Last year everyone chose the Windsor style. Maybe 2015 will be the year of the Kensington rafter tail? If you would like a custom rafter tail, we can do that, just send a drawing or a photo. We'll design an proof and once you approve it, it's yours. We use diamond coated router bits and a computer controlled router to make the cuts, so they all come out exactly the same.
Options
Color
White is the default color for pergolas. White is the classic color. Look at the ancient temples of Rome and Greece: White. Banks, universities, courts, municipalities, churches: White, most especially white when examining the columns, capitals and bases. Above that you have beams, rafters and purlins which might be a color to match your home or trim colors. It's your canvas so you get to decide how you want your pergola. All fiberglass pergolas get painted at the factory. White is the default color and the cost of the paint job is included in the price. A custom color adds 5% to the project.
Options
Copper Flashing
Its the finer details that distinguish a fine home. Baldwin Pergolas allows one to make that distinction with subtle copper flashing. Historically the columns were made of wood and their tops required protection from rain and sun. A sheet of copper would be custom bent to protect the capital. Only a quart inch of flashing can be seen from ground level, but for people that care about architecture and appreciate craftsmanship, this flashing seals the deal.
Options
Installation
Our pergolas were specifically designed to make installation easy. If a task can be done at the factory, it gets done at the factory. After completing thousands of installations, we can confidently say that no job is every easy. Unexpected site conditions are the primary reason. We bring every tool known to man and use most of them during the installation. You will see installation service on the order form, but it is only available if you live within 100 miles of our factory located in 06457, excepting special conditions.
Options
Shade systems
Overhead fabric sun-shades have become more and more popular in recent years. Our preferred shade consists of one large sheet of fabric which extends and retracts. More information is available in our Shade Systems section of the web site.
Terminology
Footing: A concrete anchor which holds the pergola to the earth. They need to be deeper than the frost line, but also large enough and deep enough to hold the pergola to the Earth during a strong wind. Footing size should never be less the 42" deep and 12" diameter.
Pier: This in a stone wall on which a pergola can be mounted. The pier is always supported by a footing or a concrete slab.
Column: Our columns are hollow, cast fiberglass, vertical supports which anr load bearing. They stand atop the footing or pier and support the pergola. At the top of the column is the capital. At the bottom is the base.
Main Beams: The beam which sits atop the columns and supports the rafters. The main beams consist of a set of two parallel 2x8's which are spaced 5" apart. The beams are hollow and may contain wires for lights or speakers. Some beams are built to conceal water lines as well.
Rafters: These are the primary shade creating members that make up the pergola. They are 2" thick by 8" tall. They notch down over the main beams and support the purlins
Purlins: These make up the top layer of the pergola. Each purlin measures 2" thick by 3" tall. They notch down over the rafters and keep the rafters in a perfect grid.
Overhang: This is the distance from the center of a column to the tip of the rafter or purlin.
Spans and height limits
We specially manufacture our fiberglass members to include a subtle upward curve, otherwise known as a crown. This allows us to span greater distances without any sagging of parts. Extreme spans require engineering and custom solutions such as internal aluminum reinforcement or other advanced techniques.
Spans are measured from center of footing to center of footing. Often the design calls for large open spans so a beautiful view can be unobstructed. This causes two design concerns: The beam must be built in such a way that it can support the weight of the rafters and purlins without sagging. The larger concern is this: The wind loading of the entire pergola must be divided by the number of columns. Fewer columns means more stress on each column. We solve this wide span problem by placing two columns close together on either end of the span.
Especially large spans and commercial projects call for our massive 4" x 12" fiberglass beams. We use them in sets of two, so the resulting beam is tremendous. These are also crowned and a single beam can receive over 1000 pounds of load and still have a gentle upward crown! We often use them on projects just for the visual effect, so please be sure to ask us about our large beams. They are not an option on the web site pricing tool yet.
Height is also a structural concern because each column has mechanical advantage like a lever. When you apply ten pounds of force to the side of the top, you exert eight times that amount of force to the bottom, assuming that the column is eight feet tall. If the column is ten feet tall, then the stress at the bottom is ten times greater then the initial ten pounds. Our typical offerings are designed to endure high winds, but large residential pergolas and commercial jobs may require engineering. These are things which get discussed.
The pergola ordering process
Measure
Determine where you want the center of your columns. Measure distance in width and depth. Determine how much overhang you would like on each side. Overhang is measured from the center of the post to the tip of the rafter or purlin. Our standard overhand is 24” inches. Rafter length is your depth from center of column to center of column plus your front and rear overhangs. Purlin length is your width from center of column to center of column plus your left and right overhangs. Consider height and sight lines. Remember, short pergolas give more shade under the pergola. Consider the time of day you will use your pergola and the angle of the sun at that time. We'll be better able to assist you if you take a few photos and send them to us.
Go online
We have an online pergola pricing tool you can use to configure your pergola. When you are using the pricing tool, you will need to select your options such as: The cut on the ends of the beams and rafters, column size and type, color, fabric color.
The pergola pricing tool will give you a price for the pergola, your electrical options, drapery and even a trucking quote. It’s easy to modify your pergola until it is exactly what you desire. You can feel comfortable using this no dicker, always accurate pricing tool. We do reserve the right to adjust prices due to lumber costs without notice.
If the pergola you desire cannot be built using our system, please enter the pergola as closely as possible then describe what you would like done differently in the notes section. You can also call our sales team during business hours at 800 344-5103x1 and they will do all of this for you.
When you are pleased with your pergola and are ready to talk to one of our designers, click the “Submit information” button. Your data gets sent to us.
On our side
We review your pergola choices and call you to answer any questions you might have. We suggest making changes that would either make your pergola more useful or more beautiful, but we also look for ways to reduce the lead time and your cost.
Deposit then Drawings
Along the way you can request an elevation drawing of the front, back, or either side so you can see what pergola will look like. Based on this visual, you may request changes. We adjust your file and explain the change in price. We also create another visual for your approval. We do require a 50% deposit before working plans are created. When you get your plans, you confirm every detail and we begin production.
Scheduling & Logistics
During production you may get a call or email from the production team asking about your ceiling fan height or what color light switches you want. When the pergola kit is complete, we require final payment before shipping. If you are within 300 miles, we offer you our in-house, white glove delivery service.
If you are more than 300 miles from our factory, we use Yellow Freight as our over the road trucking company. In case of a freight company delivery, you will be responsible for physically removing the pergola or pavilion from the truck. Unless you have a forklift, this requires entering the truck, unpacking the structure and physically unloading it from the truck, member by member. You are also required to remove all the pallets and packaging from the truck. A freight forwarding service could be hired to preform this service for you, but that expense is typically $700 or more.
Installation
Baldwin Pergolas are designed to be very easy to put together, but there are still difficult aspects such as using a level to determine the lengths of the posts, cutting the posts to length, drilling the concrete and anchoring the mounting brackets. If this sounds like more then you want to do, we may be able to suggest experienced pergola installers in your area.
Pricing chart
Use the following chart as a guideline to learn what a Baldwin fiberglass pergola might cost. More precise pricing can be found by designing your pergola using our custom pergola pricing tool. See Pricing link below.
| Overall size | Column centers | Column quantity | Base price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 x 12' | 8' | 2 pcs | $5,164 |
| 4 x 14' | 10' | 2 pcs | $5,430 |
| 4 x 16' | 12' | 2 pcs | $5,696 |
| 4 x 18' | 14' | 2 pcs | $5,962 |
| 4 x 20' | 16' | 2 pcs | $6,307 |
| 4 x 22' | 18' | 2 pcs | $6,573 |
| 4 x 24' | 20' | 2 pcs | $6,839 |
| 4 x 26' | 22' | 3 pcs | $9,241 |
| 4 x 28' | 24' | 3 pcs | $9,589 |
| 4 x 30' | 26' | 3 pcs | $10,014 |
| 4 x 32' | 28' | 3 pcs | $10,359 |
| 4 x 34' | 30' | 3 pcs | $10,705 |
| 4 x 36' | 32' | 3 pcs | $11,051 |
| 4 x 38' | 34' | 3 pcs | $11,398 |
| 4 x 40' | 36' | 3 pcs | $11,823 |
| 4 x 42' | 38' | 4 pcs | $13,177 |
| 4 x 44' | 40' | 4 pcs | $13,522 |
| 4 x 46' | 42' | 4 pcs | $15,800 |
| 4 x 48' | 44' | 4 pcs | $16,225 |
| 4 x 50' | 46' | 4 pcs | $16,730 |
