Jim and Blanca’s wood pergola had rotted past saving.In their quiet HOA neighborhood in Chula Vista the deteriorating structure was the one thing letting the backyard down, and every year of repainting and patching was money spent on something that was still going to come down.
They compared several contractors and chose Southwest Builders for flexible design options, detailed planning and a competitive estimate. We demolished the rotten pergola and hauled it away, then installed a custom Alumawood Elitewood Classic aluminum
pergola color-matched to the home’s exterior, reusing the existing column bases to carry the new structural posts. A GFCI receptacle went on one of the posts so power is right where they need it, and the crew left the site fully cleaned up after five days.
The backyard now has a pergola that looks like it belongs to the house and will not need the yearly attention the wood did. Aluminum does not rot, and the color match means nothing about it reads as a replacement. It carries a lifetime warranty, and Jim and Blanca left five-star reviews on both Google and Yelp when it was done.
Kept any longer, the old pergola would have gone from an eyesore to a hazard. If yours is heading the same way, picture a replacement you never have to paint again. We would love to build it.
