About The Pergola Kit
The Pergola Kit is an independent pergola product database and buying resource. It exists to help you research, compare and decide which pergola to buy.
What we do
We are not a storefront. We do not sell pergolas, hold stock or take payment. We catalog pergola kits from multiple manufacturers and record what each one is, in a consistent structure, so that products from different brands can be set side by side.
Every product in the database is described by the same set of facts:
- price and where it is sold
- size, in feet
- frame material
- roof type, and whether it opens or closes
- how it operates: manual, motorized or fixed
- what is included in the box
- warranty terms
- installation and mounting requirements
Because the structure is the same for every product, you can compare any two kits directly, or browse the whole database by size, material or roof type from the pergola catalog.
How we research products
Product facts come from primary sources: the manufacturer’s own product pages, assembly manuals, warranty documents and specification sheets. We do not copy figures from other review sites or retailer listings, and we do not accept specifications supplied by a brand without a published document behind them.
Each product page links to the source we used and shows the date we last checked it. Manufacturers change prices, sizes and warranty terms, so a verification date tells you how current the record is.
How we make recommendations
Our buying guides and comparison verdicts are editorial. They are driven by how well a product fits a given space and budget, what its specifications actually say, and the tradeoffs a buyer is making in choosing it over the alternatives. A pick is explained in terms of those facts, and every pick links to the product record so you can check the reasoning against the numbers.
There is no paid placement. Manufacturers and merchants cannot pay to be included, ranked higher or recommended, and affiliate relationships do not determine which products appear or what we say about them.
Our standard
Verified dates, honest blanks. If a manufacturer does not publish a specification, the field on our page stays empty. We would rather show you a gap than an estimate, because a guessed figure looks exactly like a real one once it is on the page.
Where we cannot retrieve a figure, we say so. Where a product has been discontinued or its page has disappeared, the record says that too.
How the site makes money
Some links from product pages to merchants are affiliate links, which may earn us a commission on a qualifying purchase at no extra cost to you. The details are in our affiliate disclosure.