White ALU TANK™ Motorized Louvered Pergola Attached to a Modern Home – Supply & Installation in Los Angeles, CA

This modern Los Angeles home has white board-and-batten siding, large black-framed glass doors and a patio that steps down to a pool and lawn. The patio caught strong sun for most of the day, and the glass doors and pale paving made it bright and hot right where the family wanted to sit. The homeowners wanted shade that they could adjust, not a fixed roof that would darken the rooms behind the glass. They also wanted the cover to look like part of the house: crisp white lines to match the siding, minimal posts so the view to the pool stayed open, and lighting built in for evenings. Aluglobus Aluminum Systems supplied and installed a wall-attached motorized louvered pergola designed around the patio and the home's facade.

Wall-attached louvered pergola: The roof is fixed to the house above the glass doors and carried at the outer edge on slim white aluminum posts. Attaching to the house removes the posts next to the doors and keeps the patio and the walkway to the pool open. ALU TANK™ motorized louvers: The roof is an ALU TANK™ architectural automatic louver system, Aluglobus's heavy-duty motorized louver platform, engineered for bays up to 14 ft and spans up to 24 ft. Its aluminum louvers rotate with a motor and can be set at multiple angles. Open, they let in sun and air; angled, they cut glare on the glass and the pool; closed, they form a solid roof. Integrated LED lighting: LED recessed puck lights and perimeter LED cove strip lighting are built into the frame, so the patio is lit for evenings without add-on fixtures. White powder-coated finish: The frame, posts and louvers are finished in matte white powder coat over architectural aluminum, matching the white siding and trim so the pergola reads as part of the facade. Drainage built into the frame: When the louvers close, rain runs into gutters in the frame and drains through the structure, away from the patio.

The patio is now shaded and usable through the day. The louvers stay open in the morning, tilt to cut glare on the glass doors in the afternoon and close when it rains, and the rooms behind the glass keep their daylight. The white frame lines up with the siding and trim, so from the pool and lawn the pergola looks like an extension of the house. With posts only at the outer edge, the view from the doors to the pool stays open, and the LED strip and recessed lights turn the patio into an evening space. The powder-coated aluminum structure needs little care beyond clearing leaves from the louvers and an occasional rinse.