Wall-Mounted ALU TANK™ Motorized Louvered Pergola with LED Lighting over a Pool Deck in Burbank, CA

This Burbank home opens onto a wide stone pool deck through tall glass sliding doors, with an outdoor bar and an open view past the pool. The deck was the heart of the house in good weather, but with no cover it took the full afternoon sun, glare bounced off the pale stone and glass, and the area by the doors was too hot to use for much of the day. The homeowners wanted shade without losing the light and the view that made the space special. A solid roof would have darkened the rooms behind the glass, and a freestanding pergola with posts on every side would have cluttered the deck and the sightline to the pool. They also wanted the cover to work after dark and in the occasional rain, so lighting and drainage had to be part of the design from the start. Aluglobus Aluminum Systems supplied a wall-mounted motorized louvered pergola that attaches to the house, runs along the glass wall and is carried at the outer edge on slim black posts, so the deck and the view stay open.

Wall-mounted louvered pergola: The roof is attached to the house along the glass wall and supported at the outer edge by square black aluminum posts. Attaching to the house removes a full row of posts from the deck, keeps the walkway in front of the sliding doors clear and lets the roof line read as part of the architecture. 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 at the touch of a remote or sensor control. Opened, they let in sky and breeze; angled, they cut the low afternoon sun and glare off the pool; closed, they form a solid roof. The homeowners can tune light and airflow through the day instead of living with a fixed shade level. Integrated LED lighting: Warm white LED strip lighting runs around the inner perimeter of the frame and washes the underside of the roof with soft indirect light, while flush recessed downlights give brighter light where people gather. The deck now works as an evening space without add-on fixtures. Concealed drainage: When the louvers close, rain is channeled into a concealed perimeter gutter and down through the beams and posts, so water is carried away without exposed downspouts on the deck. Black powder-coated aluminum: The frame, beams, posts and louvers are finished in matte black powder coat to match the home's black window and door frames. Aluminum does not rot or rust, which matters next to a pool. Planned for installation: Aluglobus supplied the system with the layout, post positions, lighting and drainage planned in advance; the frame went up first and the louver roof followed, installed by an authorized partner.

The pool deck now works through the whole day. The louvers stay open in the morning, tilt to cut glare by mid-afternoon and close when it rains, so the area by the glass doors is shaded and comfortable without darkening the rooms inside. After sunset, the perimeter LED strip and recessed downlights turn the cover into an outdoor room for dining at the bar or sitting by the pool. With only slim posts at the outer edge, the view across the pool stays open, and the black frame lines up with the home's window frames so the cover looks like part of the original design. The before and during photos in the gallery show how the roof was built out from the house: the bare deck, the black frame and beams going up, and the finished louver roof with its lighting.