Pratic Pergolas in Lazio: Opera, Vision, Brera and Awnings

Michelessi sells and installs Pratic pergolas in Aprilia, on the Via Pontina at km 45.350, and throughout Lazio: the louvred bioclimatic pergolas Opera, Vision, Sense, Brera, Carrera and Connect, aluminium pergolas with a fabric roof, covers without posts, glass walls, vertical zip screens and awnings. We have worked stone since 1976, and our technical office draws the pergola in the same 3D design as the stone outdoor kitchen, the paving and the pool; our own team installs it.

The department is in Bioclimatic pergolas, awnings and enclosures; the comparison of the three brands is in Gibus, KE or Pratic: how to choose; the other two brands are presented in Gibus pergolas and KE Outdoor Design pergolas.

Pratic is an Italian manufacturer of bioclimatic pergolas, fabric pergolas, covers and awnings: Pratic S.p.A., a single-shareholder company based in Fagagna, in the province of Udine. According to Pratic's official history, the company has been active since 1960 and in the 1960s invented and patented the «cappottina» (hood) awning; since 2023 it has belonged to the French group StellaGroup. The aluminium is powder-coated at the Fagagna plant, with a QUALICOAT Seaside certified pre-treatment, designed to withstand salt air, humidity and UV rays, and QUALICOAT Class 2 approved powders: a detail that matters on the coast at Anzio, Nettuno and Sabaudia.

A Pratic bioclimatic pergola is an aluminium pergola whose roof is made of motorised sun-shading louvres: open, they let air and light through; tilted, they give shade; closed, they keep out light rain, which the manufacturer states is channelled into the drainage built into the posts. Pratic offers nine models, with modules that can be placed side by side and, depending on the model, free-standing or wall-mounted. The figures, in centimetres, are the ranges declared for one module; the size for your home is set by the survey, and larger areas use several modules.

According to the manufacturer, the bioclimatic pergolas are made of aluminium and stainless steel and have rain, snow and wind sensors that close the louvres by themselves in bad weather. The snow load and the wind-resistance class of the pergolas do not appear on Pratic's web pages: we read them in the technical documentation of the chosen model and write them in the quotation, together with the manufacturer's warranty.

Adjustable, retractable or alternating louvres: which model to choose

To adjust light and shade continuously, Opera, Vision and Sense tilt their louvres; to have the sky open above the table, the retractable louvres of Brera P, Brera S and Brera B stack away and free the roof; Carrera alternates fixed louvres with moving louvres that overlap. Connect is the «mirrored» version: its fixed Spy Glass panels, in toughened glass, hide the interior by day. For planning purposes, letter b-ter speaks of movable or adjustable sun-protection elements: with partly fixed louvres, as in Carrera, we assess this at the design stage; the difference between a bioclimatic pergola, a pergotenda, a canopy, a gazebo and a veranda is explained in Bioclimatic pergola or pergotenda: differences, canopy, veranda. The principles common to all bioclimatic pergolas are in Bioclimatic pergola: what it is and how it works; wall-mounted and free-standing layouts in Wall-mounted and free-standing pergolas.

Pratic's fabric pergolas are aluminium structures with a sliding, stackable PVC roof, motorised (on Level also manual), stopping in any intermediate position. There are ten models: Phoenix Air, Phoenix Free, Nomo, Rialto, Fusion, Meta, Level, Level 63, Evo and Mito. Phoenix Air is arched; Nomo has essential profiles; Fusion, Meta, Level, Level 63 and Mito are sloping, and Meta has a sliding fabric of up to 13 × 9 metres.

The covers for outdoor spaces, Tecnic, One and Veranda, have no posts: they are PVC fabrics on guides, to be fitted in a light well or between two walls. Tecnic, declared up to 1,300 × 800 cm, was tested in the Pininfarina Wind Tunnel; Veranda is designed to protect verandas and glazing. The retractable fabric is the classic case of letter b-ter; the comparison with the bioclimatic pergola is in Retractable-fabric pergolas.

Pratic pergolas are closed at the sides with Glass Series glass walls and with vertical screens. Slide Glass 60 is the sliding glass wall on two to eight tracks, with 10 or 12 mm toughened glass, up to 1,040 cm wide and 300 high; the manufacturer cites Istituto Giordano tests (air permeability class 2, water tightness class 1A, wind resistance class A1). There are also Fix Glass, fixed, and Door Glass, the hinged door without frames; the glass comes in four finishes (Clear, Satin, Smoked, Mirrored). Raso is the vertical screen that disappears completely into the pergola profile, with side zip guides; the fabrics are acrylic, glass-fibre or transparent, smoked or blackout PVC.

Pratic specifies that the glass walls are not insulating, though they help to moderate the temperature. Removable, fully transparent glass walls on balconies, loggias and porticoes are the VEPA of letter b-bis; a pergola permanently closed on every side must instead be checked with the local council, as we explain in Permits for pergolas in Italy. The full picture of enclosures is in Pergola enclosures: glass walls and zip screens.

Pratic awnings come in three families: folding-arm, drop (vertical) and cappottina. There are ten folding-arm awnings (T-Hide, T-Code, T-Way, Ellisse, Musa, Flex 300, Flex Box, Flex 375, PE 60/15 and PE 15) and Pratic presents them with its patented FlexControl system, tested in the Pininfarina Wind Tunnel; for Flex 375 it declares that the system absorbs wind stresses up to 70 km/h.

The drop awnings number sixteen models: T-Zone and T-Box Zip have side zip guides and can also be ordered with a solar-cell motor; T-Box Cables uses stainless-steel cables; then T-Loop, T-Square, T-Line, XX1, X3 and the PE models. The cappottina awnings are Capri, Grado, Selene and Ischia. In a condominium the choice matters: drop awnings project less than folding-arm ones, and colour and projection may be set by the building rules. For solar-cell motors and for pergolas that produce energy, the comparison of the three manufacturers is in Photovoltaic pergolas. All the awning families are in Folding-arm, drop and cassette awnings.

Pratic pergolas are completed with lighting, home automation and decking from the manufacturer's catalogue. The dimmable lights are the perimeter LED Line strips in white or RGB, the Aura Light and Quadra Light spotlights recessed in the louvres and the Step Light lamps on the posts; remote control, app and voice command manage lights and movements (Home Automation). The Set decking is modular, in aluminium, with jacks that compensate for differences in level. The colours are ten Basic Selection shades, twenty-five Architect Selection shades and RAL on request, that is, over thirty shades in the range.

The difference between Michelessi and a pergola installer is that we are stonemasons: the Pratic pergola is born in the same drawing as the outdoor kitchen, the paving and the pool. In the 3D design we decide together where the posts fall in relation to the hob, where the downpipes discharge in relation to the stone paving, how the firebrick barbecue draws its smoke out through the louvres and which of the range shades sits well next to a worktop in granite, quartzite, sintered stone or marble. A kitchen under the pergola is outdoor furniture: if the pergola is closed on every side and services are fixed in place, we first ask for the opinion of the council's technical office. Structure, kitchen and paving are installed by the same team. The method is in Outdoor kitchen under a pergola; our other work is in Outdoor kitchens, Paving and Pools.

A Pratic pergola with movable louvres or a retractable fabric roof, attached or annexed to the house and without permanent enclosures, in many cases falls under Italy's «edilizia libera» (works needing no planning title): article 6, paragraph 1, letter b-ter of Presidential Decree 380/2001, introduced by the Salva Casa decree. The municipal building regulations, landscape restrictions, distances and, in a condominium, the building rules all still apply. A pergola permanently closed on every side with glass walls must be checked with the local council. We carry out these checks ourselves, at the design stage, before ordering. Conditions and special cases are in Permits for pergolas in Italy and, for terraces, in Pergola on a condominium terrace.

The price of a Pratic pergola cannot be read from a price list: Pratic does not publish prices and we give no figures on the page, because they depend on the model, the size and the number of modules, the fixings, the enclosures and accessories, the installation and the management of rainwater. The quotation, after the survey, is free; to compare two offers, have both refer to the same drawing, as explained in How much does a bioclimatic pergola cost.

The deductions for solar shading, which Pratic's 2026 guide also covers for awnings, do not name bioclimatic pergolas: a pergola can qualify only if it meets precise technical requirements. In the quotation we indicate which items may qualify, to be checked with your accountant (commercialista); the requirements, rates and dates are in the guide Tax deductions for awnings and pergolas in Italy.

With Pratic products what counts is verifiable references, technical documentation and who answers after installation. Pratic's references are in the Projects section of its website and belong to the manufacturer: we do not attribute them to Michelessi. For what we install we answer ourselves, with survey, design, installation and service. According to Pratic's Customer Care portal, registering the product activates the ordinary and the conventional warranty; the serial number is on the certificate of authenticity, delivered with the correct-installation document. We state the manufacturer's warranty in the quotation.

Service is carried out by our team, from Aprilia, throughout Lazio: adjusting louvres, sensors, motors, fabrics and glass walls; we order spare parts with the product's serial number. For routine cleaning we recommend lukewarm water, neutral soap and a soft sponge, without a high-pressure washer, unless the manual says otherwise; the manufacturer's user manuals are on the Customer Care portal. Wind, snow and hail are covered in Bioclimatic pergola maintenance: wind, snow and winter.

In our showroom in Aprilia, with Rome less than an hour away, we show you the 3D design and the Pratic technical material next to the stone slabs of the kitchen and the paving. The route is always the same, from survey to service; in full in Bespoke pergolas: survey, design and installation. We work in Aprilia, Pomezia and Ardea, Rome and Latina.

To book a site survey, write or call us: Michelessi SRL, Via Pontina km 45.350, Aprilia (Latina); phone and WhatsApp +39 06 9275383. The survey and the quotation are free.

1. Free site survey
   We come to your home, in Rome, Latina or anywhere in Lazio, and measure dimensions, fixings, exposure to sun and wind, water drainage and the condition of the terrace or garden.
2. 3D design with kitchen, paving and pool
   Our technical office draws the Pratic pergola in the same design as the stone outdoor kitchen, the paving and the pool, and shows you models, colours and enclosures in 3D.
3. Checks on planning rules, condominium and restrictions
   We check «edilizia libera» (letter b-ter), the municipal regulations, landscape restrictions, distances and the condominium rules. We tell you before you order.
4. Choice of model and order
   Choose among Opera, Vision, Sense, Brera, Carrera, Connect or a fabric pergola, the colour from over thirty standard shades plus RAL on request, the enclosures and the accessories; we place the order with the manufacturer.
5. Installation by our team and testing
   The same team installs structure, kitchen and paving, tests motors, sensors and lights and hands you the manual and the product documents, with the serial number.
6. Registration and service
   We explain how to register the product on Pratic's Customer Care portal; for adjustments, spare parts and maintenance call us in Aprilia: we work throughout Lazio with the team that installed the pergola.

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