We had a beautiful pergola with shades & canopy installed on a preexisting patio yesterday. Since we had to remove pavers to pour concrete footers to support the posts I did not take into account that we would lose a little height. On the length, we have 81" from patio to horizontal support beam, but on the width, due to the casings for the shades we have a 75 1/2" clearance. My husband is a little over 6'2" and that gives him only one inch clearance on that side when the shade is completely up. I also feel that it looks a little short so close to the house. The installers are willing to come back and raise it 12". They've been a dream to work with. I'm just looking for some other opinions. Should we raise it up, or is this an acceptable height?