I cut two boards to that length and attached them to the lattice. Once the frame was attached on the bottom and sides, I stood the lattice up and measured the length for the top frame piece. I used my AirStrike nailer, and it made super quick work of the framing I really love that thing! Line the boards up with each other and with the edge of the lattice, then use a nail gun to nail through all three pieces everywhere you can. To attach the frame to the lattice, lay one board under the lattice and one on top, sandwiching the lattice in between the two boards. I measured and cut the boards for the sides and bottom frame first, because I knew I wanted the top frame to run all the way across to the fence, and I wanted to measure again once the lattice was framed up, just to double check. Be sure that you cut two boards for each edge so you can frame the front and back of the lattice at the same time. Once the lattice was cut down to size, I measured the edges and cut 1×4 cedar boards down to size to create a frame for the lattice. NOTE: Be extremely careful cutting lattice!!!! There are metal staples at every single intersection of the crossed boards make sure your saw doesn’t run into any staples! I measured the fence and cut the lattice down to the same height using my circular saw. But I wanted to attach the trellis to both the house and the fence on the other side to give it more stability, and the lattice is taller than the fence.
#Lattice trellis full
The pathway between the side of the house and the fence is 8’ wide, so I figured I would use the full 4’ width of the lattice. The first thing I did was figure out what shape and size I needed my finished trellis screen to be. But it didn’t really occur to me how ugly the storage part of it would be. We had the gravel and that path put in last fall, and we purposely placed the path closer to the fence so that we could use the gravel area for storage.
Here’s what the side of our house looked like before. enough 1×4 cedar boards to frame the edges of your finished trellis TWICE ( the lattice will be sandwiched between a front and back frame).0 minutes, unless you paint your trellis ( time spent waiting around).I figured it would be easier to “custom build” a trellis screen that perfectly fit our space than to try to make a prefab one fit. It really is easy to make, and it makes a huge difference!īy the way, they do make prefab, pre-framed sections of trellis that you can just install, but then you’re limited to the sizes, shapes, and colors that are available at your local hardware store.
If you have an eyesore area in your backyard, try putting up a little trellis screen. I can’t wait for the vine to grow up onto the trellis and really cover that whole half of the pathway it’s going to be so pretty!
#Lattice trellis install
It took me about two hours to build and install it ( with lots of breaks for a glass of ice water in the air conditioned house it was 97 degrees out the day I was building it…whose dumb idea was that?!), and it’s working perfectly to make the whole backyard look pretty and “on purpose”! So I decided to build a super simple DIY trellis screen to hide the mess.
Our backyard is a bit of a mess in some places some parts of it are nice and neat, planted with pretty flowers, grass trimmed, patio swept, etc., but other parts of it are basically just junk storage! Now that the weather has warmed up, we’re spending a lot more time in our backyard, and the junk is a bit of an eyesore.
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