How To Build A Privacy Fence With Lattice On Top

After your 6 6 fence posts are set in the ground you can start building your lattice fence sections between the posts.

How to build a privacy fence with lattice on top. Lattice is prone to warping so buy the thicker 3 4 inch stock and support sections 6 feet long and longer with vertical battens fastened at half the. Hopefully after this tutorial you feel a confident and motivated to build your own lattice privacy screen. Most lattices come in 4 by 2 feet or 8 by 2 feet panels that can be cut with a table or hand saw. Lattice topped wood privacy fences are made out of western red cedar treated that extend the fence life.

Those tops combined with any of a variety of gates built into the fence can give your fence a unique appearance. Building a window pane lattice fence. This lattice privacy fence project was such a great addition to our back patio. With 2 inch screws secure a metal tie plate to the bottom of the extension fence post.

Total cost under 40 cost of lattice pine for frame screws. Remember the first step is going to be visiting your local building code department to find out about design requirements setbacks and permits. If its function is to provide privacy to the deck it should be square to the deck no matter how far away it is. Just make sure the fence line is square to the landscape feature of your choice.

To create the tall privacy fence we used one 4 x 8 lattice sheet vertically between the posts. Each fence post can be topped by a variety of fence post caps a trellis or other decorative top.