Turn your yard into a tranquil retreat with a DIY privacy lattice screen.
A lattice privacy screen is an excellent DIY project to create the feeling of seclusion in a backyard.
Lattice blocks the view but is open enough to keep you from feeling closed in.
you might construct a lattice privacy screen as a deck railing or a yard fence.
Lattice frames look better in smaller 4- to 6-foot bays.
Expect to spend about three hours installing each 6-foot bay.
Before you begin, lay out and set footings for a fence.
You’ll need to dig postholes and set posts for a detached lattice fence.
Just check that the fence line is square to the landscape feature of your choice.
check that it’s level.
plant the remaining bottom rails.
Measure the length of the top rail,scarf-cuttingit so that joints are centered on the posts.
Fasten the top rail to the top of the posts and a cap rail to the top rail.
Also, mark the top and bottom rails on the insides at the same points and snap chalk lines.
Finish-nail 1x stops with their outside edges on the lines on one side of the posts and rails.
These stops will leave a 5/8-inch reveal on both sides when a 3/4-inch lattice panel is installed.
Cut the panels to fit the bays and set them against the nailers.
Hold the lattice in place and install 1x stops with finish nails.
Do not drive fasteners into the latticeonly into the posts and rails.
Dress up the Railing
A few details will make your lattice privacy screen installation look snappier.
Use 3/4-inch quarter round for the stops instead of square stock.
Then top the posts with post caps.
