Slatted fence

Nigzcurran

I'm in the middle of putting up a small slatted fence to hide an old crappy wall. Would it look best if I staggered the joins or not? Ill attach a pic of a small rough sample I made up. Thanks

Mr321

Staggered would look better. Why not just knock the wall and put up some posts and a vertical slatted fence?

Nigzcurran

It's the neighbours' wall as she has the matching wall on the other side of her garden. It's a terrible looking thing so I'm just trying to hide it on my side the best i can

Mr321

Ah OK fair enough. Yea they were a big thing on the late 70s early 80s.

Stagger your side and give it a wood burn effect then varnish will look decent

Nigzcurran

Sounds nice cheers

rob316

Staggered, use certified roofing batons, let it weather a bit first too before oiling/treating.

Nigzcurran

Final pics for anyone interested! Stuck a treatment on them that was a teak stain but the wife wants it painted some trendy colour so that's next on the to-do list

wolfyboy555

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123611099#Comment_123611099

looks great. Can I ask what type of wood did you use and what size was it ? I'm looking to do something similar on my back garden wall but the price of the proper wood eg larch or cedar is eye watering.

Nigzcurran

I got a load of scrap timber for free so most of it was actually just standard 9 x 1 inch rough timber that I cut to size and then sanded. Whole job cost a total of zero!

wolfyboy555

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123613838#Comment_123613838

ah very good. are they cut down to 3 inch battens then? A fair bit of sanding was needed I assume? What did you attach them with ?

Nigzcurran

Yep 3 inch. I had a load of scrap 4 x 2 I drilled to the wall and then

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Nigzcurran

Yep 3 inch. I had a load of scrap 4 x 2 I drilled to the wall and then fixed the battens to that. Electric sander flew through it as I wasn't looking to win any beauty competitions!

Nigzcurran

That's a load of it ripped into lenghts

nearby_cheetah

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123615046#Comment_123615046

Did you use any separation like strips of plastic square downpipe between the wall and the 4 x 2? Otherwise the 4 x 2 will sitting against the wet wall.

Nigzcurran

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621981#Comment_123621981

No the timber is treated and will last donkeys years. I'm not expecting it to last forever but I've a kids play house that's has it's stilts buried in the muck and is still perfect after about 5 years

wolfyboy555

thinking of giving this a go myself. Quick question. Am I within right to clad all the way up to top of the piers. i.e the neighbours would see a couple rows of slats from their side at the very top in between the piers.

Nigzcurran

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123655577#Comment_123655577

Depends on the actual height of the pillars

wolfyboy555

about 2.8m. their gardens are much higher up the far side so wall quite tall my side.

Nigzcurran

I think 2 metres is the limit but you need to pop a question in the planning section and someone will tell you for sure

HLC123

I usually just put a big wooden board. In comparison, being able to make a fence yourself is already very impressive.