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Trellis and Lattice Fencing
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" We're looking at trellis and lattice and Fred good from rattle works is here to explain all about it good morning Bob good morning all right now this what -- the bottom is lattice. The bottom of this panel is -- privacy lattice. With a one inch opening and a one inch vertical members and just laid on top of one another -- and they're fastened with a stainless steel fastener and with waterproof -- OK and then this top section that top section is trellis it's a full NATO again it's glued and fastened with -- aluminum fastener. And these are all terms that come out of the French design tradition -- French in orientation. And European triage. And what the idea is here's just to provide kind of a screening and a backdrop for a shrub border heavily correct this is privacy so that you're gonna have planting in the front and you have some light and air that comes through that enhances the area plant material that'll eventually be put in here in front of the fence what kind of wood do you use this is western red cedar. Typically it's a dark -- but western red cedar is a little bit of a misnomer at all -- comes in our very light colors sure and you could of course stain it or you could leave it natural to weather can be weathered like this it'll gray out in about six to nine months. Or can be stained in any variety of colors now Fred how about installing it I kind of see a pipe down there what do you. What kind of a post installation installation. Years. Two approaches to this one is where the wooden post there's actually put right into the ground now when you do that we're kind of a life expectancy can you. And you I guess Bob you should end up with a final fifteen years of life expectancy in well drained soil well drained soil that's the key and now this is a product like well as -- western red cedar western red cedar there's natural repellent to insect damage and rot right all your cedars have cannon and -- is basically a natural inhibitor of mold and bacteria -- which gives the wood life. Now the system that you're using is a little bit modified right the post homeowner here specified this approach. And it's really combines the best of two worlds you heavy steel pipe. That actually goes in the ground which has. Incredibly long life and that's put into concrete. And then you have the beauty of word red cedar. Above ground if you could see in these other panel yet and so what you what you're doing over you've dug a hole how deep the hole in the ground is approximately two feet deep. And on the process basically is water will be put into the hole about half full. And then a ready mix concrete. Will be dropped into the hole and mixed you don't have to mix it separately you don't -- it available around it can be added right into the hole and mixed in the hole in the ground. And these products either come -- accelerant to speed up the process of hardening. -- or in fact depending upon the schedule you don't have to use that. OK and now I'm just noticing you've got the loose section that goes up here. Mrs. What really gives this its sturdy stretcher trellis panel which -- here for copper and those are full half dados excellent that are dropped into the slots so these are just simply installed up here and screws attach it to the post and then what about at the bottom object to mix that up. I see."
