Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Garden Entranceway and Trellis


I have been building a trellis entryway.  Here are a couple pictures over the past few working days... 


This picture shows installing the cross members of 2" Douglas Fir.  When I started, I wrapped existing 4x4 treated posts with 1" thick tight grained Douglas Fir. The lattice and cross timber are Western Red Cedar.  The materials were cut on a local band saw mill, and there were inconsistencies in the thickness.  I had to shuffle through lumber to find the right pieces, which takes extra time, but it is rewarding to find the right pieces.  I built this in about 5 days, total work time, but there were several half days due to heavy rain.      


Continuing the trellis and wrap around to the garage...  


I finished up today, and the sky hurled hail at me in celebration.  I don't want to talk about those cypress trees... 

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