Hide Your Garbage Can-Build A Lattice Screen!

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A lattice screen is a great way to hide your garbage can--and it's fairly easy to build! This video from The Honest Carpenter will show you how to build a lattice screen to hide your garbage can using affordable materials.
Here is a link to our 4x4 POST TRICK video mentioned above:
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(A lattice screen can be used in many more ways than to simply hide a garbage can. These same techniques can be applied to many yard situations where lattice comes in handy. Feel free to adapt these methods to add lattice screen beneath your deck, around a small garden, or between neighboring properties.)
Here is the accompanying article on our website:
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Tools:
Miter saw (optional)
Table saw (optional)
Circular Saw
Compressor / Brad Nailer
OR
Drill / Driver
2' Level / 4' Level
Tape Measure
Caulking Gun
Materials:
3/4" lattice (much stronger than 1/2" lattice)
4x4 posts
1x4 treated trim
Concrete
Liquid Nails
Brad Nails OR Exterior Screws
How-To:
1) Measure garbage can--be sure you're building a large enough lattice screen to actually hide your garbage can!
2) Layout post holes
3) Dig post holes (approx. 2-3 times as large as your 4x4 posts)
4) Use highest ground point (probably near house) to determine highest point for your lattice screen
5) Cut first 4x4 post to height
6) Anchor 4x4 post in post holes by mixing concrete around it.
7) Use a 4' level from top of first post to determine height of second (nearest) post
8) Set post in post hole and anchor with concrete
9) Repeat these steps for third post--use a straight edge to set level on if necessary
10) Measure distance between posts
11) Cut lattice so pieces are just short enough to not extend past posts
12) Spread exterior-grade liquid nails on back edges of lattice. Run beads along diagonal lattice pieces (approx. 3" beads)
13) Attach lattice screen to posts using galvanized brads OR short exterior-grade screws
14) Use a stop block to help measure first horizontal trim piece
15) Cut and attach upper treated trim piece using liquid nails and brads; (pull adjacent measurement to outer face of this piece)
16) Attach this piece to lattice screen using liquid nails
17) Repeat process for bottom horizontal trim pieces on lattice screen
18) Measure and attach vertical trim pieces to lattice screen in similar fashion. Glue end grain of these pieces as well
19) Rip treated 1x4 trim to 1-1/2" widths
20) Use 1-1/2" trim pieces to hide top edge of lattice screen. Create a 1/8" overhang for aesthetic purposes. Cut miters on ends of trim pieces.
Be sure to allow your lattice screen 2-3 weeks to dry out before painting or staining. But, you can go ahead and hide your garbage can behind your lattice screen as soon as it's built!
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[@chantayashford8447]

I absolutely love how you provide step by step details of your project and how you lost your materials. Great Job! I love it🥰

[@chrismuldoon15]

Just finished mine! Thanks for the video.

[@chelin7023]

Awesome project and great tips! The cámara captures every detail. Thank you!

[@catchercoach4918]

Very nicely explained, thank you.

[@timothytodd7659]

Thank you!!! Going to try my hand at building this :)

[@sherryberardino5802]

Nice step by step , looks great

[@robira1313]

You do amazing one-handed work.

[@adrianpalacios7861]

Great job!

[@wilassguess]

good project.. Well done

[@fresnobassn744]

Man that came out nice!👏👍👍. I'm gonna make this around my ac condenser. Thanks

[@Heypockeyway]

Excellent job

[@karlgee1178]

Great video. That looks really nice. Thanks for showing us how to do this.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

You're welcome Karl! Thanks for watching :)

[@ME-rm1cl]

Dude this was the best damn step by step. Thank you !

[@enocreyes7025]

Thanks for sharing.

[@PiggieSmall]

I've been trying to think of something to disguise our water barrel. This gives me some great ideas.

[@markb.1259]

Excellent Work!!!

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Mark B. Thank you!

[@davesurette]

I really like the bit of trim work to finish it off! Definitely going to use those details.

[@vincentvurro4319]

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[@ZalexMusic]

Thank you!!

[@13rmundo]

Great job, thanks for the video.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Thanks for watching, Ray!

[@timj5367]

Wow, great carpentry skills! Job almost too well done!

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Tim J Thank you! I appreciate you watching😄

[@ritawolfe4523]

Looks fantastic! The area I need it to go is on blacktop. How can I secure the posts? Thanks for any answers!

[@mundlkalli4396]

Awesome work.........

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

@mundl kalli Thanks so much!

[@joejr9653]

It turned out nice. Looks like hardest part of job is digging the holes.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Joe Jr Thank you! Man, you got that right. Carolina clay is no joke. I hate digging and building in the same day, but on these smaller jobs you just gotta do it sometimes.

[@dingodogie]

How deep should the holes be, either using or not using concrete? I guess it depends on how the digging goes too.

[@brianlang429]

I need a screen like this but my trash cans are on a brick walkway, so I can't bury the 4x4's. I've tried a couple different methods for "feet" and a good wind storm keeps knocking it over. Any suggestions?

[@scottr8588]

Great video, lots of info... Well Done

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Scott R Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I’m always trying to bump up quality little by little 🙂

[@scottr8588]

@@TheHonestCarpenter I just found your channel and subscribed. I am going through and watching some of the older ones.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions. I have a good deal of blog content at our website too-feel free to browse! www.thehonestcarpenter.com

[@scottr8588]

@@TheHonestCarpenter OK Thanks I Will. I am just starting in the Handyman business and these tips really help.

[@jobacuda4472]

@@scottr8588 Good luck with your business!

[@stevenwhitaker351]

Were the braid nails you used 16ga or 18ga? Thanks for great video. I plan on doing some lattice work this week!

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

18ga galvanized Steven. Thanks for watching, good luck with the project!

[@petem2803]

Thanks for sharing this great video. How many bags of quikcrete are needed per post (I think I saw you were using 60lbs bags)?

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

You’re welcome Pete! I use about 1-1/2 bags per post-enough to come up nearly to grade.

[@jdubdoubleu]

Could 2x4 be used instead of 4x4?

[@arcyruiz8673]

Excellent video. What are the options for getting the post close to the house when your foundation extends 8 inches?

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Thanks Arcy! That’s a tricky situation. I try to clear off the footing as much as possible and pour a wider concrete base around the free sides of the post. Pour right up against the foundation wall too. You can even bore a hole and drive a short piece or rebar through the post at the bottom to act as an anchor in the concrete!

[@jamessteffey6305]

Just built one based on your design, thank you.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Awesome, Jimbo! I always liked these lattice covers 😄

[@HeyStripes]

how has this held up over the years?

[@waikay2002]

Hi I like your trash bin cover and try to do it myself. But the thing is my place is concrete base, what can I do

[@waikay2002]

I have a problem with the bins in my rental property

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

That’s trickier waikay. You’ll probably have to anchor the posts to the concrete using galvanized Simpson hardware and concrete screws 😬

[@waikay2002]

The Honest Carpenter that’s intimidating

[@Avital4414]

could you do this without the concrete?

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Rt L I think, because it’s L-shaped, you could possibly get away with not using concrete. There’s not much pressure on the unit. A gravel fill might even work 🤔

[@jocarolepersonal]

Nice but what happens when it gets windy? It can blow out the open side.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

@Suzy Smith I suppose you could add a gate to the open end. I think empty cans could possibly get blown away, but even partially full ones would stay put. We only get winds that strong very rarely down here

[@jocarolepersonal]

@@TheHonestCarpenter Tkx for replying. We get high winds here, get tail ends of hurricanes and now we get tornadoes too.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

@@jocarolepersonal I see what you mean. Probably best to install the gate in that situation--trash all over the yard otherwise!

[@danielj574]

This would cost $8,000 in 2021 lumber prices

[@klong1972]

You make nice videos. One comment - please wear eye protection.

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

klong1972 Thank you! You’re right to advise this-while I don’t always do my best carrying through with it, there’s never a time on the job site when you shouldn’t have safety eye wear on 😬🥽

[@groove269]

Great work but isn’t that a bit of over kill to hide trash cans? No need for concrete just dig 1 ft in

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Thanks groove! Odds are, the unit probably wouldn’t go anywhere without concrete anchors. But, we get some pretty heavy hurricane winds down here in NC 😂

[@groot5441]

Yes we do. Also from North Carolina

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

@@groot5441 I built an identical one of these about 10 hours before Florence blew through. We didn't get hit that hard, but nervewracking nonetheless! What part of NC are you in?

[@cloa9431]

That shaking camera give a headache your build is not clear please show the work too much bla bla the design it quite nice

[@KyrenaH]

Wtf are you talking about the build was very clear. If you don't want talking don't watch a KZbin video.

[@georgieess3899]

Awesome job!

[@georgieess3899]

Love the attention to detail with the two angled cut trim bit

[@TheHonestCarpenter]

Georgia Stagg Thank you! That whole top trim detail adds a lot of appearance value. Thanks for watching! 🙂