Hide Your Trash Cans With This Easy DIY | Privacy Fence (with plans!)

Build your own! Find the PLANS here: bit.ly/2VwB3D6
Today I'm showing you how to build modern cedar privacy fence/screen to hide trash cans (or other ugly stuff) on a concrete pad. This is an easy DIY build that brings big curb appeal results. Step by step tutorial on how to pour the concrete pad, attach fence anchors to the pad, and how to build the cedar privacy fence.
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Erin Longfellow
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I'm Erin Longfellow and I'm a maker, DIY'er, builder, designer and content creator. My goal is to help you learn that you too can build or DIY what I make, or anything you need, with easily accessible tools and materials. On this channel you're going to find different builds and designs with a modern emphasis that are DIY friendly, mostly through woodworking, metalworking, construction and home renovations. Be sure to subscribe and enable all notifications! And thanks for watching!
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[@MakerGray]

Want to see more of my Outdoor Projects? Click here! bit.ly/3ttNBqI Thanks so much for watching!

[@1000_Julys]

So happy to have happened upon your channel, Erin! I've about binge watched all of your videos! You are extremely skilled. I also love cedar and love seeing your ideas. I will be moving in early June and I can't wait to try some of your ideas! I'm moving into a duplex that was built in 1937. I will be occupying the downstairs unit. It has a sun room off of the DR. I'd love to build a slimmer version of the outdoor dining table you made to use as a work bench/gardening table and add a shelf or two underneath for storage. I will have a perfect little fenced in yard for my dog to play around while I'm working outside. Both outdoor AC units occupy space in my little yard and are completely exposed. I'd like to use a slight variation of your beautiful outdoor bin privacy fence to make a "U" shaped privacy fence around these units to keep my dog safe from curiosity seeking and make my outdoor deck space more attractive and less noisy. I can buy pre-fabed sections like this from major hardware stores, and they aren't terribly expensive, and they are attractive in the online pictures. In your opinion, are these pre-fabed panels worth it? I'd like them to last several years, with little maintenance. Thank you for sharing your amazing work and ideas!

[@user-ph5qb6gq8b]

Great job! This is literally the first time that I see a murican building a solid slab foundation for something and it is for some trashcans.

[@vpfyi3351]

Wowwwww. I'm binging all ya builds

[@russianaloha4576]

Lol me too! 😂

[@whomeverwherever]

I just had a paver walkway added from my driveway to the side door on the garage where I park my bins. I no longer dread that area and no longer have to lumber through the dirt with the bins. Such a relief!

[@MakerGray]

Makes such a difference! I know this relief 😅

[@iymaanikoranteng]

Really enjoyed this project, I'm looking forward to doing this soon. The cement base was perfect! Thanks!

[@MakerGray]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it :)

[@VirgelCarr]

Thank you! I have the same problem and I intend to follow your suggestions! When I started to watch your video, I thought that it would be just another unskilled person making a mess out of a project. However, when I saw that you took the time to pull the wire up into the middle of the concrete, I knew that you weren't just an ordinary Joe doing a poor effort at a project. I like what you did and I will be doing something similar to hide my trash bins too! Thank you for inspiring me to go a little bit further and getting them hidden out of site!

[@MakerGray]

Such a nice comment - thank you!

[@ZalexMusic]

bolt cutter theme music is a nice touch

[@sportstertaco]

So simple but has such a huge impact! Great job.

[@MakerGray]

Right? Thank you!

[@TotalBoat]

Great project! It looks so amazing!

[@MakerGray]

Thank you for being a part of it and making my favorite outdoor finish, Total Boat! ❤️

[@iainf6]

Fantastic transformation Erin, great idea 👏👏👏😎😎😎😎

[@MakerGray]

Thank you! I agree :)

[@EthanCarterDesigns]

Awesome project and video as always! So much nicer to look at for sure!

[@MakerGray]

Thank you Ethan!

[@brianuhl8881]

Great job. Looks amazing!

[@MakerGray]

Thank you!

[@ellieboa]

love this! and glad you didn't have to burn your house down!

[@MakerGray]

Me too!! Haha thanks Ellie!

[@pj_fetscher]

Great job, Erin!! That mixer is a game changer..

[@MakerGray]

Sure is. Thanks Buddy!!

[@SteveC38]

Nicely Done!

[@MakerGray]

Thanks!

[@CoffeeWithFred]

First time watching your channel. Excellent video and great information! Subscribed!

[@MakerGray]

Hey thanks so much! And welcome!

[@diegodie2016]

Excellent video , great project! Greetings from Argentina.

[@MakerGray]

Thank you for watching!

[@mill9400]

Thanks for the great video, this inspired me to do something similar at the back of our house. I probably added 50 views watching and watching again for pointers.

[@MakerGray]

Love to hear this! Thanks for letting me know and enjoy the much better view :)

[@Dasan1111]

Amazing lady! I expected dry pour concrete for this project which doesn't need a large mixer from Homedepot. I hope you can show some dry pour concrete slabs later.

[@MakerGray]

Thanks!!

[@shawnkirsch]

Shoulda watched before my last go with concrete 😄

[@MakerGray]

I’m here for ya buddy 😂

[@johnbrazil7499]

You can get solar powered post cap lights that are simple to install. They will provide enough light to allow you to take the trash out at night & as a bonus the raccoons won’t have to dine in the dark. 😂😂😂

[@davidmattey3065]

Nicely done! (I got here via the Instructable and subscribed.)

[@MakerGray]

That's great to hear! Thanks for stopping by and for the sub!

[@roberthernandez7564]

Oh how I wish my soil was this soft. We have clay soil which turns to concrete when dry and the absolute worst kind of mud when wet. It's an absolute nightmare!

[@spillingtees313]

This is amazing and you're even more amazing for doing it. I got to find another method though. Too much for me. I will subscribe though because you may have more handier things I could accomplish on my own. Much success to you on your Channel.

[@MakerGray]

Thank you very much and welcome!

[@partypartida]

you rock!

[@megmcguirt647]

I love this build!!! Please, where did you get your taco push-stick?! I think this is an outdoor project for our list!

[@MakerGray]

Thanks!! I hope you build this! A friend of mine made the taco push stick. Isn't it great?!

[@peterslegers6121]

Pooring concrete can be such a great community get together! 3:40 A 5 people poor: easy peasy! 😄

[@Oxford322]

I have an exact place like this ! My next door neighbor was overrun w huge azalea bushes ( I have 4 dogs ) and am terrified of snakes - so I had this all cut down - unfortunately I can rlll the used poison after cutting ( it’s all that awful brown ) I have 2 huge trash bins that are sadly propped up w bricks ! I really want that side of my house to look ok

[@VictoreeMusik]

Super nice project. I'm going to give it a try... What size spade bit and galvanized bolts?

[@MakerGray]

Thanks! I have build plans here with all of the info inside! bit.ly/2VwB3D6

[@texasgemtree]

I loved your project! Good show! At 7:57, what is that semi circular tool you are using to push your wood with? I like!

[@MakerGray]

It's a push stick! It's just a handmade one that looks like a taco :)

[@MakerGray]

And thank you!

[@lenp00]

Nice job! I would have poured half the concrete than laid the mesh then poured the rest of the concrete.

[@VibewithStephanie]

That was a baby Black Racer :)

[@MakerGray]

I hope it raced to the neighbors house haha :)

[@Duke93720]

Should check for utility lines

[@MakerGray]

Definitely

[@TheHuntForSupper]

Total cost for this project without a cement mixer is under $300. To buy a cement from Menards is around $400. Great video bty!

[@hrcoronado]

✅

[@acreator24]

what were the dimensions of your concrete pad?

[@MaryOKC]

Now .. me…I’d go the lazy route and use pavers.

[@MakerGray]

Pavers would work just fine!

[@belladriver258]

Help the snake to find a new home. Is a garden snake they are more scared of you.

[@texassportingclays7996]

I hope you didnt kill the snake, its a good snake called a Rat Snake. It eats small mice and bugs and is harmless to humans.

[@MakerGray]

Definitely did not :) Happy to it to take care of those other things for us. We have an agreement - it doesnt bother me and i dont bother it.

[@daa43663]

why i love trash cans dont hide them pls

[@MakerGray]

Oscar is that you