ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 เม.ย. 2024
- making slow and steady progress on our small garden trying to make the most of a small space that the family can enjoy during the summer. decided to make a batten wall with lights to improve the look of the corner area where we have our outdoor sofa.
I started off painting the awful rough brick wall with black sandtex paint I did this so I wouldn't be able to see the bricks through the spacers in between the battens. this took a long time even with a long pile roller and a large paint brush
once this was complete I collected 4.8m 2x1 battens from a local timber supplier. these were all cut to length and I attached 3 fence rails vertically to the wall.
then applied the battens to the rails with 17mm spacing in between and then painted it all with cuprinol silver copse paint.
fit 2x lights from Amazon and wired into a socket inside my kitchen.
refit the sofa and an outdoor rug from the-rugs.com and now have a lovely corner area to sit on a summer evening
#diy #slatwall #diyprojects #batten #diybatten #diyfence #smallgarden #smallgardenideas #garden #gardening #gardenglow #gardenseating #diycrafts #battenfence #diygarden
Most amazing thing to me is that paint didn't end up all over the decking!
Haha it's pretty thick paint almost paste like
@@Martinsdiyblack jack ?
@@Kierenstanden-qz7eu sandtex
@@Martinsdiy don’t you have to treat the wall before you paint it? I can’t remember what is called
Same here my misses is at this very moment painting bloody garden gnomes in the garden and I’m definitely going to have to get the jet wash out at the end🤷♂️😂😂
Great job. Personally I would have sprayed the bricks, then painted the uprights. That way you don’t see any wood behind the slats. What a great idea. Thank you for sharing this.
Or used a black membrane to keep the original brick colour the same as the house .Now it's painted that can never be removed .Plus I hoped he asked his neighbours because it looked like this was his neighbours extension wall
@@btet19he could media blast the paint of the brick. But you are right about asking the neighbours. If he didn't get permission then it's criminal damage and I would be fuming if my neighbors drilled into my house!!
@@kieranb7047 u r so right he could get in a lot of trouble
Well done, looks better but as a painter, I would have painted the wood all sides before fixing to the wall. It will last longer.
Yes some paint works well to extend the natural life of the timber , but NOT timber preserve as that accelerates deterioration as recent data has shown..
Wow what a great job, you made it look so decent. ❤
Great job, it looks really impressive.
Thank you 😊
That batten will defo be bowing in between then uprights after a year
Should have had them 400 centres for the sake of a few extra batons
Should have used better timber not shit white banana wood . Redwood at least
Worst case I'll replace them and add some more uprights so far so good though 👌 they're £2.60 a length you'd spend more on netflix over a year.
All black? Shame. It could have looked great.
Paul, Harris, David and Ricky meet up every Thursday and play model trains. Proper shi*e lives and ugly wives 😂😂
Well that has definitely inspired me do something with mine. It looks amazing.
Thank you 😊 it's definitely brightened up a dreary space
Great job that my mate!
Thank you 😊
Very good. Looks cracking.
well done man, i would have painted the frame before putting it up, just as I still haven't learned that yet 😂 but it's like painting trellace if not and that is a nightmare, yeh painting masonry takes forever as you can't just roll it out, also painting decking takes forever also for the same reason. Looking good man
Yes I would have actually painted all of it before I put it up in hindsight. It didn't take too long the wall painting was by far the worst bit but love it now
Jesus that’s a great bro well done sum difference 👏👏👏
Thanks man appreciate it
Nice job 👍
Brilliant job well done,that is some transformation,I am looking to build some type of pergola to sit underneath in the summer and I will do exactly what you did for the shed wall/back wall of the pergola
It's a nice cheap way to change the look of something 😊 I'd suggest painting before you put them up just makes life easier. Good luck with your project 👍
Great job!, looks cool.
Thank you! Cheers!
As a fellow someone who likes what they haven’t got, a brick wall would be sweet rather than my wooden cladding there now
Grey grey grey grey
I was bothered by the clothes line with the pegs through it all 😂 but well done, I love the finished product
Work in progress haha 🤣
That will be like a banana boat in no time at all. Great idea though
That won’t last long the weight of the wood will pull those crap screws out of the wall. You need masonry fixings and an impact to get a good tight finish and help carry the weight. Another couple of batons would help
These are masonry fixings and 100mm long. My front gate hinges are fixed into a brick wall using the same ones and have been there 3 years without any issue or movement.
Another tip paint the batons first .
What screws did you fix battens to brick with please?
Great for bugs and spiders to hid in and make nests and webs in the winter
Least I'll not have many flies in the garden 🤣 surprisingly not a single spiders web on it yet. Be no match for the jetwash
Straight out of b&q catalogue
could of just put up some black membrane rather than paint the bricks but still looks good.
I've actually just done this for the rest of the fence was much easier.
On a warning note, these bricks need to breathe... water retention when painted...
Hi my friend, just subscribed, love your work. Can I ask do you have a link to the lights you got from amazon?. much appreciated.
Thank you and sure this is the ones I've used you need to buy the bulbs separately. They've gone up since I purchased them but £17 each they're great. I bought led GU10 bulbs to go in them also. amzn.eu/d/id5IFCJ
Get a sprayer would of been quarter of the time
What kind of wood are the slats?
Very nice job there, gives me some ideas of my own. Btw where you get that nice rattan seating set.
Thank you. Actually off Facebook marketplace the brand is outsunny probably plenty of sellers that sell them was pretty cheap too
@@Martinsdiy thanks mate, keep up the good work, and enjoy your garden.
Does painting the bricks stop them breathing? Is this likely to cause any problems In the future?
I used sandtex paint which is meant for painting external brickwork and from what it says on the tin is permeable so allows the bricks to breathe.
More 50 shades of fecking grey
..
Don't worry Michael it's not your garden 👍 we like grey it's neutral and goes with other colours.
What size are the batons, they’re deffo not 2x1 !!!
49mm x22mm so pretty much 2x1
That one brick bottom middle right pisses me off
How much did the battens set you back mate?
I got them from a local timber supplier they were £26 for a pack of 10 4.8m lengths.
Just curious who’s wall is it 🤔
It's my next door neighbours outhouse/shed and I just asked permission before I did this. Our whole street is laid out the same way my other neighbours have rendered my wall on their side.
Thanks for your reply I was curious as we’ve a precast concrete garage as part of our boundary which is part of a garage block.
Did you need permission from your neighbour for drilling into their extension?
I did ask them yes they're actually just brick outhouses with a shed storage area in.
🫵🙌👌
What screws did you fix battens to brick with please?
I used something similar to these I don't know which brand as I got them from my parents shed 🤣 but you drill out the brick with a 7mm masonry bit then put these in they work great 👌
www.toolstation.com/masonry-torx-frame-fixing-screw/p60986?mkwid=_dm&pcrid=null&pkw=null&pmt=null&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw7NmzBhBLEiwAxrHQ-Y5Md7cqGq6wt7X94l8zUCOFiVhOBAy9925I4I-EoAKThuX8L7KzfRoCgC4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds