Weekend Project: Trellis Over Garage Door
For quite a while now, I've wanted to build a trellis over the garage door. Now that the city building permits are closed, I have the time to screw around with some fun little tasks like this.
I took a spare 12 foot cedar 2x6 and ripped it into two 2x3s with the table saw. Then, I cut off each of the ends at a 30degree angle to match the support beams over the porches. After that, I made some simple 20" 2x2s out of some leftover scraps. I mounted the two 2x3s on the knee braces over the garage, then spaced the 2x2s 8" apart. I used 3 1/2" deck screws to fasten the 2x3s down, 2 1/2" deck screws for the 2x2s. Here are some pics:
Before:
After:
Close Up:
This house is starting to look pretty darn nice, I think...
posted by Greg at Monday, September 17, 2007
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2 Comments:
I love it! I've been wanting to do this for some time too. Did you have plans or did you just wing it? What type of wood did you use?
Oops, sorry I didn't respond to this sooner.
The braces are based on the classic "triangle knee braces" that you will see on a lot of houses from the Craftsman era. They are fur, primed and painted.
The trellis is cedar.
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