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How to build a timber screen
Overview
Steps
Attach a plinth board for the base
You'll need to start with a level base to support your timber screen. To make one, attach a plinth board to your frame using a nail gun. Just make sure the board is level when you attach it. You can also pack some dirt underneath the board to help you get it level.
Dig your post holes
Make a check-out in your vertical post
You'll need to measure and cut a check-out in your load-bearing vertical post. This is so it can sit in your hole directly above your frame. Place your post in the hole and mark it at the top of the plinth. You'll also need to measure the thickness of the frame you're making the cut-out for – in this case it's 50mm. Use a circular saw to make cuts down to your required thickness and then knock these out with a hammer and chisel. Then use a chisel to clean up your checkout.
Measure and mark out the post height
Mark out notches in post for horizontal rails
You need to use horizontal rails to support your pickets. That means you'll need to make notches in your post for these rails. After deciding the heights your rails will be, mark out the notches on your post. Use an offcut from your rails to make your marks.
Cut out notches in post
Cut your post to height
Now you're ready to cut your post to the height you have measured out. This should be above the notch you have made for the top rail.
Concrete your posts in the holes
Drill holes in your post
Mark your post about a third of the way up and a third of the way down for your bolts. Drill a hole through your post with a spade bit. Then with a 11mm drill bit, drill through the hole you've made for the bolt to go into.
Drill into the brickwork
Then, using a 10mm masonry drill bit and a hammer drill, make your holes in the brickwork for your bolts to go into.
Insert and tighten your bolts
Hammer your bolts into the holes you have made. Then use a 1/2inch socket set to tighten the bolts to the wall.
Mark out your second post
Nail railings to your posts
Using a nail gun, attach your railings to your posts. Make sure that the nails go in at a slight angle so they don't pull straight out. You need to put in up to four nails at each notch to make sure the railing is secure enough to hold the pickets.
Mark and drill holes in your pickets
Attach your pickets
Attach the pickets to the frame using the 50mm galvanised timber screws. After screwing in your first screw on each picket, make sure you use a spirit level to keep your pickets straight before screwing in the second screw.
Use a spacer between pickets
Attach your screen capping
More D.I.Y. Advice
Please make sure you use all equipment appropriately and safely when following the advice in these D.I.Y. videos. You need to be familiar with how to use equipment safely and follow the instructions that came with the equipment. If you are unsure, you may feel it is safest to consult an expert, such as the manufacturer or an expert Bunnings Team Member.
Grave health hazards are linked to asbestos, which may be in homes built up to 1990. Health hazards may result from exposure to lead-based paints in older materials and copper chromium arsenic (CCA) treated timber. For information on the dangers of asbestos, lead-based paint and CCA treated timber and tips for dealing with these materials contact your local council's Environmental Health Officer.