10 ft long trellis....

[coggles]

We recently moved into a new house and in our garden there are some 4ft and 6ft high fences. We are happy with the 6ft fences but would like to put trellis on top of the 4ft fences for a little more privacy, (we don't want to replace the 4ft fences with 6ft ones). The problem is, each fence panel is 10ft wide and the widest trellis we have seen in our local stores is 6ft (1.8m). We would prefer 'diamond' shaped but would use square if need be. Does anyone know where we can buy 'off the shelf' 10ft trellis or are we destined to have to have it specially made?

[darth vader]

how about two 5 foot sections?

I had to get one for an awkward length and found you can buy "stretchable" ones i.e. they can be shortened or widened to suit - BandQ (you are from the UK yeah?) do all sorts of sizes, colours, types, of these stretchable ones (I've forgotten what this effect is but it has a name - kind of like a wine rack that you can pull at the corners to stretch) If you don't understand what i'm on about i'll try explain a different way.

[coggles]

Thanks D.V. for info. We did consider putting two 5ft trellis panels up, but wondered how to fix them together in the middle so they would withstand bad weather etc. What did you do with yours?

[darth vader]

the stretchable trellising i used didn't go on top of the fence, but was nailed to the front of it - I used it to encourage a clematis and a honeysuckle to grow up the fence (in two separate locations.)

[coggles]

Thanks again - will try that! Easter weekend sorted then! We obviously have similar ideas, as we are going to put in the same plants, plus some ivy.

[Hard@it]

Generally imperial nine feet high is the height limit for boundaries don't suppose a foot matters much, but depends on where you are and your neighbours