Where can I get cheap(er) trellis?

[Keefiedee]

I want some pieces of square trellis (6 x 6) for the garden and am fairly horrified at the price. Any suggestions?

Keith

[Bob Mannix]

errr. I think the clue is in the name of the newsgroup!

[Keefiedee]

Yes - point made! What sort of timber should I get though, and where from? Any hints?

Keith

[Bob Mannix]

-Yes - point made! What sort of timber should I get though, and where

-from? Any hints?

Trellis tends to be dry and well aired. Normal treated sawn timber would be OK or tanalised roof battens. For example 25mmx25mm from:

26p/m. Say 40m for a 6x6 would be about £10. This is chunkier than normal trellis though so a a trip to a local timber merchant might be advised - although after a few years the chunky one will still be solid. You may find, by the time you have factored in your time, you prefer to pay the higher price though. Steel screws will rust, but only slowly in a trellis - many years.

[Vortex2]

It seems that every year or two I buy a bundle of 25 x 50 roof battens, which I keep as a "consumable" behind the garage.

Recent Uses:

Custom weird trellis shapes. Stakes for fruit trees. Bicycle rack Nogging Greenhouse shelving supports.

Great stuff.

[Bob Mannix]

Yes, roof battens are an obvious source but they tend to be 38x25, ie even chunkier! Any wood you can get for free, of course, is by definition right :o)

[Dave Starling]

I just this weekend installed 7off 6x6 trellis against an existing fence for plants to grow onto. I fitted some of that cheap and nasty diamond trellis a couple of years ago but it looks cr*ppy now and is falling apart.

I drove to my local garden centre (notcutts) expecting to pay around =A318ish a panel. It was =A325 minus the obligatory penny) It looked winter weathered too :) Went to Wickes where it was listed as =A315 but out of stock. So good old B&Q to the rescue... =A315.98, plenty in stock and brand new too still bundled together. Its sold as with a 10 year warranty too if you don't sit it on the soil. At that price even if I bought the materials I don't think I could make it quick enough to pay for my time.

Installed with a standoff from the fence so theres plenty of room for the rasberry and honeysuckle to grow! It looks the biz!

Dave

[Stuart Noble]

We have willow and hazel nearby. Makes a nice rustic trellis if you have the time

[John Rumm]

Not convinced that works in this case. Our local fencing supplier will make it to order for less than the cost of the timber, let alone the nails. They dip it in wood preserver as well.

To the OP - see if you have a fencing company that can supply.

[Andy Dingley]

Withies (thin rods with the bark still on, probably of willow). It's work to assemble it and an awful lot of twine-tying, but it looks _so_ much better than inch wide sawn wood strips. The foundations can be galv. fencing wire on vine eyes, to get a stand-off from the wall.