I’m actually a gardener, but I have a question that I’m hoping someone can answer for me. I have four metal trellis’ that I would like to hang on the side of my garage. I bought some screw in hooks and thought I would just drill holes in the clapboard siding. My husband thinks this is a bad idea. I wanted to be able to take them off so if I needed to repaint I could. Does anyone have any suggestions or is it alright to drill holes in our siding? Thanks so much.
Zone 5/6 Massachusetts
“I’ll have that on the side.”
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I've heard of or seen (but don't remember where) trellises that were hinged at the bottom to pivot down for painting. You could mount permanent "stand-offs" of blocks of wood, pressure treated wood, or Azek or other wood substitute so you wouldn't damage the siding when you remove the trellis for painting. I'd caulk around the tops and sides of the blocks, probably run a bead before mounting and maybe put caulk in any holes I drilled for screws. You might be able to find a glue or adhesive that would stick the blocks to the siding so you didn't have to make holes in the siding. (If it's wood clapboards, probably adhesive caulk would work fine and be a little more removable if you ever decide to take them down than if you were to use something like construction adhesive.
Personally I'd try to avoid any holes in the siding.
Our trellises are full height so I attached them to the rafter tails at the top and wired them to stakes at the bottom. Of course, this is California and we don't do soffits, which makes it easier. If you look closely you can see the angle bracket and bolt in the picture. (Variegated Bower Vine - Pandorea jasmonides; the trellis is an old fence - looks much better verticle than horizontal!)
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Edited 7/15/2006 12:18 pm by wrudiger