Building a cedar trellis partition for the BBQ corner

Build an attractive corner for your barbecue. You can build this partition with standard wood, but it is preferable to use treated wood for better resistance to bad weather. Use parts and a treillis made of cedar if this material is available in your area.

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1. Select and cut the parts
2. Make the rails
3. Cut and assemble the lateral walls
4. Assemble the treillis
5. Proceed to the final assembly

1. Select and cut the parts

1.1 

Set aside six, 2 × 4 × 96 in. posts.

1.2 

From the remaining 2 × 4 in. cut four cross beams of 24 ½ in. each and two of 72 in.

1.3 

Screw one of the 2 × 4 × 24 ½ in. cross beam between two, 2 × 4 × 96 in. posts, so as to have the lip at 4 in. from the extremity of the posts. This cross beam will be the lower one.

1.4 

Cut, six pieces of 2 × 3 in. of 89 in. in length, four of 21 ½ in. and two others of 69 in.

1.5 

Cut six pieces of 1 × 2 in. of 22½ in. in length.

2. Make the rails

Put all the 2 × 3 in. pieces through a bench saw so as to make a score line of 9/16 in. deep on the entire length. These scores will be used as "rails" to insert the pieces of wood and the trellis. Make a score of ½ in. or ¾ in. wide (depending on the thickness of the trellis used), in two of the pieces of 2 × 3 × 89 in. and in the two pieces of 2 × 3 × 69 in. Make scores of 1 ½ in. wide in the other 2 × 3 in. pieces. To make these scores, use dado blades.

3. Cut and assemble the lateral walls

3.1 

Screw the two pieces of 2 × 3 × 89 in. of which the rail is 1½ in. wide, inside the posts of step 3. The 2 × 3 in. must be centered with the 2 × 4 in. and lean on the lower cross beam.

3.2 

Screw one piece of 2 × 3 × 21½ in. onto the lower cross beam, between the two pieces of 2 × 3 in. screwed previously (see point 3.1).

3.3 

With a drill, make holes of 1/8 in. in the bottom of the lower "rail", at approximately 4 in. from one another; drill through the 2 × 3 in. and the 2 × 4 in. together. These holes will help the water drain.

3.4 

From the bottom of the rail of the 2 × 3 in., measure 21¾ in. and put markings on the two sides of the posts. From these markings, measure again 21¾ in. and repeat one last time. You will then have three markings on each post, indicating the centre of the horizontal pieces, defining in this way, four squares of 21 ¾ in. in height.

3.5 

Measure the distance between two diagonal markings of a same "square" and cut one piece of 1 × 3 in. which will be 1 in. longer than this distance (approximately 31 in.).

3.6 

You then cut the edges of this board so as to get the proper angle and so that once it slides in the rails of the 2 × 3 in. side panels, the higher extremity of this piece is a little lower than the marking on the post. Cut 15 more boards in the same manner.

3.7 

Slide the second board in the rails, so as to form an X with the first one.

3.8 

Slide a horizontal piece of 1 × 2 × 22½ in. between the two posts, then alternate with X’s and horizontal pieces. Set aside for now.

3.9 

Center (as well on the length as on the width) a piece of 2 × 3 × 21½ in. on a cross beam of 2 × 4 × 24½ in. then, screw them together from the inside of the rail.

3.10 

Screw this piece at the extremity of the structure that you had set aside. This will close the frame and will hold all the inserted pieces in place. The latter will not need any other anchoring method.

3.11 

Assemble the second lateral small wall in the same manner.

4. Assemble the treillis

As far as the trellis goes, it is inserted in a frame made up of two posts of 2 × 4 × 96 in. and two cross beams of 2 × 4 × 72 in. to which the corresponding 2 × 3 in. pieces are screwed (2 × 3 in. parts with a rail of ½ in (or ¾ in.) wide). The 70 in. long trellis, is in two parts: one is 48 in. wide and the other 39 in. This one must be cut carefully so that the squares correspond with those of the 48 in. part.

5. Proceed to the final assembly

Screw the lateral small walls to the trellis.
Using the right equipment, your determination and a bit of elbow grease, the successful completion of this project is just a few steps away!
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