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Support for climbing plants

lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
in Garden design
Hello everyone!
I would like to grow a climber or two up the west facing side of my house. Looking online, trellis seems expensive. The delivery costs more than the trellis panel!!Do you have any other ideas of what I could use please?
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    You could use horizontal wire tensioned thru a set of vine eyes at 12 to 18"/30 to 40cm intervals up your wall, depending on what you plan to grow.   Make sure you use good quality rawl plugs to hold the vine eyes which you will fin in any good DIY stall.  Wire and tensioners can be found in the wire mesh fencing section.  Easy to make to fit your wall, easy to transport yourself and it will last a lot longer than wooden trellis panels.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    Thankyou Obelixx. Do I drill into the brick or mortar?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I'm no expert but I reckon the bricks will be stronger.   
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    That's what I thought. Thankyou for your help
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2018
    Fix the vine eyes into the cement joints between the bricks, not the bricks themselves.

    If you fix them into the bricks you may cause cracking ... frost will get into and expand the cracks and the brick will be damaged and need replacing ... a much bigger (and more expensive) job than replacing a cement joint. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    Ah ok, thankyou Dove. Was hoping to do it today but the rain has put paid to that again!!
  • stuart.dotstuart.dot Posts: 127
    I'd always drill into the brick. If the hole's the right size for the plug, there should be no danger of cracking. Mortar is unpredictable to say the least.
  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    Bearing in mind I'm an amateur DIYer?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Up to you ... I do as I was told (in this matter only ;) ) by my ex ... a qualified and experienced master builder.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I bought a roll of this
    http://www.wilko.com/garden-screening+trellis-fencing/wilko-pvc-coated-wire-fence-green-10m-x-900mm/invt/7463052
    It’s extremely good but you will need to either put battens on your wall or bang tall stakes in to tack it too.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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