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Mounting your new trellis directly to the wall using spacers is the quickest and easiest method of attaching it. Plus it leaves plenty of space between the trellis and the wall for the vines to twine and air to circulate. It's tightly secured to the wall if you have a windy location, but still easy to take down for painting or other maintenance.
 Video — step-by-step
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Step one — Cut the PVC. This method involves just four 3 1/2-inch-long screws and either four 1 1/8 inch-long copper pipe couplings, or pieces of 1/2-inch-diameter PVC pipe. I'm using PVC, so I cut the pipe with a hacksaw into 1 1/8-inch sections. You can make them longer if you want to keep the trellis further away from the wall , but you'll need longer screws. Now, if you want, you can paint the pipe sections to match the wall or the trellis, or leave them neutral.
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Try to locate the studs in the wall. If the screws go into a stud, your trellis will be more secure.You can often spot a nail head in the siding, or purchase a stud finder at your home improvement store. Mark these locations on the wall. Hold the trellis against the fence or wall where you want to attach it. Adjust it so you can line up a stud and a part of the trellis frame. Mark the locations on the wall and on the trellis where you want to put screws. They may go through the side edge of the trellis as I'm doing in the photo. Or they may have to go through the top and bottom edges of the frame. It all depends where the studs are in the wall.
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Step two — Attach with screws. If you're working with a friend, have him or her hold the trellis in place while you level it and then predrill the holes.
If you're working alone, here's a system that works for me: After leveling it and marking where to drill, take the trellis down and predrill all the holes in it. Then, while holding the trellis in position on the wall, drill through one of the holes in the trellis into the wall. I like to pick one of the upper corners first. Put the screw in and tighten it part way. Now, hold the trellis up to the marks, making sure it's level and drill another hole. Drive another screw in part way. Now you can drill the rest of the holes, but don't put the screws in yet.
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Back the screws out and insert a piece of PVC pipe between the trellis and the wall. Then put the screws back in through the trellis and the spacer into the wall, but don't tighten them completely yet. Repeat this with the other holes and then tighten all of the screws.
Now your trellis is firmly attached to the wall and there is enough space for vines to wrap around the wood.
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