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- Build a decorative screen from pallets yourself
- Obtain suitable crafting material in a legal way
- Build out of pallets lounge furniture and a privacy screen for the patio
- Heavyweights: adequately secure pallets in privacy protection
- Build a flowering screen or raised bed
- Tips
A privacy screen made of pallets can be embellished with plants
Build a decorative screen from pallets yourself
From wooden pallets not only cult suspicious furniture, but also all sorts of things for the garden can be built. As the pallets conform to a standardized European standard (so-called "Europalette"), making and building with this type of recycling material is usually very uncomplicated.
Obtain suitable crafting material in a legal way
For some years, the hand and home improvement with wooden pallets has erupted a veritable hype. In addition, the economic development ensures that the Euro pallets intended for multiple use are usually only taken out of the economic cycle if there are significant signs of material fatigue. In order to get to the estimated pallets due to their stability, it is worth asking a trade or commercial enterprise. Although Euro pallets are usually accepted and returned after a swap and deposit system, pallets still often accumulate at some points in the pallet cycle, and sometimes they have to be disposed of cost-effectively. Since the transport of relatively bulky and heavy pallets over long distances is tedious, worth an online search for possible pallet sources in the vicinity.
Build out of pallets lounge furniture and a privacy screen for the patio
With an appropriate protective coating, lounge furniture made of wooden pallets can be left outdoors for a few years. For example, for a comfortable lounge chair outdoors, just three pallets are stacked and screwed together. Another, skilfully sawn-off pallet creates armrests and the backrest. While wooden pallets for the furniture industry must first of all be sanded thoroughly smooth, any wood splinters interfere with the construction of a privacy screen only conditionally. Of course, a particularly characteristic aesthetic results if the privacy screen and terrace furniture are equally made from recycled pallets.
Heavyweights: adequately secure pallets in privacy protection
In order to be able to build a high privacy screen yourself, you need a suitable foundation as well as stable pillars for securing the second and sometimes third row of pallets. If the very heavy pallets are stacked with insufficient security, this could lead to not inconsiderable injuries in the event of an accident. They can build a suitable holder, for example, with stable square wood from the hardware store, which are connected by Erdhülsen or a concrete foundation with the ground.
Build a flowering screen or raised bed
Similar to a Gabion stone wall, a privacy screen made of pallets may seem a bit nude after the first enthusiasm has subsided. But you can easily spice up a pallet wall in different ways:
If two pallets are joined upright and screwed together, the upper part can be used with a corresponding lining as a raised bed.
Tips
Old pallets sometimes have a patina caused by the weathering, which can be quite attractive. With a grinder but not too weathered pallets and the original wood color can be "tickled out" quickly.