Last fall I replaced the lattice roof on the back porch with smoky lexan wavy panels and filled some rot. Overdue.
It's mostly protected from rain now which is nice.
Wanted to make a small privacy barrier for my neighbors that looked attractive. Bought some ornamental panels that turned out to be far too large by mistake. As it turned out the original design would overlap the empty space and not have the right "picture frame look" that I wanted. Went round and round on on paper with a calculator altering frame thicknesses, moving the panels around, and whether it would provide enough strength to hold up. Just barely not enough room.
The solution ended up being cutting 1" off the sides of the panels.
They are inlaid 1/2" into the wood frame on all sides and embedded in black outdoor caulk to prevent rattling in the wind. All top gaps were also caulked. The table saw was used to rip the slots in the wood and finished off with chisel. Fun new toy.The neat thing is that the pins can be popped out and the entire thing disassembled if a panel ever breaks.
