Condo 5x8 patio needs ideas for privacy please
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It's on the 3rd floor facing the street. I have 2 large ficus trees for privacy. I need to remove them as difficult to water with my back problem. Suggestions for privacy ? And simple design?
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The first thing you have to do is contact your association and see what is NOT allowed.
If you can't permanently attach anything to the railing or build anything permanent, you can achieve privacy by making a trellis type screens by building a frame with lattice inset. You would not need this to be any more than about 5-1/2 to 6' tall.
Think "folding screen" except you could make these in 3 pieces 24" wide (with the 2x2 edging you would come out with 7' coverage). Then brace it in place with your patio furniture or pots with climbing vines!
Another idea is that if you are handy, build a bench with a very tall back!!!
Jeanette is right about checking first with the rules and regs of your condo association/strata is see what kinds of structures, materials, and even colors may or may not be allowed.
If you are limited to a privacy screen that is not permanently attached to the outside (perhaps considered common walls) then make sure that there is a provision to either retract, roll up, collapse, or cover up for additional protection from the wind.
I have seen tarps and fabric curtains, even from the second floor, being lifted off their anchors and fly away in the wind like sails on a ship.
Expanding Trellis with Artificial Foliage attached already QVC?
Below is a picture of planters with little lattice walls that could be made into seating or storage instead of plants. Also photos of bamboo fencing and bamboo roll up shades. In this link you can order bamboo shades, bamboo fencing and screens,
https://www.wayfair.com/Radiance-Radiance-Outdoor-Natural-Reed-Blind-Roll-Up-Shade-0360366-L641-K~LHZ1173.html?refid=GX103455985363-LHZ1173&device=c&ptid=161969283436&targetid=pla-161969283436&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2M6Qqpid1wIVgYp-Ch3DKQk5EAQYAyABEgIbSfD_BwE GOOD LUCK.
http://www.hometalk.com/diy/grow/landscaping/how-to-make-an-easy-patio-privacy-screen-step-by-step-tutorial-2087206
How to Make an Easy Patio Privacy Screen {Step-by-Step Tutorial}
Lattice comes in vinyl now in all colors you could put some up and plant a vine on it or hang plants from it for fairly nice privacy. It comes in sheets 4 x 8 and if you stood them up it would give great privacy.