mount outdoor trellis with glue

aiHandle

Anyone tried to mount wooden frames to outside walls with just adhesive i.e. without screws?

We live in an apartment and have a balcony that we'll like to mount a trellis on (specifically the Ikea ASKHOLMEN Trellis). Rather than go through the pain of getting leasehold approval to drill holes etc, was thinking it might work with adhesive instead.

By itself the trellis is about 4-5kgs, the wall is rendered (not sure what kind of material) so the adhesive would need to be weatherproof and be able to bond wood to the wall.

Not sure what brand/type of adhesive would be best for this job, or if it would even be strong enough to bear the weight?

Anyone with experiences to share?

Cheers

Silvertabby

Don't think that will work. Would fitting some sort of 'feet' to the trellis, so it's free standing, be an option.





Something like this.?.. this is £20 from Argos, if you haven't already bought your Ikea one.





or this ? £25 from Argos. (No, I don't work for Argos - these were just the first 2 that google threw out)

aiHandle

actually they're both pretty good alternatives!! thanks for the suggestions will check them out

stragglebod

For simple things like this will the management company not accept an email request?

aiHandle

possibly... although just thought if i had the option of getting more of less the same result without drilling then still works out easier and less fuss

Davesnave

If I had to fix trellis to a rendered wall with glue, I'd first screw small pieces of narrow batten to the high points on the trellis, mark the position of these on the wall and then use blobs CT1 clear at these points to stick the trellis on.

I'd first work out how to hold the trellis in that position for a few hours till the glue has cured.

TiredDonna

Would removing the trellis (and glue) later not still damage the wall? Might it not pull some of the render off?

aiHandle

Davesnave, yep I kind of had that in mind. Or use some sets of metal mounting brackets which would glue to the wall and have the trellis sit on that rather than glue the trellis directly to the wall.

TiredDonna, that was also floating around in the back of my mind as well. I looked up various ways to get the glue off and apparently with some directed heat treatment (depending on the glue type) it might be possible ... as in you could possibly "melt" the glue off therefore not ripping the render...

At the moment though I think i'm going down the route of a self standing planter / trellis like the ones posted by Silvertabby. The sizes fit well and won't require any glue or drilling - win-win

Just under 1metre would be ideal size for us:
https://www.homebase.co.uk/lattice-garden-planter-large_p421812
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2967017 (out of stock?)

There are also ones half the size in case anyone else is looking for one:
https://www.aldi.co.uk/gardenline-lattice-wooden-planter/p/076006277544701
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3056532

forgotmyname

Several problems...

The glue will leave obvious marks on the rendering, after a few months it will be obvious something was fixed there.

The glue maybe stronger than the render and it could pull down a large section of render.

Some glues and sealants are good at their jobs.

I have a curtain rail held up by "sticks like sh*t" yep thats the real name and its been up for many years.

Just removed a bath splash screen, removed all the screws and just 2 beads of sealant still held the frame to the tiles. Trying to slice through the sealant by flexing the frame for a sharp blade cracked and pulled away some of the tiles.

Imagine the bill if your glue pulls that render down.