The way to Construct an Outside TV Cupboard
Constructing an outside TV cupboard isn’t arduous in any respect. And the result’s greater than well worth the effort. Better of all, you’ll be capable to watch the sport — or the rest — whereas eating or lounging in your deck or patio.
Supplies
- Half-inch handled plywood
- Strain-treated 2-by-6s
- Coated deck screws
- TV mount and {hardware}
- Drill
- Degree
- Wooden glue
- Galvanized nails
- Fence boards
- Gate hinges
- Peel-and-stick roofing starter strip
The way to Construct an Outside TV Cupboard
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1. Set up the again. Begin with a chunk of half-inch pressure-treated plywood. This board attaches to the fence or wall on the again aspect and it’s the place you’ll set up the TV mount on the entrance aspect.
This plywood additionally types the again of the cupboard’s ‘field.’ The piece’s dimensions are decided by the scale of the TV. Simply permit a number of inches of additional area on all sides.
2. Set up the perimeters. On both aspect of the plywood, connect pressure-treated 2-by-6s by driving coated deck screws at an angle into the fence. These 2-by-6s function the 4 sides of the out of doors TV cupboard. Nonetheless, a deeper TV might require wider materials.
3. Screw within the TV mount. Set up the TV mount on the plywood, as directed on the mount’s package deal. Enable area for the TV to hold on the rails.
4. Construct the cupboard doorways. We’re making cupboard doorways from pressure-treated fence boards. This may mimic the sample of the fence behind the cupboard. The boards overlap one another by about an inch. We’re utilizing waterproof wooden glue and galvanized nails to safe all the pieces collectively.
5. Add reinforcement. On the again of every door, we connect a horizontal piece on the high and backside, with a diagonal piece working between so as to add power.
6. Set up hinges. Connect the doorways to the cupboard utilizing unusual gate hinges.
7. Add water resistance. To maintain out the rain, we apply peel-and-stick roofing starter strip to the highest of the cupboard. Be sure that it overlaps the entrance edge. Then we cowl that edge with a strip of the fence materials to create a shed-style roof for the cupboard with the scraps from our fence boards. Once more, we use 1-inch overlap patterns.
8. Stain it. As soon as we coat the cupboard with stain to guard it, we’re able to mount this out of doors TV cupboard and start having fun with it!
Watch the video above for step-by-step instructions