White Concrete Lattice Screen - Ventilation and Privacy for the Garden
Concrete Lattice Screen: dividing without fully closing off
Sometimes you don't want a wall. You want to block the neighbour's view but keep the light, or separate the pool area without turning the garden into a dark corridor. The concrete lattice screen does exactly that: it's a pierced piece that's stacked to form panels that block the view while letting light and air through, with 8 different designs that can be combined with each other.
✅ Key advantages
Privacy with light: it screens the view without darkening the space, unlike a solid wall or a blind fence.
Ventilates: air circulates through the panel, which is welcome in enclosed patios, washing areas and barbecue zones.
8 combinable designs: they can be used individually or mixed in the same panel to build highly decorative walls.
Two thicknesses: 5 cm and 8 cm. The 8 cm one is the stronger and recommended for tall panels or ones exposed to wind.
Weatherproof: high-performance concrete, very low maintenance, and it can be painted if you want to change the tone.
Quick assembly: it's stacked course by course with 3 to 5 mm joints, saving time and labour compared to traditional masonry.
🏗️ Recommended applications
Separating zones within the garden: pool, vegetable garden, play area, outdoor dining.
Gaining privacy on terraces, balconies and rooftop flats without blocking the light.
Screening washing lines, bins, pool filtration units and air-conditioning equipment.
Decorative walls and ornamental lattice on top of a block wall.
Mixed fences, combining the lattice with wood or aluminium.
Support for climbing plants.
📋 Technical data sheet
Material: high-performance concrete.
Designs: 8 different models, combinable with each other.
Thicknesses: 5 cm and 8 cm (the 8 cm one is stronger).
Coverage: 8 pieces per m² in the 50 × 25 cm format.
Colour: white. Can be painted with exterior paint.
Maximum spacing between pillars: 5 metres.
Joints: 3 to 5 mm with plastic spacers.
Use: outdoor. Not a structural product.
⚠️ What it is and isn't
The lattice screen is not a structural enclosure and doesn't replace a plot boundary fence: it isn't designed to carry loads or resist lateral thrust. Its job is to ventilate, screen the view and decorate. That's why it's always installed between pillars spaced no more than 5 metres apart, which are what actually carry the load, and it's started and capped with 45 × 12 × 4 cm guide pieces: the 5 cm-groove one for 5 cm lattice and the 8 cm-groove one for 8 cm lattice. That guide is the only thing you need besides the lattice itself, the mortar and the pillars.
🧰 Installation
Prepare the base. Cap the wall or base with wall coping and wait 24 hours. The surface must be smooth, clean and level.
Wet the pieces. Soak them in water for about 10 minutes before installing, so they don't draw water out of the mortar.
Lay the starter guide. Bed the guide piece of the matching thickness, with the groove facing up, and check level and alignment along the whole run.
Build up course by course. Install the lattice keeping level and plumb, with 3 to 5 mm joints marked with plastic spacers. Mix pieces from different pallets so tone differences don't show.
Cure the work. After 8 hours, dampen the panel and repeat for 2 days; then let it dry for at least a further 48 hours.
Cap and protect. Cap with the guide piece, fill and clean the joints, and apply a water-repellent treatment. Don't use acidic products or high-pressure water.
📦 Available formats
20 × 5 × 20 cm: 510 units per pallet.
20 × 8 × 20 cm: 330 and 180 units per pallet depending on design.
25 × 5 × 25 cm: 320 units per pallet.
25 × 18.3 × 5 × 18.3 × 25 cm (octagonal design): 320 units per pallet.
50 × 5 × 25 cm: 160 units per pallet.
50 × 8 × 25 cm: 160 units per pallet.
Colour: white, across all designs and thicknesses.
💡 Professional tip: the mistake that ruins these jobs is treating the lattice as if it were a load-bearing block. It isn't. If you build a long panel with no intermediate pillars, or go beyond 5 metres between supports, the wall cracks diagonally at the first frost or the first gust of wind, and there's no fixing it: it has to come down. Set out the pillars before you buy, and if the panel will be exposed or will rise more than a metre and a half, go straight for the 8 cm thickness. And another classic: don't empty one whole pallet before opening the next. White concrete varies slightly in tone between batches, and if you install pallet by pallet the wall ends up banded. Alternate pieces from two or three pallets as you go.
