Enclo Privacy Screens ZP19052 Liberty Lattice 42in H X 39in W x 36in L Freestanding Enclosure to Cover Outdoor Garbage or AC Units White Vinyl Privacy Screen

Finally... A product that takes the weather and looks awesome on our back patio area. The previous homeowner designed the home, but decided to place the huge AC unit in a slightly intrusive place on our large patio. It disguised it perfectly. Slightly tough to piece together, but worth it in the end.

The Liberty AC Screen was easy to put together. I used my kitchen island as my workspace and that made it easy. I saved over $50.00 buying it from Amazon. At the Zippty Outdoor website it is listed at 185.00. I added stakes to 4 legs since this would be sitting on mulch covered yard. I bought 4 white fence posts at Lowes (item# 105121) and trimmed them down to 4 inches and inserted them inside the legs. They fit perfect and will prevent screen from moving. Very pleased with the results.

The media could not be loaded.  I am SO disappointed in this product.It was REALLY a pain to put together,first because of the way you have to assemble the lattices, and then because I had no drill , and you had to screw through the end caps and the Vinyl post.In the end, once it was together, I was somewhat satisfied that it would do the job I got it for… because it was dark, with only my porch light to see it by. I thought it looked great in the dim light.But then when I went out in the daylight to look at it, ....I guess I expected that because they sold this for the specific purpose of hiding AC units or trash cans, that it would actually hide them. But for me It doesn't hide anything! The gaps in the lattices are so big you see right through it. Maybe that’s bec use my AC unit isn’t almost 4 feet tall? Maybe the lattice would distract the eye from the unit better if it came up all the way to the top bars of the panels.I still think it should hide it better, but I suppose it’s possible it could distract your eyes IF your AC unit is tall enough so you would focus more onthe lattice work, but I thought this was supposed to hide it enough that you would not really see the AC unit through the lattice.I don’t think you could separate the panels and then successfully put them back together in a very stable way if you rver had to move, because it doesn’t use screw holes to hold it together. It relies on the friction between the screw &vinyl to hold it secure.Once you take those panels apart, you would need the screws to go in the exact same spot /hole you created, or risk destroying the holes beyond use. Plus there is the possibility they just won’t hold as tight once you tookthem out and then tried to put it together a second time.Overall this seems to me not worth the expense, but maybe if you never have to disassemble it, and your AC unit is high enough to reach the too bar of the panel, it “might” distract your eyes enough fromwhat you are hiding that you would be happy with the results.Maybe if your AC is on the side of your house or sometging and its just todatisfy a HOA so you can’t see the unit obviously fromthe street. If that isyour purpose, maybeit would work for you.But for me, our unit isinour back patio area right next to where our patio chairs will be, be ause tgd people who built this Apartment complex had the foresight to put the trash container spot outside the fence, but not the AC :(I personally willhave to look for another solution. I just totally wasted $116. I feel like I just threw that money away :(For me, thissoean’t work at all.

Once it was assembled, I was very pleased with the finished product. That said, I'm not sure I would have ordered it had I realized it would come in so many pieces. It's a good thing I didn't know. I'm so glad I got it. I thought I would receive 3 panels that would need to be attached. Instead, I received all of the individual pickets or slats unassembled. The first one was a little tricky figuring out the best way to get those slats inserted and lined up so I could put the bottom and top pieces on. If you're too old or out of shape to get down on the floor, it will be difficult without help. I saw a man on Utube assemble the panels standing up by placing them in the bed of his truck. Anyhoo, very nice product after an hour of sometimes frustrating assembly.

Used for air conditioner and to keep litte fingers away from unit. Didn't take long to put together. Instructions were a waste of time. I put the frame together first, which I highly recommend. The horizontal and vertical pickets are flexible enough to put into place. There was 1 pickets missing, as you could see in the photo. I contacted the company and it is already being delivered. Great customer service.

Firstly, once completed, the A/C privacy screen looks nice; however, second and most importantly, the entire assembly was a lesson in adversity and difficult. The paper instructions claim it should take 45-minutes to assemble. Really? What with the seemingly zillions of separate pieces, it took me 3-hours, but it could’ve been longer had I not gotten some help! It should be noted that the video instructions in the Amazon add doesn’t exactly match the actual install (the front screen panel is different in the video with more assembly holes similar to the side panels; the actual front panel doesn’t have the extra holes). In addition, the pre-drilled holes were slightly off which made assembly a challenge (I had to re-drill some of the holes), and there were only 22 of the 24 1/4” self-angering steel screws that came with the kit (I needed those two extra screws, but was able to make due with similar screws I had in my tool box). Worst, though, was discovering that the final assembly, installing the side panels to the front panel, wasn’t properly covered in the instructions. I had to call Zippity to learn that the 4” self-tapping screws needed to be drilled through the front panel’s plastic end caps! This was definitely not shown in the Amazon video, either! Frankly, I don’t know if the bolts through the plastic caps will hold over time, but I guess I’m going to find out. Had I read reviews by other customers (something I usually do), I probably wouldn’t have purchased this screen, and I can’t say I’m glad I did. That all said, again, it does look nice and it seems solid, but I question how long it’ll last before falling apart.