Forming beds from boards is one of the most simple and affordable ways to decorate your garden . Designing beds from the boards with your own hands is a very simple process. It is much more difficult to choose a garden board for the beds and its height. The fact is that conventional thin boards are not your option, if you plan on high-quality and durable design. In addition, it is important to think about the material, namely the type of wood and the ability to cover it with a protective layer.
How to make beds from boards?
First of all, one should think about how to impregnate the planks for the beds. As a rule, on sale there are always special means from decay and fungus formation. Of the most available, bitumen and vitriol are used, they are less likely to take linseed oil or the product is snowed. Sometimes there is a smear to think about and more expensive options like penetrating impregnations of pinotex or oil paints. And now a little instruction on how to make beds from boards:
- First of all, on the perimeter of the planned bed, we remove the turf layer.
- We put boards (in our case this is a solid beam) and level everything with a level. If the boards are low, you can stack additional sand or planks under them.
- The next stage of the formation of beds from the boards with their own hands is alignment. Checking the design is the easiest way diagonals.
- Rubber hammer rattling the boards and make a minimum gap between them, once again check the level.
- Self-tapping screws and screwdrivers are your assistants in fixing the structure. If you make a good fence of beds of boards with a large thickness, it is better to drill holes a little less than the width of the screws for ease of fixing.
- Ensuring the strength of our beds from the boards is this way: on top fixes one more board, but it must overlap the joint.
- Next, lay the geotextile on the bottom and fill the drainage layer.
- On the perimeter of the beds from the boards we make a blind for the convenience of caring for the plants.
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