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Re: building raised beds

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> Hi All,
> I'm about to put together my raised beds. Had to hand pick out each board.
> It's getting hard to find good boards. My questions is this; I'm thinking
of
> using galvanised angle irons to hold the 2'x12' boards together at the
> corners

   Two four inch lag screws should hold th corners with pipe straping going
around the corners to a one inch drywall screw.  This is the galvanized
metal colied strips you have seen in the hardware dept.  It has alternating
1/4 inch and 3/8 inch holes and is a damn site cheaper than angle irons.

   > instead of wood. I thought they might be able to help keep the boards
from
> splitting as they will be screwed in from the top to the bottom of the
> boards and they wouldn't rot. Any other suggestions? I'm thinking that
I'll
> need to sink in a 4x4 post at about the middle of the 12' span to keep the
> boards from bowing. I really don't want to put them on the outside because
> of the look but I think that that really might be the better way to do it
as
> far as strength. Again any suggestions as to other materials I could use
for
> this?

   One half or one inch rerod 2/3 feet long might work.  You might find it
cheap at a local scrap yard.  Even the angle iron rails from an old bed
should hold.  For looks a touch of paint and they would all but dissapear.
I would place the irons so both legs touch the board and form a triangle
with it. Triangles are the strongest of geometric figures.
> Thanks,
> Melody
>





Jim allAn zone 5 New York State
Northeastern USA.


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