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Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 21 9:02 pm Post subject: Raised beds
Now I’m 50 and can see death ahead, apparently I have to grow spinach. Or something. I’ve acquired a very large stack of scaffolding boards to create some raised beds. Should I treat the boards? I don’t mean buying them dinner and such. They’re bare timber as far as I can tell. So. They’ll likely rot. What does the hive mind suggest? For treatment. Not for my sunset years.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8987
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 21 9:48 pm Post subject:
If you treat them you then have to line them.....just make the beds and accept that you will have to redo them sometime

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45709
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 6:53 am Post subject:
As gz says, you could use a membrane of some kind or just replace as necessary

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 7:18 am Post subject:
Path of least resistance. Maybe they’ll out last me.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 9:21 am Post subject:
scaff plank is pre treated, usually with hardcore preservatives i use 1000gm/m visqueen as a liner, some use pond liner poke a few holes in the base of the liner for drainage but keep soil and timber separate

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16121

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 9:31 am Post subject:
Even oak will rot, so just accept that you will have to replace them every so often. If you are only 50 you are a mere whippersnapper. Gardening is one of those things that you can do at any age; we started on our own account when we got our first house in our early 20s and have been gardening ever since.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 10:07 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

scaff plank is pre treated, usually with hardcore preservatives

i use 1000gm/m visqueen as a liner, some use pond liner

poke a few holes in the base of the liner for drainage but keep soil and timber separate

These look like bare Timber. They’re BS2482 boards, which doesn’t specify treatment and I’d guess the manufacturer would shout about it if they were treated.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 10:18 am Post subject:
just checked the spec, they do seem to be untreated raw= a few years treated+liner=15 yrs plus

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 5:04 pm Post subject:
H&S Dpack will be pleased to know I stopped using the powered rip saw and jigsaw when I could no longer feel my fingers in the cold. I’m going for no treatment and a few years of life. If I decide to treat them it’ll cost more time now and I’ll find something more exciting to do. Like watch the treatment dry.

dpack

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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 5:44 pm Post subject:

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 21 10:05 am Post subject:
I lined mine with pond liner and then treated the outside of the boards with creosote. Then I topped the boards with creosote treated pallet wood.

dpack

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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 21 3:21 pm Post subject:
nice

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 21 6:14 pm Post subject:
Looks very smart

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 21 7:38 am Post subject:
Thanks guys.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 21 1:29 pm Post subject:
Yeah. Won't be sharing mine.

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