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Phil L
 
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Default whatever happened to the path edgings?!

alspix wrote:
In the past I've used plain grey concrete round top path edgings,
picked them up from B&Q, focus etc always cheap, I seem to remember
99p each for a 900mm long edging being the price a year or so ago.

Now I need some more, and all the sheds I've tried
(homebase,b&q,focus,wickes) no longer seem to do them, instead they do
slightly "fancier" coloured ones (from Bradstone I think) in 600mm
lengths, for about £1.80 - £2 each that always seem to be
broken/cracked chipped. As with the missus, strength and cheapness
is more important than beauty for my application.

I want the old plain ones!! They are far stronger, and cheaper - or
at least they were. I tried jewsons but they wanted 4.35 each.

Anyone know of a supplier (preferably cheaper than Jewsons!)
Alternatively, any other ideas for edging a narrow garden path,
primarly to prevent the slabs/bedding shfting over time

cheers

al


B&Q do the square edged ones in plain grey....I almost bought some a few
weeks ago (about 600 X 150 X 50mm)

Have you thought about using bricks? - even concrete commons don't look bad
when stood on their end in a zig-zag effect (45 degrees)

Failing that, get plain grey 3X2 flags and whizz them down to 3 ft by 1ft,
3X2's are approx £4 each, but you'd get two out of each one, and they'd be a
foot deep, wheas the 150mm ones aren't really deep enough.