We are redoing the end of the garden, and right at the end will be some
gravel of some sort, then a flower bed in front of the fence. We want some
edging stones (they generally seem to be 600mmx150x50) to seperate the
flower bed from the gravel, and was wondering the best way of laying these.
The flower bed will probably be a couple of inches above the gravel. Do they
really need to be set on a concrete base (the soil is quite a heavy clay
type) ? Any tips gladly received :-)

cheers

dave.

a wrote:

We are redoing the end of the garden, and right at the end will be some
gravel of some sort, then a flower bed in front of the fence. We want some
edging stones (they generally seem to be 600mmx150x50) to seperate the
flower bed from the gravel, and was wondering the best way of laying these.
The flower bed will probably be a couple of inches above the gravel. Do they
really need to be set on a concrete base (the soil is quite a heavy clay
type) ? Any tips gladly received :-)

cheers

dave.

If you just lay them in a groove between the soil and gravel, they will
eventually fall towards the gravel but will be easily straightened when that
happens. If you want a proper job that will last for a long time bed them in
plenty of concrete.


Bob

We are redoing the end of the garden, and right at the end will be some
gravel of some sort, then a flower bed in front of the fence. We want
some
edging stones (they generally seem to be 600mmx150x50) to seperate the
flower bed from the gravel, and was wondering the best way of laying
these.
The flower bed will probably be a couple of inches above the gravel. Do
they
really need to be set on a concrete base (the soil is quite a heavy clay
type) ? Any tips gladly received :-)

cheers

dave.

If you just lay them in a groove between the soil and gravel, they will
eventually fall towards the gravel but will be easily straightened when
that
happens. If you want a proper job that will last for a long time bed them
in
plenty of concrete.

by that do you mean a concrete base, then place and add more concrete, or
just mortar them on top of concrete?

"a" wrote in message
.. .
We are redoing the end of the garden, and right at the end will be
some
gravel of some sort, then a flower bed in front of the fence. We want
some
edging stones (they generally seem to be 600mmx150x50) to seperate the
flower bed from the gravel, and was wondering the best way of laying
these.
The flower bed will probably be a couple of inches above the gravel.
Do
they
really need to be set on a concrete base (the soil is quite a heavy
clay
type) ? Any tips gladly received :-)

cheers

dave.

If you just lay them in a groove between the soil and gravel, they will
eventually fall towards the gravel but will be easily straightened when
that
happens. If you want a proper job that will last for a long time bed
them
in
plenty of concrete.

by that do you mean a concrete base, then place and add more concrete, or
just mortar them on top of concrete?



Laying a bed of concrete, about two inches thick should do, and stamping the
edgers into it will be enough to retain flower beds and gravel.

"a" wrote in message
.. .
by that do you mean a concrete base, then place and add more concrete, or
just mortar them on top of concrete?

Dig a channel for the edging stones, but a little deeper to accomodate the
concrete mix. (You can buy bags of dry ready-mixed concrete from any DIY
store). Pour it (dry) along the bottom of the channel, then place your
edgings into it, tapping each one down with a heavy implement of some sort.
Firm the concrete mix around the stones with your foot or whatever, then
cover the concrete with your gravel on one side, and soil on the other.
Moisture in the ground will set the concrete, or you can speed it along by
watering it yourself.

by that do you mean a concrete base, then place and add more concrete,
or
just mortar them on top of concrete?

Dig a channel for the edging stones, but a little deeper to accomodate the
concrete mix. (You can buy bags of dry ready-mixed concrete from any DIY
store). Pour it (dry) along the bottom of the channel, then place your
edgings into it, tapping each one down with a heavy implement of some
sort.
Firm the concrete mix around the stones with your foot or whatever, then
cover the concrete with your gravel on one side, and soil on the other.
Moisture in the ground will set the concrete, or you can speed it along by
watering it yourself.

thanks - I knew someone would come up with a nice easy method :-)

Dave.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:16:58 +0100, "a"
wrote:

by that do you mean a concrete base, then place and add more concrete,
or
just mortar them on top of concrete?

Dig a channel for the edging stones, but a little deeper to accomodate the
concrete mix. (You can buy bags of dry ready-mixed concrete from any DIY
store). Pour it (dry) along the bottom of the channel, then place your
edgings into it, tapping each one down with a heavy implement of some
sort.
Firm the concrete mix around the stones with your foot or whatever, then
cover the concrete with your gravel on one side, and soil on the other.
Moisture in the ground will set the concrete, or you can speed it along by
watering it yourself.

thanks - I knew someone would come up with a nice easy method :-)

Dave.


http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/marknicesenior

See the one at the link above I did the other week, since filled one
side with 20mm limestone and backfilled with soil the other, probably
a bit over engineered but spent a bit more time haunching them so I
don't have to even straighten them. :-)

Put slabs straight onto the soil as it's pretty firm/sandstone under
the topsoil then built up either side with a mix of ballast and
cement.

Mark S.

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a wrote:
We are redoing the end of the garden, and right at the end will be some
gravel of some sort, then a flower bed in front of the fence. We want
some
edging stones (they generally seem to be 600mmx150x50) to seperate the
flower bed from the gravel, and was wondering the best way of laying
these.
The flower bed will probably be a couple of inches above the gravel. Do
they
really need to be set on a concrete base (the soil is quite a heavy clay
type) ? Any tips gladly received :-)

cheers

dave.

If you just lay them in a groove between the soil and gravel, they will
eventually fall towards the gravel but will be easily straightened when
that
happens. If you want a proper job that will last for a long time bed them
in
plenty of concrete.

by that do you mean a concrete base, then place and add more concrete, or
just mortar them on top of concrete?


Friend di this recently for edging his lawm and simply bedded them on
about 4" of cement on compacted earth.
Neil