Did post this last month ... no responses, so trying again.

Needs some ideas.

Have built some large raised beds in garden .... intent is to clad the
outside in wood to match external building cladding.
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...fflad/wall.jpg

So taking wall of 100mm wide plus some vertical batten of at least 38 mm
then the cladding .... I have around 160mm finished 'wall thickness

Need to have a top 'capping to cover this .............. so looking for
ideas on what to use.


I could use wood, in which case I would overlap outside edge and fit a 20 x
20 horizontal nosing under the leading edge, making the capping in effect
'hockey stick' section,.
The nosing providing overlap to cladding would look neater.

This means top piece of wood comes in around ...225 wide .... now decking
is not wide enough, and if I put plain sawn timber may not look to good.
One thought was to rip some decking down centre and biscuit joint the 1/2
width to full width piece ..... I'm assuming decking width is 140mm ... that
would only give me ~205 ... can you get wider decking planks ?


I did think (but nor for long) about concrete 'hogs back' capping .... but
as this will need occasional stepping on to get at 'garden' not ideal as
they would probably come loose. (plus quantity required would be expensive)

So looking for ideas on a durable & decorative capping.

Rick Hughes wrote:
Did post this last month ... no responses, so trying again.

Needs some ideas.

Have built some large raised beds in garden .... intent is to clad the
outside in wood to match external building cladding.
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...fflad/wall.jpg

So taking wall of 100mm wide plus some vertical batten of at least 38 mm
then the cladding .... I have around 160mm finished 'wall thickness

Need to have a top 'capping to cover this .............. so looking for
ideas on what to use.


I could use wood, in which case I would overlap outside edge and fit a
20 x 20 horizontal nosing under the leading edge, making the capping in
effect 'hockey stick' section,.
The nosing providing overlap to cladding would look neater.

This means top piece of wood comes in around ...225 wide .... now
decking is not wide enough, and if I put plain sawn timber may not look
to good.
One thought was to rip some decking down centre and biscuit joint the
1/2 width to full width piece ..... I'm assuming decking width is 140mm
... that would only give me ~205 ... can you get wider decking planks ?


I did think (but nor for long) about concrete 'hogs back' capping ....
but as this will need occasional stepping on to get at 'garden' not
ideal as
they would probably come loose. (plus quantity required would be
expensive)

So looking for ideas on a durable & decorative capping.


If you don't like red, this isn't going to work ;-)

I used, what I think are called Spanish tiles.
They are 210mm wide so would probably need cutting.
I secured them with waterproof tile adhesive and they
have coped with all normal gardening activity. I
also have them around my pond, which gets walked
around too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sir_prised/4581310040

Andy C

"Rick Hughes" wrote in message
...
Did post this last month ... no responses, so trying again.

Needs some ideas.

Have built some large raised beds in garden .... intent is to clad the
outside in wood to match external building cladding.
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...fflad/wall.jpg

So taking wall of 100mm wide plus some vertical batten of at least 38 mm
then the cladding .... I have around 160mm finished 'wall thickness

Need to have a top 'capping to cover this .............. so looking for
ideas on what to use.


I could use wood, in which case I would overlap outside edge and fit a 20
x 20 horizontal nosing under the leading edge, making the capping in
effect 'hockey stick' section,.
The nosing providing overlap to cladding would look neater.

This means top piece of wood comes in around ...225 wide .... now decking
is not wide enough, and if I put plain sawn timber may not look to good.
One thought was to rip some decking down centre and biscuit joint the 1/2
width to full width piece ..... I'm assuming decking width is 140mm ...
that would only give me ~205 ... can you get wider decking planks ?


I did think (but nor for long) about concrete 'hogs back' capping .... but
as this will need occasional stepping on to get at 'garden' not ideal as
they would probably come loose. (plus quantity required would be
expensive)

So looking for ideas on a durable & decorative capping.


Your drawing, of ship-lap sides and wood on the top looks fine to me.
Ship-lap also makes nice 'window boxes' or other planters. And I have also
used it, with stakes, for 'terracing' a narrow, but steeply sloping, bed
beside steps.

I would not bother with anything fancy on top. Rough sawn timber will look
just fine once you have 'creosoted' it to match the ship-lap. Get them to
cut it the right size at the timber yard. If your beds are rectangular I
would try and make it a single piece of wood for each side, as, when I tried
this with a curving wall and had to make a series of angled ended smaller
strips, it proved difficult to keep them anchored when stood on. The wall
was as much made to use up old bricks that I had dug up, as anything, and
they were all different types and sizes so the top surface was far from even
and level, but it still looked all right, and the rough sawn timber is
actually quite comfortable to sit or kneel on while you are weeding.

S

"spamlet" wrote in message
...

The wall
was as much made to use up old bricks that I had dug up, as anything, and
they were all different types and sizes so the top surface was far from
even and level, but it still looked all right, and the rough sawn timber
is actually quite comfortable to sit or kneel on while you are weeding.

S
Thnx

"Andy Cap" wrote in message
o.uk...



I used, what I think are called Spanish tiles.
They are 210mm wide so would probably need cutting.
I secured them with waterproof tile adhesive and they
have coped with all normal gardening activity. I
also have them around my pond, which gets walked
around too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sir_prised/4581310040

couple of Q's

are these clay ? ... or a concrete copy ?
are they plain 'backed', and you just bedded them on tile adhesive ?
............... is that tile grout as well between them ?

Rick Hughes wrote:

couple of Q's

are these clay ? ... or a concrete copy ?
are they plain 'backed', and you just bedded them on tile adhesive ?
.............. is that tile grout as well between them ?


They're concrete and relatively flat backed...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sir_prised/4583995180

I used grey to stick them and red to grout them.
Both came in 10kg bags IIRC.