Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Terracing with scaffold planks.

Collapse

X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • #1

    Terracing with scaffold planks.

    Hi,

    I want to put a couple of low retaining walls on my plot to flatten out a couple of areas and create a bit of interest too. I'm going to use old scaffold planks for the walls (probably only one or two boards high)... but I'm not sure what to use to secure the boards in place? Some kind of wooden/metal posts driven into the ground on the load bearing side i guess, but what's the best (cheapest ) option for posts? Anyone had any experience with terracing this way?

    Cheers in advance!
    He-Pep!
    Tags: None
  • #2
    Here's mine in my steep garden. Just posts driven in to hold the boards back - think they were decking boards.



    Don't think your plot will be this steep

    Comment

    • #3
      Site pins are a good option Bario, around £1 each

      Comment

      • #4
        Site pins? Not sure what you mean GL... a quick google didn't turn up much... fencing pins for temporary fencing? I'm not sure they'd be strong enough to hold back much earth? A heavier duty version would be great but i can't see them for sale anywhere.

        VC, have considered your method but the posts will rot in no time, as I've discovered with my raised beds! Maybe tanalised wooden stakes would work, but they're expensive....
        He-Pep!

        Comment

        • #5
          Visit a local scaffolding company and ask if they have any condemned boards and putlogs, you never know could be free.
          Potty by name Potty by nature.

          By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


          We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

          Aesop 620BC-560BC

          sigpic

          Comment

          • #6
            Putlogs? What's them then, Potty?
            He-Pep!

            Comment

            • #7
              Originally posted by bario1 View Post
              VC, have considered your method but the posts will rot in no time, as I've discovered with my raised beds! Maybe tanalised wooden stakes would work, but they're expensive....
              Mine have been there for 8 years to date!

              Comment

              • #8
                A Putlog is a 1.5m long scaffold tube with the end crushed flat to go in the bed joints of a masonry wall to build a scaffold with no internal legs or standards.
                sigpic
                . .......Man Vs Slug
                Click Here for my Diary and Blog
                Nutters Club Member

                Comment

                • #9
                  2" foot lengths of angle iron cut with a grinder at 45 degree angle to create the point.

                  Then driven into the ground with a big club hammer.

                  The < | open angle part wedges against the wood.

                  Comment

                  • #10
                    Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                    Mine have been there for 8 years to date!
                    Yes but you live in sunshiny South Wales! My plot is about 6" above the water table!
                    He-Pep!

                    Comment

                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Cadalot View Post
                      A Putlog is a 1.5m long scaffold tube with the end crushed flat to go in the bed joints of a masonry wall to build a scaffold with no internal legs or standards.
                      Thanks Cadders, that's the first thing I've learnt in 2018!
                      He-Pep!

                      Comment

                      • #12
                        Originally posted by bario1 View Post
                        Yes but you live in sunshiny South Wales! My plot is about 6" above the water table!
                        Aaahh but, when it rains here, it rains and it runs down the slope from the field at the top.

                        Comment

                        • #13
                          Just as Cadders pointed out and at nearly 2" round and made off thick steel ideal for hammering into the ground.
                          Potty by name Potty by nature.

                          By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                          We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                          Aesop 620BC-560BC

                          sigpic

                          Comment

                          Previous template Next

                          Latest Topics

                          Collapse
                          View All

                          Recent Blog Posts

                          Collapse
                          View All
                          Working...
                          X