Extra long planters for bamboo

ThisIsWeird

Again, instead of metal brackets, something like 2x2 timber posts in the corners, glued and screwed, will fix them.

ThisIsWeird

twopointfour1980 said:

Oh and wood delivered this morning so getting ready to get going!

My thought was to build each layer of the frame then join the 3 together afterwards but you think easier to join the planks and then connect the ends?

Sorry - just seen this.

Hmm, really no idea! Pros and cons for both, but building up in layers as you suggest does make sense - more handleable.

My main concern about this method - tho' overcomeable - is keeping the first plank straight when subsequent layers are added. For instance, if the ground spacers - whatever they are - are not completely level, then a single plank is likely to sag slightly along its length. When you then stack the next one on, you may have an undesirable gap that you need to tweak closed whilst you screw the two planks together using the battens or straps.

I guess, if you - say - find the bottom plank has sagged slightly in the middle (I am only talking about a few mm), so you see that small gap when you lay the next plank on top, then you could just prise up the saggy bottom plank to close the gap whilst screwing the bits together. You just don't want untidy gaps, that's all! A few mm sag along a 3.6m length won't be a visual issue. (And, since this trough design is just a frame, then any obvious saggy movement over time can easily be prised up and a further spacer slipped in under it where needed.)

I was just thinking that if you had a nice flat area to lay the planks down on, you could prepare each of the 4 sides in advance, knowing that they were good, secure, and flat.

But, if you can sort out what the bottom planks will be sitting on - summat completely rotproof - and get these level, then building up in layers is probably easier for one person? I don't know. Horses for courses.