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Post by The witch on Aug 7, 2007 9:11:41 GMT 1
The next thing I'd like to do in my new garden is put down some brick edging between my borders and his lawn! I guess it would be best to use engineering bricks, but do they really need to be laid on mortar?  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 7, 2007 9:13:13 GMT 1
Not really but it's prolly best if they are as it keeps them securely in place.........since you're starting from scratch - you might as well! Is that the wrong answer?
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Post by The witch on Aug 7, 2007 9:16:48 GMT 1
Yes 4P that is the wrong answer ;D I was hoping to just cut away some turf then plonk them down!!
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Post by sweetleaf on Aug 7, 2007 9:21:43 GMT 1
I did that and then pushed the soil against them they do move a bit here and there but they arent hard to put back. 4P is right, ideally mortar. BUT Im happy to settle for slightly less if it means I dont have to wait to get help from a man!
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Post by The witch on Aug 7, 2007 9:25:54 GMT 1
OH asked me this morning to think about the next project for the garden so it's not something I will have to do alone. ;D
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 7, 2007 9:28:41 GMT 1
Or you could put some weed suppressing fabric under them and just lay them on a bed of sand? I would go for the permanent option if I could....I've done virtually everything in my garden by short cuts and make do's because of lack of time, materials, money or assistance and it shows.........
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Post by The witch on Aug 7, 2007 9:34:26 GMT 1
We've got some membrane stuff left over from the last house!!
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 7, 2007 10:35:06 GMT 1
I did that and then pushed the soil against them they do move a bit here and there but they arent hard to put back. 4P is right, ideally mortar. BUT Im happy to settle for slightly less if it means I dont have to wait to get help from a man! Just a dry mix of sand and cement to bed them into. The mix will harden once everything is in place and it's rained. |
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Post by owdboggy on Aug 7, 2007 13:05:14 GMT 1
It all depends on how you are going to lay the bricks, whether or not you need a bed of mortar and what the soil levels are like between the two. Round all our grassed areas we have a mowing strip, which is a metre long piece of concrete (about 4 cms wide). Where the soil and the lawn are much the same level the strip is OK, but where the soil is lower then the edge does tend to collapse. Round one of the rock gardens we have those white concrete bricks, stood up on end as an edge. They are as solid as need be with no mortar. If your lawn contains, as ours does, either couch grass or creeping fescue then a strip of weed suppressant membrane is a jolly good idea. Both those grasses will creep through the gaps between the bricks or over the top and into the borders.
Finally, it is not a technically difficult task and I can see no reason why a person of the female persuasion should not be able to do it as well as, if not better than any mere male. If you can use a lawn edger to cut the turf, a trowel to dig out the soil and a spirit level to get the edging level, then away you go.
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