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Effect of soil on fencing

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  • 07-06-2010 9:21pm
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    MargeS
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    I am hoping to build up soil in front of fencing in my back garden. I want decent deep raised flower beds, either by building up the soil or creating a frame using sleepers. I was wondering what affect the soil would have on the timber. Will it just rot away in a short time?

    This is the type of fencing I currently have:
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    heinbloed
    Registered Users Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭heinbloed


    Yes.


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    looksee
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    Yes the soil will rot the fence, and even if you decide to put in a flower bed with a 'back' you need to leave space for air circulation between the back and the fence.


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    flutered
    Registered Users Posts: 6,685 ✭✭✭flutered


    old slates work a treat


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    dardevle
    Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭dardevle


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    depending on the type of fence you have ,,, you may be able to replace the concrete panel at the bottom for a larger size(300mm) and cut the timber panel to suit it, this would allow you to build up soil against the larger concrete panel to suit your raised bed...



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    Calibos
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    Are those fence panels mounted upside down?? The slats seem to overlap the one above instead of the one below??


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    magicbastarder
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    not on the other side they don't.


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    Calibos
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    not on the other side they don't.

    DOH!!


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