Have built some large raised beds in garden .... intent is to clad the outside in wood to match external building cladding.
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
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx351/Tafflad/wall.jpg
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.
Looking for any other ideas on a durable & decorative capping.
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
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx351/Tafflad/wall.jpg
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.
Looking for any other ideas on a durable & decorative capping.
