Fixing sleepers in raised bed
Discussion
I'm creating a slightly raised bed for a herb garden, and am going to use oak sleepers (100x200 section). I've read on here that Timberlok screws are best, but I'm wondering how best to use them.
The bed will be in a square, so I could either screw the sleepers together from the outside. But I thought that it might look nicer to hammer a 2x2 post into the corner and to screw from the inside through the post into the sleeper. That way when I fill up the bed it will cover the screws (and the post) and there will be no visible fixings on the outside. Is this flawed? Obviously this approach will mean only being able to screw the sleepers to the post, and not fixing sleeper to sleeper.
The bed will be in a square, so I could either screw the sleepers together from the outside. But I thought that it might look nicer to hammer a 2x2 post into the corner and to screw from the inside through the post into the sleeper. That way when I fill up the bed it will cover the screws (and the post) and there will be no visible fixings on the outside. Is this flawed? Obviously this approach will mean only being able to screw the sleepers to the post, and not fixing sleeper to sleeper.
EggsBenedict said:
I'd line the inside with something and the undersides of the sleepers too. With the best will in the world, wood in contact with soil will rot.
Surely any liner you put down will accumulate water, resulting in the same end result.I'm considering sitting them on shingle as there will be a shingle oath all around anyway. That should minimise persistent soil-sogginess.
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