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Replacing Wooden Edges (europe.pub)
submitted 2 days ago by openrev0lt@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world
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Hi all,

We bought a house last year and the backyard has artificial turf. We don’t like the wooden edging the previous owners built in so we were thinking of using concrete edgers instead.

Does anyone have experience with that? Anything we need to be cautious of? I hope I don’t need to remove the turf to do this, so curious about your experience.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Start pulling one out and see if it’s connected anywhere. I really doubt it will be.

[–] openrev0lt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks! That’s correct, it’s not connected at all to the turf, only nailed to the next plank.

Should I put anything underneath the concrete edgers apart from soil? Gravel maybe?

I live on the California coast, so I won’t be experiencing cold winters, or snow for that matter.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Not sure but maybe weed control fabric from the turf to the edge of the yard.