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Replacing Wooden Edges (europe.pub)

submitted 1 day 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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[–] potate@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I way prefer the wood for what it's worth. I love weathered wood - it ages beautifully, lasts for years and years, and the environmental impact of cedar (assuming that's what it is) is far lower than concrete too.

Concrete is the plastic of things that aren't plastic. Produced mostly with fossil fuels, huge GHG associated with production, and will sit as a lump of trash forever-ish once the next person decides they prefer a different look.

Make your own decisions obviously - I'm aware that I'm particularly carbon footprint averse.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wood takes a lot of up keep ( staining, fixing lose boards every so often)and invites termites. I agree, I love the wood as well. However it's important to be mindful of up keep

[–] potate@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

It's more expensive than SPF, but I spring for cedar - I built my planter boxes, garden beds, and patio furniture out of it. No staining required, zilch upkeep. I built a 3m x 1M raised bed planter several years ago and it's required zero upkeep so far. Ditto my patio set built five years ago.

[–] openrev0lt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Thanks, appreciate that. I would generally agree with you. The experience I’ve had so far with the wood is that it started to rot below the surface. That’s why I’m pivoting away from using it again.

To be fair, it doesn’t look like as if they’ve cared much for the wooden edgers. Do you have a suggestion as to how to take care of it in this particular use case?