Path/Garden edging

[joe90]

7 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said:

Re read original post. 

300 x6 mm steel

Sorry Russ but you did put 150 ? which as we both said with re bar as stakes will be solid as a rock.

[Russdl]

@Russell griffiths yep it’s boiled down to 150x6 flat plate with welded rebar stakes.

Sloping garden bit as @joe90 suggested (because yet again I couldn’t work that out for myself ?)

[pudding]

Hi, thanks for the tips on this method of edging. I've got myself 4 x 6m lengths of 150x6mm steel now, and have cut a load of rebar I had lying around up ready to go and a brand new cheap MIG welder. Now, what would be the best way around to go ahead, either a) weld stakes to the flat plates before banging them in the ground, or b) bang the stakes in the ground first, then weld the flat plate. 

 

Method a is obviously going to be easier for the welding part of it, but we have pretty stony ground here, and I'm concerned it could become a pain in the bum trying to bang the stakes in already attached to the 6m length plate and hitting stones and rocks and not being able to move the stake and keeping them vertical and where I want them. Method b is better in regards to getting the stakes in the ground properly and in position, but then potentially a pain trying to weld next to the ground with less room to manoeuvre (first time welder here, never done it before ? )

 

So, what would the wise old heads on here do??

 

[Russell griffiths]

We do method B.