Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jan 05, 2008 10:19 pm Hi All
I'm planning on constructing some brick planter boxes in my front yard, (see attached pic) out of brick - rendered finish. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I was wondering what would be the recommend footing sizes, mesh etc. This is my fist attempt at some brick work but with the help of my dad and friends i'm sure we can come up with a good result. I was thinking 300 x 300 concrete footing but some people think it's overkill for some planter boxes and indicating 100mm - 200mm deep?? Thanks For the Help Anthony Re: Brick PlanterBox Footings 3Jan 15, 2008 10:39 pm Hi Raul
The planterbox will be rendered to match the home. The design is currently changing to incorporate some type of cladding - maybe stacked stone or pebbles as i have inserts on the sides of my garage which are crying out for some attention. Thanks Anthony Re: Brick PlanterBox Footings 4Jan 16, 2008 5:28 pm if you are to render the bricks or apply some sort of cladding the footings have to be stable
if you are only have a raised garden bed of say 200 - 300 mm a concrete footing is required allow an extra 50mm wide either side of the brick width ie if the brick is 100mm wide then make the footing 200mm 200 mm deep would be suficant with reo in it something like 2f11 for a 200mm wide footing or 3f11 for a 3oo mm wide footing if your footing is less than 200mm wide get y12 deform bar in 6mtr lengths pre cut to length pour your footing and push the y12 bar into the concrete (length ways) put 2 lengths next to each other when you call up thwe concrete plant ask for 25/20/80 concrete mix 25 = m.p.a 20 = aggregate average size 80 = the slump (water content) if you want it to last do it properly Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com 2 8366 I should have followed up on this thread. So, the pier foundation wasn't large enough on the side it was leaning towards, and the NBN cable went through the pier, just… 8 12133 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7231 |