Does anybody know what is the best method of lining custom built deck planter boxes? I need to build a whole lotta them !
I usually build a box out of 3/4″ pressure trated plywood, drill a few “weep holes” in the bottom, and then cover it and trim it with 5/4×6 clear cedar. Never used liners before and never had any problems. This particular client believes in lining it with plastic, even though I’m trying to talk him out of it!
Kroozer
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I often am contracted to make liners for wooden and masonry planters out of copper.
Kroozer,
I wonder if snow/ice shield would work ? Might have to do some creative folding in the corners ?
Bill
As a Tile Guy, I would use Laticrete 9235 and a fabric mat. Would take only a few minutes, and I always seem to have some extra laying around.
Regards,
Boris
"Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934
I like that idea, Boris.
Timely thread for me -- I have to build 54' of planter box, it will probably be out of pumicecrete, and I didn't have a clue what I was going to line it with.
The Laticrete ought to work just right.
Thanks.
DRC
yes.. go to a big box and buy the plastic inserts .. like tupperware.. or some such.. then build your planters to suit
Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Built some frame and panel cedar planters 10-12 years ago for an anniversary present. I lined them with scrap formica, using brass screws and caulking the seams. They're still sitting on my front porch, still holding back the dirt and water, no problem. (Drilled a series of holes in the bottom and used cpvc to plumb the drain out the bottom skirt.)
I built some on a deck last year and used scraps of pond liner, 45 mil EPDM.Bear
The planters in the homes I have worked on were always lined in stainless steel. I have been told that copper can kill some plants. I've been told that but I don't possitively know that for a fact. Copper is easier to work with and would be my first choise if the above statement is false.