Hi everyone. I have filled the bed and everything worked great. In hindsight I would recommend adding a second brace at the bottom like I used at the top. Mine worked without it, but you might want to add it just to be safe. Thanks!
I was wondering about the middle bowing out with all that dirt in there. I really like the design, I just paid $19.00 for a couple of treated 2x4s for stake sides and $57.00 plywood for my trailer. Fire the time being, I'm going to avoid buying any more wood until this bible pops. I just discovered your channel and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.
SO many youtubers are coping ThisOldTony's chopping things technique. We all know its fake, and its going to get old someday.... Thankfully its not old yet and I still love it, keep making cheesy jokes and you will go far. Ty for not adding music to your videos. This is the first video I have seen and like it so far. I am a loyal sub and will watch all your moves as long as you don't add music and aren't repetitive.
You can also stack your metal and predrill all those holes in two shots ahead of time, then you don't have to worry about stripping out the softwood. Cheers, I'll be making two of these this fall for next year!
My sister is a roofer. The roof metal sheets come in a 12 foot long, 30" wide pallet with strong stake sides about 2 feet tall. It makes a perfect frame for a raised bed. There are always cut scraps of metal left over from a job. I cut & screw those into the pallet for solid sides & BAM! I have a free raised bed in about an hour.
You were right, took a lookbehind and a little bit in my neighbors shed and found all the materials I need for the build. Gonna be a pain in the butt getting the tin off the roof but I am determined.
Just a suggestion, but when I had my roof replaced with a metal roof, the installer stacked the sheets and drilled them all at once. Saved a lot of time and made installation a lot easier. For something like this where the layout is all the same, it would work great. Nice build!
Been doing this for years in Australia. Its a great way to do raised beds. I found a nice way to cover the top edge of the corrugated iron is to buy grey 20mm electrical conduit and make one cut lengthways with a multitool. Just slides straight on and gives great protection. Also cheap as chips.
If you’re growing cabbages and plants that are susceptible to insect infestation, you could buy sheets of mesh, such as are used for those inexpensive dollar store screens that close with magnets, and use your conduit to pin that to the edge, and just put a couple of half hoops inside your bed. That way you could have a screened bed. Alternatively, a person could fit a zipper that’s intended for construction site barriers To the screen material, for easy access.
I enjoy your sense of humor. My husband was a physician so had soft hands & I did all the man stuff & he helped (when I let him). When I was working with my tools, I'd kid around like you do in your videos. Brings back memories. We joked & laughed a LOT! Seems to make the work less like work.
I don't normally comment on videos, but I found your video of the smokeless fire pit and loved the content and your sense of humor. Since then, I have been going through and watching every single one of your videos from oldest to new. Hoping to finish today or tomorrow! And this video is a perfect example of your wealth of knowledge and incredible sense of humor. Keep it up!
I built same 4x8 but 13 inches deep for $22.50 bucks! Galvalized sheets are $12 each in my area. I used landscape timber ($4.50 each) for corner and midway support. Cut the sheet midway and use 13 inches as height of the bed. For single bed, you needed 1.5 sheets and 1 landscape lumber (6 pieces of 14 inches long).
$65.41 here in Canada for "Vicwest Cladding 7/8 Inch Corrugated 26.66 Inch x 93 Inch - 28 Gauge Steel Roof Panel - Galvanized G90". (So, back to dumpster diving.)
Take her with you so she can see how much just 1 of those boards are going to cost! I wont be building a darn thing this year. And we usually have a lot of projects that call for wood. Even things I would really like to do, like raised garden bed ( I have a 50x50 garden and cuccs. and squash along my drive way), but always room to grow more for my Veggie cart I put out every year.
I built 2 4’x8’ just like you did in this video. I have small kid and another on way so instead of drip edge I took 3/4” pvc ran through table saw to make a cut and put over the edge of the tin drilled a hole and used zip ties to secure it. Thanks for the video it made it so easy to do!
you could split a swimming pool noodle along the length to put on top of the sharper edges to keep you safe, and it will also be softer to rest your arms in while working in the bed
It really is a super great idea! Until you have a grand daughter that wants to go swimming, even tho there’s no pool in sight, and peels it off! Thankfully, I was right there, just with my back turned. I hear “NANNY! Go wimmin’!” Snapped my head around and saw she was pulling it off. Conclusion: pool noodles work perfectly ti cover that razor sharp edge, as long as there’s no kids around regularly 😂
Can make raised bed with just one tool hand saw, scrap boards 2x 4 or 6 or 12 depending on what you have using slotted block. Goes up in 15 minutes, no screws, no need for jig saw, no risk of cutting hands. Four 36" rebar to hold block in place on corners. Slotted block about 1.75 each, rebar about $3 each Home Depot, salvage lumber from scrap any size two inch thick from whatever you have. I wanted the raised bed I built to be very tall. Can garden without bending or crouching. It is fourteen feet long by 42" wide, 45" tall. Used 20 slotted blocks, five on each corner and 60 inch long rebar pounded into ground to stabilize corners. Cost: 20 block $1.75 each at Home Depot $35. Four 60" rebar at $10.00 each $40. Salvage wood from old decking $zero. Total cost $75.00 No expensive tools--table saw or jig saw, no drill driver or screws required. Just one helper to help line up block, drop lumber in slot, and pound in rebar. Best to soften soil first. Also, filled bed with three layers of pallets then a layer of landscape cloth and old screens to block out gophers, etc. Then filled with soil mix: with peat, manure, dirt, dead leaves. Installed automatic drip system. Turned and Watered and let sit in February March to cure, started planting April. Vegetables runneth over. So pleased with result, just had to share it with someone. Thanks for enduring.
I guess you guys in the good old USA didn't get the same price rises that have hit Australia since this Covid rubbish came around. Our steel has gone up 70% in most cases. Better to try and source something second hand.
I haven't' built mine yet, but was planning on cutting the panels to run vertically for more strength than having them run horizontally. Glad I found this video, I was looking for an alternative to wood trim on top, and the correct screw for the job! Read the comments and will certainly paint the cut edges since going vertically will make more cuts !!
Pretreated lumber no longer contains arsenic. It’s made of copper. Which is why is the same color as copper patina. It’s not dangerous. Copper can actually prevent certain funguses in your planter bed.
Even the copper based treating products say not to use it when growing food. I've read it basically negligible, but just putting a layer between it and the soil can't hurt if you do use it
Steel sheeting also has a passivation coat that dries clear, and a thin resin applied so that forming the corrugated profile is easier. Unfortunately this passivation layer typically contains chrome 6 and can leech into the soil. I think I would prefer copper.
Here in the desert SW USA I use hoses for watering chickens, gardens, trees and I often have at least one unrepairable hose each year. I have a 6’ round corrugated culvert coupler I found. I use this for the feathered friends dust bath. I put a hose along the top that’s lit down one side, cut it straight or it will not sit right, on the upper edge of the culvert to prevent accidental cuts to all us critters. The chickens like it because they can get into their 2’ deep dust bath safer and perch there as well. It may not look pretty, but really who cares! I really think I’ll make this corrugated raised bed, too. The drip edge idea is GENIUS! Thank you for making this information available to us. Regards…
I just made this raised bed thanks to your video. Fantastic concept for a raised bed. 2 things I changed...First thing I changed up though was to use 1.5" x 1/4" galvanized lag bolts and I used them on every ridge. The 2nd thing I did was add a 2nd support 2x4 near the bottom of the metal for more stability since mine was 72"x108"x32"
My house burned down...contractor screwed me badly...used green wood and they began twisting and quite literally spitting out the nails. Still displaced almost 5 years later...I have the drywall (and the lifter)but everyone wants more than I can afford. I went to a barn raising when I was maybe ten...best experience watching teamwork ever!! I wish I lived in a community where I could have a pig roast and people could come together, enjoy themselves and do a few things. Instead it seems everyone wants blood. Thank you for this...but i don't have the skills nor the physical strength. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
My Dad could take anything and build something from it, I learned and carry those traits! I just found your Channel and am happy I did! I really enjoy following along, and love that you're personable, and lighthearted, while being professional too!
Nice video. I see palmetto bushes so you are in the south as I am. My only suggestion would be when you add the soil...stack two layers of cardboard on the inside walls...the soil will keep it in place...and it will greatly reduce the heat transfer into the soil from the metal. You could also paint the box white as well...I'd do both.
I enjoy this channel a lot. I now have this and the smokeless fire pit on my list for this spring/summer. Also I appreciate you dont assume we know everything. For example, I wasn't sure how to make sure that was square. So thanks for teaching that.
I was part of a crew that used cypress to build a church and a house in Costa Rica when the government decided it was an invasive species. It was the most amazing wood I've ever worked with! Thousands of board feet milled and used and not even so much as a splinter.
In Cuba they do it with roofing material (I do not think that is metal) and only half height (probably not stable enough or saving on the material), which helps with their sandy soils (or dense clay soals they have those as well). Gotta be creative if the U.S. has over 65 years economic war going on against a small island. In the 1990s they lost a source for cheap fossil fuel, and nitrogen fertilizer (and likely also herbicides etc) when the Soviet Union dissolved, so they had to switch to organic / regenerative farming really fast.
"How else are you gonna build a 4x8 raised planter for 50 to 75 bucks?" I used my old deck 2x6's. :). They weighed a ton but they worked ! Great channel!
Thank you for video. I have bad lower back from a accident and can't do prolonged bent over. It's a super good excuse on why I don't help with roofing projects anymore :). Thanks for a longer lasting raised bed idea that I can produce in bulk at the farm.
Nice garden bed build. I built a corrugated metal garden bed about 3 years ago. Love it!!! I live in hot S FL I kept burning and cutting myself on the metal edge so I used foam pool noodles from the dollar tree cut slits down them and placed over the sharp and hot edges. No more burning and cutting my arms and hands.
I work for a company that uses plastic tubs to put our products in. The tubs are 44x47x37 high they are pretty sturdy. They come with stands so a forklift can pick them up. I took the stands off flipped one tub upside down. I cut another tub bottom off at 12 inches drilled holes around the. Bottom edges I am going to screw the two of them together. And just in case it is to much weight I got some plastic pallets. To make a pier to support the weight of the top one. But after watching you and some others I may have them. To high to be able to reach the middle of the planter. Thanks for your help in your videos.
I love that the Kubota was photobombing the shot at the 08:34 mark with it's grey tarpy (new word for the day) locks flowing in the wind. Maybe it was born with it, maybe it was Harbor Freight! I so love your videos because your thought process gets so twisted sometimes when your explaining something, you just keep it all real by including the bloopers. I love the fact that you are humble and sure of yourself that you leave those in. Not sure if you just have the gift of great ideas but I do appreciate you posting your videos on TH-cam.
Absolutely nothing wrong with using pressure treated wood today, it’s not treated with the same toxic chemicals they used to use way in the past. My raised bed have been made with pressure treated wood for 15 years now and no issues at all. But I will agree that using regular 2x8 or larger will also last a long time, especially if you paint them with a exterior paint for decks and if your worried about leaching you can cover the inside of the bed with heavy plastic. Personally I wasn’t worried about leaching and just filled my bed with garden soil and compost. Haven’t got sick or died yet from eating out of my garden beds!
True. The 40 year preservative Arsnic, is indeed gone...the pressurized 8nfudion if copper I'm varying % for above-ground, in-ground to deter ritting + termites is more like a 5,6year run, and a benign note: the way to tell, your galvanized screws will rust when using with other metals like copper, so if it really, really matters, like on l a roof...find Teflon coated fasteners it go all out fir stainless $$$steel= indestructably permanent.
It’s ALL gonna kill us- Colas, cancer sticks, McD’S, insecticides, GMO’s, lab grown meat, anything grown and raised in China -it’s just so wise to eliminate what we can!
Great video, it gave me an idea for a cheap semi-permanent wading pool. (because let's be honest.... Who wants a plastic pool.) Just replace the tin roofing, with tin flashing. Concrete slab on the bottom. L brackets in the corners. Replace the 4x4's with some metal poles welded into the inside corners (or bolted into place since I'd use the truck bed protection spray.). Truck bed spray the inside. Cut holes out for the water filtration system, and then caulk it up. (I'd use the 3 foot wide tin flashing).
So love listening to your sweet voice all the older folks spoke like you. Reminds me of all the loved ones and their wisdom gone for now but will .eat them in sweet bye an bye.
Same here in Australia, timber is really expensive now. I dunno if it's pandemic-related or just lots of construction happening right now. Great idea cutting the notches in the uprights, I'm stealing that one for sure 😊 When I've built these before, I've put a centre brace at the bottom and another halfway up to stop any bowing. Great video 👍
Great Idea! I did something similar with galvanized sheet metal flashing in 20" x 50' rolls. you can make 5 beds that are 37.5" diameter and 20" high. Just cut the 50' roll into 10' sections and clamp the ends together to creat 1' of overlap, drill holes and pop rivet this round bed together. Drill from the inside. start right below your top clamp. insert a pop rivet before you drill the next hole. A galvanized steel bed will be stiff enough to stand without any aditional support. It's no different than a flat sheet metal swimming pool. the weight of the soil will stiffen the walls. you can also bend 1" of the top edge over to the inside of the bed every couple of inches all the way around to create a safe and comfortable ledge whch also stiffens the the wall.
You gave me a great idea...I’m going to use logs from downed trees I have in my yard. And I think I’ll use pool noodles on the top edge. They have hollow centers so I’ll make a cut down one side and use as an edge guard. Maybe I’ll spray paint them brown...
You might want to look at half-inch diameter foam pipe insulation instead of pool noodles - it looks a bit like pool noodles, and is cheap like pool noodles, but it's already cut down the side, comes in 6' lengths (about $1.50 per piece,) and is usually black in color, so you don't have to paint them.
Thank you Haxman, I appreciate you taking your valuable time and effort to produce and post a video like this one. I also really enjoyed your sense of humor during this build. Well done! God Bless
Ok, it’s been 6 weeks and my hand is finally healed after trying that karate chop to cut my seasoned Oak 4x4’s giggle, giggle! next time I’m gonna try a softer wood…. You did a really nice job on the video and I liked the top drip siding ideal it was nice. I did a little extra work on the corners but the boxes come out nice….Thank you!
This is a great video good job, I was about to go build the classic one and suffer the lumber cost but you just saved me like 300 dollars i appreciate you, great craftsmanship
Most gardeners are missing the boat. Consider using discarded upright Freezers or refrigerators for a raised bed. They are just the right size for weeding and harvesting at waist height, making them ideal for wheelchair access or seniors, or those with back problems. One or a dozen, it 's up to you. It took me two weeks on Craigslist to get an even dozen boxes, and that was being picky. No stainless steel, or black refrigerators, no side-by-sides, only white boxes. They come insulated, and the type of soil they have is up to you. No more gophers, moles, rabbits, either! Just remove and discard the doors and shelves, fill and plant. Water with a garden hose, or plumb them with an irrigation system from below. Ideal for an apartment with a small patio, or a big yard. No more bending to weed! Best of all, they're free, and you keep them out of the landfill! Details to your questions if you like. Upcycle those landfill white elephants!
Good shoot. I like the idea. It would be a lot stronger if the sheet metal screws on the inside where the soil goes. This way the compression of the soil strengthens the structure. Wood and steel are stronger in tension. Your way the load goes to the screws directly. Try it on the next design.
Just got a ton of raised bed soil, from a rental house, so this is my next project, from your tutelage. Made the smokeless firepit it was my first of your ideas. It still works amazing, you need to patent that creation. Love your channel!
Nice. Always liked this “look” for raised planters and have been considering building some. Love the “next-to-no-lumber” approach. Time to get building!
Love these! I'm going to build some for my sister this spring at her farm. I especially like your corners. I always wear gloves cause I love my fingers!
I would recommend building them on a flat surface like the garage and then move them. Yes you can move them by yourself Just stand inside and grab it in the middle and lift. Take it to the area where you want to drop it.
Well I didn’t know that about the size of the drill bit to the size of the screw using. I always just did it to the size of the screw including the threads, so thank you!
I really enjoy this video me and my wife have been wanting to do raised garden beds for quite a while but they've been prohibitively expensive but now I won't have any trouble doing this
Totally made one yesterday. I didn’t have the 4 x 4s but I used some extra 2 x 6s I had lying around and butt jointed them for the edges. It looks awesome. Thinking about making some 4 x 4 squares and putting LED fence toppers on the corners.
Hi, Haxman. Great video. It'll be interesting to see how well the metal holds up exposed to soil. I'm in the Blackland Prairie. We have very alkaline soil and not many materials last long in direct contact. That's the reason Bois D' Arc trees were originally brought here. One thing I wanted to point out: for strawberries, you could have made 4 beds with the same amount of material. They only need 4"-6" for root growth. Keep the videos coming.
My guess is the metal roofing, if it is an alloy containing zinc, will last longer than the timber. Half the point of raised garden beds is they are raised so bending over to tend them is not needed. Many plants grown in raised garden beds are fairly shallow rooted.
I have light flood issues early spring in part of my garden, with clay soil. Your question is my worry, especially with rising costs of materials. I was thinking about building a frame ontop of leveled flat stone (if I can source it from my neighbor for free or reduced costs. Then build the raised bed on top of the flat stone...maybe even drill into the stone and add rebar if you have the tools? For extra support. We shall see, but good question
@@theseeker4700 I had some concrete sheets (it's used as a drywall substitute). I piled flattened paper boxes underneath to level and better the soil underneath.
I built two of these for my daughter for free. You can find tin or corrugated aluminum just about everywhere. I have people giving me supplies like this all the time. Before you think about going to home Depot for supplies. Start looking for these supplies by the road or at the dump or just about anywhere. Ask the people that own the property if you can have it. Then load your truck and start building for free.
First of all, literally laughed out loud numerous times! Secondly and most important, thank you for taking a little bit of time to explain some things that a lot of people do know but not all of us (the bit size you choose should ignore the thread for predrilling!). I've been struggling with choosing bit sizes all my life as a drill owner! Never thought about the screw having different parts... hoping the rest of your videos can drop some more "common" knowledge my way!
A couple of ideas: I think I would cut a straight line the long way down a 1/2" PVC pipe to split it and then slip it onto the side edges to soften that vertical metal edge. Also, on the sides, since the pressure will be toward the outside from the fill soil. For that I would do a hairpin bend in a piece of rebar, slide the hairpin vertically down both sides of the wall, and hammer it into the dirt. Should hold fine, I think. Your build was gorgeous :-). God Bless
Just double over the exposed edge to point the sharp down and give a smooth rounded edge on top. Also it will double the thickness of material at the top corners where forces would be highest.
I was thinking you could have made 2 boxes, 1ft deep, which is plenty for most plants, equaling 25.00 a planter. Nice job! I forwarded it to my son, who also has postponed more planters due to the high price of wood right now.
I bought 5 used 50-gallon plastic barrels .... cut them in half so I now have 10 each 25-gallon buckets... drilled hole to allow drainage then filled the bottom half with straw topped then topped with garden soil and ready for planting..... next year i dump and reload with new straw (yearly composting)
Wow. We just made something like this for my in-laws! We did electrical conduit on the sides to keep the sides in and used 2 cedar 2x4s screwed together to make the 4x4s in the corners. My father-in-law and I made two smaller versions by ripping the roofing in half and doing the same thing. We end up with 3 nice raised beds for a pretty affordable price all things considered, and they should last for a really long time.
I have these. I got lucky and found a deal from a restaurant for their corrugated tin roof they were replacing. We had the wood. I have four 4x8x2 beds, one 2x18' and two 4x32x2. Have one that is 4x10 I haven't figured out where I'm putting it yet. lol. Basically spent a total of $175 counting the electric tin sheers and the screws. Love my beds!
This is where having a hubby would be nice! However, I’ve had 2 and neither one of them were worth a darn!! “I’m” the one who did it all and now at 71 I don’t need them anymore! lol That’s a great looking planter!
re the top of the corrugated iron. I use a cheap 1/2 in hose which I cut open then fit over the shape edge of the iron. This hose can be fixed to the posts at the ends or just left. Works well and I always have old garden hose available.
Man I know this was 3 weeks ago but I love your vids . Subbed today . Also it’s nice to see someone else get stuck and recover from a rolling studded lol I get tripped up over shit all the time . Especially if I’m excited about what I’m talking about ! Gunna keep watching your archive !
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Just gave me the resouce I need to create 2 new beds for the fall, and I have an old shed that needs to come down with wood in it. Go figure. Thanks for the light to show me what I already have in my possession to work with. The raised beds that I bought for the spring were $99 dollars a pop for 4X8. You are awesome HAXXMAN.
Great vid. New subscriber here. One user tip for outdoors builds using pine and fir woods. You can increase longevity / protection by treating the lumber with RAW linseed or tung oil. (* side note* - boiled linseed oil is not food grade safe, while raw is). Raw linseed takes a few days to soak in and dry, but in my opinion it's worth the wait. :)
I'm happy to see someone is giving little tips of "how building stuff works for dummies" your tip about pre drilling would save serious newbie a headache or two. If you haven't figured this one out yet: when working alone, clamps are your second set of hands you're missing. But this was a fun video.
i appreciate that you mentioned the safe, government-approved treated lumber and radium water. It doesn't rot, because nothing is stupid enough to eat it. Well, maybe humans would eat it, if it was sawdust added to processed cheese and hotdogs! My neighbor works at a lumber mill and he tells me the mill has some new contracts supplying disposable PPE manufacturers with sawdust. He says that all the mill's regular customers have to wait longer, as the PPE contracts are a priority. And that's probably one reason why lumber prices are ridiculous now. Cutting down trees to make sawdust for disposable paper masks and gowns doesn't seem to be too environmentally friendly. It'd be OK if they just diverted sawdust from processed cheese and hotdogs, though!:)
If you're using roofing screws? They should be self tapping, so you wouldn't need a pilot hole. I'm doing all raised gardens. Thank you for the plans! I also almost fainted at the price of lumber
The gauge if home improvement stores stash of these metal sheets gets thinner and thinner...28 and above is no longer unusual, they dent up astonishingly...18-24 us now unheard of. You can bend up a corner with a thumb like aluminum foil. Hint extend rust-ish screw holes for roofing washer s by adding a row of clear silicone caulk dabs before you sink them, it adds about 5yrs in wear.
Here in Florida lots old folks are getting rid of hurricane shutters and going rollup and sliders keep a eye out you will find lots free panels heavier gage
You could have left it alone.. but you had to be a perfectionist! Blood, sweat, and tears! Shame we don't get to see it full and planted out. I just picked up some 12 footers and realized I'm going to need some strength. I'm not sure if I am going to make it a 3x9 or a 4x8. I have 3x10 hardware cloth I could cut up and use either way... Now I'm thinking of milling up my own lumber! LOL wtf am I going to do! I really need to up my karate game.. I could make a killing selling all my tools! Well whatever I do, I should plan on adding more wood to it later. I still want to have a place anyone can sit on the edge and work on the bed if they want to, but I don't want to spend another $30+ on 2x6s I have an alaskan mill, but I don't have a planer or joiner.. It doesn't have to be pretty, but no splinters in the bum would be nice.
This is the first one I have watched n I immediately subscribed. Do not stop talking HAXMAN! Love the humor mixed in with the building! My husband will too when he watched it tonight. Very informative with some fun added in. Being perfect is impossible. Being yourself is delightful ☀️😊☀️
The old steel bedframes are actually angle iron 2" and may be used to either bolt or weld the roofing steel to in the corners. I mention this because people are always throwing out these old bed frames because a new bed comes with one. Free is Good! (Ancient Scottish Saying)💲💲💲
I love the idea of this bed. I'm just concerned that with it full of dirt the roofing will just bulge or bubble out in different directions unless you either add more reinforcement (say a drip edge along the bottom too) or put a floor in it that allows you to just fill the upper half.
...or if you really really care about settling rainwater and bowing out which I haven't seen even with the meekest of rails, cut the side sheets in three = sections and place them vertically ridged like the product was designed for, and it us sturdier.
Hi everyone. I have filled the bed and everything worked great. In hindsight I would recommend adding a second brace at the bottom like I used at the top. Mine worked without it, but you might want to add it just to be safe. Thanks!
I was wondering about the middle bowing out with all that dirt in there. I really like the design, I just paid $19.00 for a couple of treated 2x4s for stake sides and $57.00 plywood for my trailer. Fire the time being, I'm going to avoid buying any more wood until this bible pops.
I just discovered your channel and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.
SO many youtubers are coping ThisOldTony's chopping things technique. We all know its fake, and its going to get old someday....
Thankfully its not old yet and I still love it, keep making cheesy jokes and you will go far.
Ty for not adding music to your videos. This is the first video I have seen and like it so far. I am a loyal sub and will watch all your moves as long as you don't add music and aren't repetitive.
I wish I saw those before I bought all my wood I was $206.86
You actually use a saw didn’t you
You can also stack your metal and predrill all those holes in two shots ahead of time, then you don't have to worry about stripping out the softwood. Cheers, I'll be making two of these this fall for next year!
Hint: I made by beds 4x6, which was serendipity, because an old fitted sheet fits perfectly over the bed when there's a threat of frost!
That’s brilliant! Great tip.
What a fabulous tip!! Thank you!!
Very wise! Thanks for sharing
Fantastic idea 💡
Thanks I hate it
My sister is a roofer. The roof metal sheets come in a 12 foot long, 30" wide pallet with strong stake sides about 2 feet tall. It makes a perfect frame for a raised bed. There are always cut scraps of metal left over from a job. I cut & screw those into the pallet for solid sides & BAM! I have a free raised bed in about an hour.
You were right, took a lookbehind and a little bit in my neighbors shed and found all the materials I need for the build. Gonna be a pain in the butt getting the tin off the roof but I am determined.
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LMAO! I laughed out loud at this on a Monday morning. Thanks for the fun! So great!
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Just a suggestion, but when I had my roof replaced with a metal roof, the installer stacked the sheets and drilled them all at once. Saved a lot of time and made installation a lot easier. For something like this where the layout is all the same, it would work great. Nice build!
Great idea
Also, on roofing. The screw is placed on the Ridge, not the valley the water runs down. On planter box, valley is perfect. Out of harms way.
Great hint, thanks.
@@patriccreek9451 now days, roofing screws come with a rubber washer and is screwed in the valley, not the ridge.
If you drill multiple sheets you must clean all sheets immediately as the drill shavings will rust very quickly.
Been doing this for years in Australia. Its a great way to do raised beds. I found a nice way to cover the top edge of the corrugated iron is to buy grey 20mm electrical conduit and make one cut lengthways with a multitool. Just slides straight on and gives great protection. Also cheap as chips.
Great idea, thanks!
I used old Garden Hose, slit it with a Stanley Knife & Bob's your Uncle!
Old garden hose works great too.
If you’re growing cabbages and plants that are susceptible to insect infestation, you could buy sheets of mesh, such as are used for those inexpensive dollar store screens that close with magnets, and use your conduit to pin that to the edge, and just put a couple of half hoops inside your bed. That way you could have a screened bed. Alternatively, a person could fit a zipper that’s intended for construction site barriers To the screen material, for easy access.
Brill.
I enjoy your sense of humor. My husband was a physician so had soft hands & I did all the man stuff & he helped (when I let him). When I was working with my tools, I'd kid around like you do in your videos. Brings back memories. We joked & laughed a LOT! Seems to make the work less like work.
I don't normally comment on videos, but I found your video of the smokeless fire pit and loved the content and your sense of humor. Since then, I have been going through and watching every single one of your videos from oldest to new. Hoping to finish today or tomorrow! And this video is a perfect example of your wealth of knowledge and incredible sense of humor. Keep it up!
I built same 4x8 but 13 inches deep for $22.50 bucks! Galvalized sheets are $12 each in my area. I used landscape timber ($4.50 each) for corner and midway support. Cut the sheet midway and use 13 inches as height of the bed. For single bed, you needed 1.5 sheets and 1 landscape lumber (6 pieces of 14 inches long).
Landscape timber has chemicals!!! Plain pine will last for years. Or locust posts , guaranteed for a hundred years!
Good idea. I’m considering trying that
$65.41 here in Canada for "Vicwest Cladding 7/8 Inch Corrugated 26.66 Inch x 93 Inch - 28 Gauge Steel Roof Panel - Galvanized G90".
(So, back to dumpster diving.)
My wife saw this video, now I have more on my honey do list.
Sorry but, 🤣😂🤣😂 you'll be glad you did when you have those nice fresh veggies.
Take her with you so she can see how much just 1 of those boards are going to cost! I wont be building a darn thing this year. And we usually have a lot of projects that call for wood. Even things I would really like to do, like raised garden bed ( I have a 50x50 garden and cuccs. and squash along my drive way), but always room to grow more for my Veggie cart I put out every year.
She is a smart woman!
= my life, lol
Nice
I built 2 4’x8’ just like you did in this video. I have small kid and another on way so instead of drip edge I took 3/4” pvc ran through table saw to make a cut and put over the edge of the tin drilled a hole and used zip ties to secure it. Thanks for the video it made it so easy to do!
I like. I like.
you could split a swimming pool noodle along the length to put on top of the sharper edges to keep you safe, and it will also be softer to rest your arms in while working in the bed
That's an awesome idea and you can get them at dollar tree for ***1.00*** ea.
If you buy pipe insulation you get the same effect but it’s black and can come in much smaller diameter
It really is a super great idea! Until you have a grand daughter that wants to go swimming, even tho there’s no pool in sight, and peels it off! Thankfully, I was right there, just with my back turned. I hear “NANNY! Go wimmin’!” Snapped my head around and saw she was pulling it off. Conclusion: pool noodles work perfectly ti cover that razor sharp edge, as long as there’s no kids around regularly 😂
@@lucyswannsunsafespace7313 That's kinda cute, gave me a smile. Thanks for sharing. I won't have that "problem". Haha it's probably worth it though.
If you can make a slit in PVC irrigation poly tubing you can use that also to edge the top of the bed. I save the damaged pieces for other things also
Just finished building my raised bed; thank you so much for keeping it simple enough that I can truly say, "mission accomplished!"
Can make raised bed with just one tool hand saw, scrap boards 2x 4 or 6 or 12 depending on what you have using slotted block. Goes up in 15 minutes, no screws, no need for jig saw, no risk of cutting hands. Four 36" rebar to hold block in place on corners. Slotted block about 1.75 each, rebar about $3 each Home Depot, salvage lumber from scrap any size two inch thick from whatever you have.
I wanted the raised bed I built to be very tall. Can garden without bending or crouching. It is fourteen feet long by 42" wide, 45" tall. Used 20 slotted blocks, five on each corner and 60 inch long rebar pounded into ground to stabilize corners. Cost: 20 block $1.75 each at Home Depot $35. Four 60" rebar at $10.00 each $40. Salvage wood from old decking $zero. Total cost $75.00
No expensive tools--table saw or jig saw, no drill driver or screws required. Just one helper to help line up block, drop lumber in slot, and pound in rebar. Best to soften soil first. Also, filled bed with three layers of pallets then a layer of landscape cloth and old screens to block out gophers, etc. Then filled with soil mix: with peat, manure, dirt, dead leaves. Installed automatic drip system. Turned and Watered and let sit in February March to cure, started planting April. Vegetables runneth over. So pleased with result, just had to share it with someone. Thanks for enduring.
Slotted block? Like a deck pier block or...
Dude you are hilarious. I appreciate you coming up with a way to avoid the lumber prices. I am planning to do exactly this next weekend. Thanks man.
Thanks a lot!
Price the corrugated plastic, it won't rust.
I guess you guys in the good old USA didn't get the same price rises that have hit Australia since this Covid rubbish came around. Our steel has gone up 70% in most cases. Better to try and source something second hand.
@@warrenhoward we have.... just bought 1 sheet of 12 ft tin 3 ft wide
.. $50
For. The. Wood, try looking for. New construction homes, and. Dumpster dive!
I haven't' built mine yet, but was planning on cutting the panels to run vertically for more strength than having them run horizontally. Glad I found this video, I was looking for an alternative to wood trim on top, and the correct screw for the job! Read the comments and will certainly paint the cut edges since going vertically will make more cuts !!
Pretreated lumber no longer contains arsenic. It’s made of copper. Which is why is the same color as copper patina. It’s not dangerous. Copper can actually prevent certain funguses in your planter bed.
Even the copper based treating products say not to use it when growing food. I've read it basically negligible, but just putting a layer between it and the soil can't hurt if you do use it
@@sammer28 I would agree. Longterm exposure could be problematic
Steel sheeting also has a passivation coat that dries clear, and a thin resin applied so that forming the corrugated profile is easier. Unfortunately this passivation layer typically contains chrome 6 and can leech into the soil. I think I would prefer copper.
Here in the desert SW USA I use hoses for watering chickens, gardens, trees and I often have at least one unrepairable hose each year. I have a 6’ round corrugated culvert coupler I found. I use this for the feathered friends dust bath. I put a hose along the top that’s lit down one side, cut it straight or it will not sit right, on the upper edge of the culvert to prevent accidental cuts to all us critters. The chickens like it because they can get into their 2’ deep dust bath safer and perch there as well. It may not look pretty, but really who cares!
I really think I’ll make this corrugated raised bed, too. The drip edge idea is GENIUS!
Thank you for making this information available to us.
Regards…
HINT Keep your old garden hoses to put along the metal edges to avoid injuries. Split the hose and slid over the edge.
This is wonderful! Thank you 😊
Good idea!💡
If you don't have one use a pool noodle.
Great suggestion I hadn’t thought of. I just throw them away, since my yard is ALWAYS stuffed with repurposing crap 🙄
I just made this raised bed thanks to your video. Fantastic concept for a raised bed. 2 things I changed...First thing I changed up though was to use 1.5" x 1/4" galvanized lag bolts and I used them on every ridge. The 2nd thing I did was add a 2nd support 2x4 near the bottom of the metal for more stability since mine was 72"x108"x32"
As soon as you started chopping the 4x4 you had me hooked. 🤣🤣
My house burned down...contractor screwed me badly...used green wood and they began twisting and quite literally spitting out the nails. Still displaced almost 5 years later...I have the drywall (and the lifter)but everyone wants more than I can afford. I went to a barn raising when I was maybe ten...best experience watching teamwork ever!! I wish I lived in a community where I could have a pig roast and people could come together, enjoy themselves and do a few things. Instead it seems everyone wants blood. Thank you for this...but i don't have the skills nor the physical strength. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
My Dad could take anything and build something from it, I learned and carry those traits! I just found your Channel and am happy I did! I really enjoy following along, and love that you're personable, and lighthearted, while being professional too!
Nice video. I see palmetto bushes so you are in the south as I am. My only suggestion would be when you add the soil...stack two layers of cardboard on the inside walls...the soil will keep it in place...and it will greatly reduce the heat transfer into the soil from the metal. You could also paint the box white as well...I'd do both.
I enjoy this channel a lot. I now have this and the smokeless fire pit on my list for this spring/summer. Also I appreciate you dont assume we know everything. For example, I wasn't sure how to make sure that was square. So thanks for teaching that.
I was part of a crew that used cypress to build a church and a house in Costa Rica when the government decided it was an invasive species. It was the most amazing wood I've ever worked with!
Thousands of board feet milled and used and not even so much as a splinter.
Unfortunately cedar and cypress are getting ravaged from natural terrain, harder to find, not often replanted...thanks 20th century consumption.
@@CynthiaWord-iq7in Yeah... Trying to find pecky cedar to match old fence boards is pretty much impossible.
One of the greatest ideas on TH-cam my friend. Now the price of corrugated metal and drip is going to sky rocket too!
Exactly...
In Cuba they do it with roofing material (I do not think that is metal) and only half height (probably not stable enough or saving on the material), which helps with their sandy soils (or dense clay soals they have those as well). Gotta be creative if the U.S. has over 65 years economic war going on against a small island. In the 1990s they lost a source for cheap fossil fuel, and nitrogen fertilizer (and likely also herbicides etc) when the Soviet Union dissolved, so they had to switch to organic / regenerative farming really fast.
Your children must love your sense of humor. Great build. It motivated me to build my own.
"How else are you gonna build a 4x8 raised planter for 50 to 75 bucks?"
I used my old deck 2x6's. :). They weighed a ton but they worked !
Great channel!
Love the SFX. Not many backyard handymen have a genuine sense of humour. That's a gift.
Thank you for video. I have bad lower back from a accident and can't do prolonged bent over. It's a super good excuse on why I don't help with roofing projects anymore :). Thanks for a longer lasting raised bed idea that I can produce in bulk at the farm.
Nice garden bed build. I built a corrugated metal garden bed about 3 years ago. Love it!!! I live in hot S FL I kept burning and cutting myself on the metal edge so I used foam pool noodles from the dollar tree cut slits down them and placed over the sharp and hot edges. No more burning and cutting my arms and hands.
hit the wood so hard the pencil fell into a time distortion and reappeared behind his ear , I love it lol
I work for a company that uses plastic tubs to put our products in. The tubs are 44x47x37 high they are pretty sturdy. They come with stands so a forklift can pick them up. I took the stands off flipped one tub upside down. I cut another tub bottom off at 12 inches drilled holes around the. Bottom edges I am going to screw the two of them together. And just in case it is to much weight I got some plastic pallets. To make a pier to support the weight of the top one. But after watching you and some others I may have them. To high to be able to reach the middle of the planter. Thanks for your help in your videos.
I love that the Kubota was photobombing the shot at the 08:34 mark with it's grey tarpy (new word for the day) locks flowing in the wind. Maybe it was born with it, maybe it was Harbor Freight! I so love your videos because your thought process gets so twisted sometimes when your explaining something, you just keep it all real by including the bloopers. I love the fact that you are humble and sure of yourself that you leave those in. Not sure if you just have the gift of great ideas but I do appreciate you posting your videos on TH-cam.
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Very nice! We use metal roofs a lot in this area. All the roofing screws I've used were self tapping. You don't need to predrill.
Absolutely nothing wrong with using pressure treated wood today, it’s not treated with the same toxic chemicals they used to use way in the past. My raised bed have been made with pressure treated wood for 15 years now and no issues at all. But I will agree that using regular 2x8 or larger will also last a long time, especially if you paint them with a exterior paint for decks and if your worried about leaching you can cover the inside of the bed with heavy plastic. Personally I wasn’t worried about leaching and just filled my bed with garden soil and compost. Haven’t got sick or died yet from eating out of my garden beds!
True. The 40 year preservative Arsnic, is indeed gone...the pressurized 8nfudion if copper I'm varying % for above-ground, in-ground to deter ritting + termites is more like a 5,6year run, and a benign note: the way to tell, your galvanized screws will rust when using with other metals like copper, so if it really, really matters, like on l a roof...find Teflon coated fasteners it go all out fir stainless $$$steel= indestructably permanent.
It’s ALL gonna kill us- Colas, cancer sticks, McD’S, insecticides, GMO’s, lab grown meat, anything grown and raised in China -it’s just so wise to eliminate what we can!
Great video, it gave me an idea for a cheap semi-permanent wading pool. (because let's be honest.... Who wants a plastic pool.)
Just replace the tin roofing, with tin flashing. Concrete slab on the bottom. L brackets in the corners. Replace the 4x4's with some metal poles welded into the inside corners (or bolted into place since I'd use the truck bed protection spray.). Truck bed spray the inside. Cut holes out for the water filtration system, and then caulk it up.
(I'd use the 3 foot wide tin flashing).
Perfect man. I’m gonna build a few. I have stumps - gonna put these right over those - boom 2 birds with 1 stone.
Excellent idea!
So love listening to your sweet voice all the older folks spoke like you. Reminds me of all the loved ones and their wisdom gone for now but will .eat them in sweet bye an bye.
Same here in Australia, timber is really expensive now. I dunno if it's pandemic-related or just lots of construction happening right now.
Great idea cutting the notches in the uprights, I'm stealing that one for sure 😊
When I've built these before, I've put a centre brace at the bottom and another halfway up to stop any bowing.
Great video 👍
Great Idea! I did something similar with galvanized sheet metal flashing in 20" x 50' rolls. you can make 5 beds that are 37.5" diameter and 20" high. Just cut the 50' roll into 10' sections and clamp the ends together to creat 1' of overlap, drill holes and pop rivet this round bed together. Drill from the inside. start right below your top clamp. insert a pop rivet before you drill the next hole. A galvanized steel bed will be stiff enough to stand without any aditional support. It's no different than a flat sheet metal swimming pool. the weight of the soil will stiffen the walls. you can also bend 1" of the top edge over to the inside of the bed every couple of inches all the way around to create a safe and comfortable ledge whch also stiffens the the wall.
You gave me a great idea...I’m going to use logs from downed trees I have in my yard. And I think I’ll use pool noodles on the top edge. They have hollow centers so I’ll make a cut down one side and use as an edge guard. Maybe I’ll spray paint them brown...
You might want to look at half-inch diameter foam pipe insulation instead of pool noodles - it looks a bit like pool noodles, and is cheap like pool noodles, but it's already cut down the side, comes in 6' lengths (about $1.50 per piece,) and is usually black in color, so you don't have to paint them.
@@sallydown4636 Another good idea! Thanks. 👍
I love your videos, especially enjoy you teaching your daughters skills they can use the rest of their lives
Thank you Haxman, I appreciate you taking your valuable time and effort to produce and post a video like this one. I also really enjoyed your sense of humor during this build. Well done! God Bless
Ok, it’s been 6 weeks and my hand is finally healed after trying that karate chop to cut my seasoned Oak 4x4’s giggle, giggle! next time I’m gonna try a softer wood…. You did a really nice job on the video and I liked the top drip siding ideal it was nice. I did a little extra work on the corners but the boxes come out nice….Thank you!
This is a great video good job, I was about to go build the classic one and suffer the lumber cost but you just saved me like 300 dollars i appreciate you, great craftsmanship
Most gardeners are missing the boat. Consider using discarded upright Freezers or refrigerators for a raised bed. They are just the right size for weeding and harvesting at waist height, making them ideal for wheelchair access or seniors, or those with back problems. One or a dozen, it 's up to you. It took me two weeks on Craigslist to get an even dozen boxes, and that was being picky. No stainless steel, or black refrigerators, no side-by-sides, only white boxes. They come insulated, and the type of soil they have is up to you. No more gophers, moles, rabbits, either! Just remove and discard the doors and shelves, fill and plant. Water with a garden hose, or plumb them with an irrigation system from below. Ideal for an apartment with a small patio, or a big yard. No more bending to weed! Best of all, they're free, and you keep them out of the landfill! Details to your questions if you like. Upcycle those landfill white elephants!
Good shoot. I like the idea. It would be a lot stronger if the sheet metal screws on the inside where the soil goes. This way the compression of the soil strengthens the structure. Wood and steel are stronger in tension. Your way the load goes to the screws directly. Try it on the next design.
Just got a ton of raised bed soil, from a rental house, so this is my next project, from your tutelage. Made the smokeless firepit it was my first of your ideas. It still works amazing, you need to patent that creation. Love your channel!
Nice. Always liked this “look” for raised planters and have been considering building some. Love the “next-to-no-lumber” approach. Time to get building!
Love these! I'm going to build some for my sister this spring at her farm. I especially like your corners. I always wear gloves cause I love my fingers!
I didn’t know I would have this much fun learning how to build a garden! This is the guy who is actually fun at parties! Great channel bud
Those magnetic wrist straps you can get on amazon are great for holding screws and stuff instead of having to constantly go back to the box for more.
I would recommend building them on a flat surface like the garage and then move them. Yes you can move them by yourself Just stand inside and grab it in the middle and lift. Take it to the area where you want to drop it.
We’ve built a few and I whole heartedly AGREE!
After watching this video, I realized I could build a cheap building that way. Thanks for the Idea.
Well I didn’t know that about the size of the drill bit to the size of the screw using. I always just did it to the size of the screw including the threads, so thank you!
Just made my first raised bed using this method today. Love it!
I subscribed right after the judo chop.
Me too lol
I didn't realize it was a joke. Now I have a cast on hand..... just kidding
So did I !!!!!!
Same....lol
Yeah same here, but I really didn't like the Haxman using that table saw without a push block...😊
I found the nibblers that attach to a battery drill work amazing for sheet metal cutting. especially up over the humps.
I really enjoy this video me and my wife have been wanting to do raised garden beds for quite a while but they've been prohibitively expensive but now I won't have any trouble doing this
Totally made one yesterday. I didn’t have the 4 x 4s but I used some extra 2 x 6s I had lying around and butt jointed them for the edges. It looks awesome. Thinking about making some 4 x 4 squares and putting LED fence toppers on the corners.
Hi, Haxman. Great video. It'll be interesting to see how well the metal holds up exposed to soil. I'm in the Blackland Prairie. We have very alkaline soil and not many materials last long in direct contact. That's the reason Bois D' Arc trees were originally brought here. One thing I wanted to point out: for strawberries, you could have made 4 beds with the same amount of material. They only need 4"-6" for root growth. Keep the videos coming.
My guess is the metal roofing, if it is an alloy containing zinc, will last longer than the timber.
Half the point of raised garden beds is they are raised so bending over to tend them is not needed. Many plants grown in raised garden beds are fairly shallow rooted.
It’s about having it high enough to save your back and knees. You’ll understand when youre older.
I have light flood issues early spring in part of my garden, with clay soil. Your question is my worry, especially with rising costs of materials.
I was thinking about building a frame ontop of leveled flat stone (if I can source it from my neighbor for free or reduced costs.
Then build the raised bed on top of the flat stone...maybe even drill into the stone and add rebar if you have the tools? For extra support.
We shall see, but good question
@@theseeker4700 I had some concrete sheets (it's used as a drywall substitute). I piled flattened paper boxes underneath to level and better the soil underneath.
@@AnneluvsKatz I am already there. I understand.
I built two of these for my daughter for free. You can find tin or corrugated aluminum just about everywhere. I have people giving me supplies like this all the time. Before you think about going to home Depot for supplies. Start looking for these supplies by the road or at the dump or just about anywhere. Ask the people that own the property if you can have it. Then load your truck and start building for free.
First of all, literally laughed out loud numerous times! Secondly and most important, thank you for taking a little bit of time to explain some things that a lot of people do know but not all of us (the bit size you choose should ignore the thread for predrilling!). I've been struggling with choosing bit sizes all my life as a drill owner! Never thought about the screw having different parts... hoping the rest of your videos can drop some more "common" knowledge my way!
Fellow girl dad here. You earned yourself a new subscriber with your awesome dad humor. Let's build something together!
A couple of ideas: I think I would cut a straight line the long way down a 1/2" PVC pipe to split it and then slip it onto the side edges to soften that vertical metal edge.
Also, on the sides, since the pressure will be toward the outside from the fill soil. For that I would do a hairpin bend in a piece of rebar, slide the hairpin vertically down both sides of the wall, and hammer it into the dirt. Should hold fine, I think.
Your build was gorgeous :-). God Bless
Instead of pvc pipe, if you have an old busted garden hose, you could use that instead.
Use a pool noodle!
Just double over the exposed edge to point the sharp down and give a smooth rounded edge on top. Also it will double the thickness of material at the top corners where forces would be highest.
@melodeeplath9597
“Use a pool noodle!…….
🌷My pool noodle disintegrated!😱
Amazing job! $50 bucks for a modern looking planter. Bravo 👏🏾
I was thinking you could have made 2 boxes, 1ft deep, which is plenty for most plants, equaling 25.00 a planter. Nice job! I forwarded it to my son, who also has postponed more planters due to the high price of wood right now.
I bought 5 used 50-gallon plastic barrels .... cut them in half so I now have 10 each 25-gallon buckets... drilled hole to allow drainage then filled the bottom half with straw topped then topped with garden soil and ready for planting..... next year i dump and reload with new straw (yearly composting)
Wow. We just made something like this for my in-laws! We did electrical conduit on the sides to keep the sides in and used 2 cedar 2x4s screwed together to make the 4x4s in the corners. My father-in-law and I made two smaller versions by ripping the roofing in half and doing the same thing. We end up with 3 nice raised beds for a pretty affordable price all things considered, and they should last for a really long time.
That’s awesome!
Good idea, how did you use the electrical conduit on the sides? Was that in place of the wood to hold it together or just as extra support?
They were driven into the ground on the outside to strengthen the sides. We didn't use the wood at the top to screw them together
I have these. I got lucky and found a deal from a restaurant for their corrugated tin roof they were replacing. We had the wood. I have four 4x8x2 beds, one 2x18' and two 4x32x2. Have one that is 4x10 I haven't figured out where I'm putting it yet. lol. Basically spent a total of $175 counting the electric tin sheers and the screws. Love my beds!
Thoroughly enjoyed and learned from this! My man, you’ve got a great attitude. Lotta fun to watch.
This is where having a hubby would be nice! However, I’ve had 2 and neither one of them were worth a darn!! “I’m” the one who did it all and now at 71 I don’t need them anymore! lol That’s a great looking planter!
Take an old circular saw blade turn around backwards it’s great for cutting tin.
They now have a shears attachment for dewalt. No rusting later?
re the top of the corrugated iron. I use a cheap 1/2 in hose which I cut open then fit over the shape edge of the iron. This hose can be fixed to the posts at the ends or just left. Works well and I always have old garden hose available.
Man I know this was 3 weeks ago but I love your vids . Subbed today . Also it’s nice to see someone else get stuck and recover from a rolling studded lol I get tripped up over shit all the time . Especially if I’m excited about what I’m talking about ! Gunna keep watching your archive !
Enjoy your posts to pick up ideas how to using my garage I opened as an Art Studio now getting crowded to empty out do my work stored waiting . It’s now 2024 Christmas time .Have you thought of building a new garage or workshop ? Make sure you hace fire Extinguisherers ‼️
Yes lumber pricing has been affecting us then too and I had to raise and patch my old back fence for privacy and a dogs for holes exposed ! So my Irrigation guy wanted to make more money. Family man like you . He solved the lumber problem costs and lack from high prices . Went to the wood mill we have here some smaller , to , pick scraps and solid pieces to do for extra work in fencing needs of his clients he had here .
Of course there was that corrugated sheet metal pple,started to use , very reliable long term solution but costly now to replace wood makes sense . But I have a gorgeous line of Cedars growing in very excellent condition to,take care of giving me added privacy I want to keep , and bcz strong winds, rain and sometimes rare snow are strong coming from the ocean 🌊 BC ravine here on our properties. Tumbling the huge Douglas Fir over 169 feet tall that we heard from our beds BOOM with awesome rumbling crashing on the beach and rocks 🙀
Where seals and huge SeaLions and Salmon thrive . Naturally jsurrounding our shoreline and wilderness around us with cougars , Island Elknnnj and bears further north Island with the wolves and Spirit Bears hide being all white I. Lush wilderness by waters .
I treated with Thompson Oil painted on .Amd we used 4x8 rubber lattice panels to make it higher he figured how to attach still holding on lasting ! Happily I was going to do my whole back fencing of 12 , 10foot fence panels to make them higher for privacy but then he said he made a error in the cost to me per hour wanting to up it more . I left it , nnnjbecause I have other projects needing doing . Managing with the old heavy planks of milled rough boards !
And unlike your wife, But once was for 23 years with children in a safe community . I am not blessed by a partner spouse of a man anymore nor brothers . Nor the younger God willing in my family having other jobs and their immediate family . So I have to search and pay for contractors . Myself wanting / needing to get things done here at my house home affordably .
I found out some supply building stores we hace many of being a Mill Town left with active working people here in every field . So I do keep a log of willing contractors to use them now that HD Store keeps and promptes .
You must though make sure you train up someone to be your helper / apprentice . Instead then take on all the load on yourself and body keeping food 🍱 on hand , Many Keep good health and if you get sick or injured . For your wifey too who may not be able to take on more with family and her own work . Unless u have willing extended many family ?
I have lived in a beautiful rural villages , near farms .With all our basic needs met by small business and grocers about 30 minutes from University Towns and professionals raising children and families communitynorganizations via churches bwinf wise with mens groups . And love of our Canadian history heritage of the Scott’s and Mennonite families established in good relations like the Amish there u have established thers i the States of lifestyle comunnnities. 😮😅😊family business ways .
It is a picturesque with Heritage homes and River valley and established old stone buildings like churches and schools started with farms . Then churches too who I was involved with of pple of good hearts dedicated to our community as I was then and go back to college to be working in education . To adjust to being left by my spouse and our family was downsized by an American corporate company. My children’s dad later revealed he amè across and found another women secretly during our Church Christmas celebrations devasting me into sort of a shock .
Forced and without the supports I built and by lawyers I had to move but found another rural village another church , that was being built and became my support of friends peers sitting with our local political leaders over fund raising meal events of community members I built alongside supportive in further suffering sadness but new dreams to dwell on built up . I could call on being like family that even the pastor and his son came over when the plumbing of an upstairs toilet leaked . It was a good community and I wanted to stay but my young married family with my grankids en ouraged me to go where they lived missing my own blood .
Here I am in paradise on an Island across from Vancouver and the USA Washington State and surrounded by the Pacific and retired . A new church I went to visit of good grounded denomination rooted in Bible scripture with my daughter’s interest . Their pastor shared who is rooting to build another here on the Island where many have come to live sponsored to come to Canada . Has established a Church in La Paz Mexico already been built and struggles to keep that secure for families in better values . Many use to go often , as a mission , to offer their help and skills build up a community and school too . He mentioned it is ….Affordable to live , there , that 😂the Pastor said and visit or stay surrounded by sky blue bays of water and pure crystal beach . Now setting up another church like the the Baptist Calvary in a small rural once town of business rebuilt a new high school , new Hospital , and housing to support the business of Cowichan Is wine valley ,mountains surrounding the towns once lumber mill industries or maybe stil a tourist attraction. To go view the First Nations Totem Poles, from the Lake to the Ocean of Cowichan and Olympian rowers . Across and ferries from Seattle, and California San Fransico trollies . While sipping wine seeing the whales 🐳 🦅🐋🐬on tours with Majestic Eagles 🦅 ! We haven’t here where I live in seasons of nature like the herring run amongst residential communities of families .😊
OMG... This guy literally makes me cry of laughter 🤣 Love the comedy in your videos!!!
Just gave me the resouce I need to create 2 new beds for the fall, and I have an old shed that needs to come down with wood in it. Go figure. Thanks for the light to show me what I already have in my possession to work with. The raised beds that I bought for the spring were $99 dollars a pop for 4X8. You are awesome HAXXMAN.
bro, the chops made my day
I thoroughly enjoyed your tutorial. Your humor was so refreshing! Thanks so much!
Great vid. New subscriber here. One user tip for outdoors builds using pine and fir woods. You can increase longevity / protection by treating the lumber with RAW linseed or tung oil. (* side note* - boiled linseed oil is not food grade safe, while raw is). Raw linseed takes a few days to soak in and dry, but in my opinion it's worth the wait. :)
Some day, when I grow up( I'm 62 now) I want one of those saw beds
What a great video! Thanks for taking the time to talk through the process and the reasons behind everything.
I have been looking for a video like this for over a year. THANK YOU! I’ll be putting multiple of these in my garden!
Brother, you are a pleasure to watch. Nice work...
I'm happy to see someone is giving little tips of "how building stuff works for dummies" your tip about pre drilling would save serious newbie a headache or two. If you haven't figured this one out yet: when working alone, clamps are your second set of hands you're missing. But this was a fun video.
I'm cracking up over here with the judo chops, good comic relief.
i appreciate that you mentioned the safe, government-approved treated lumber and radium water. It doesn't rot, because nothing is stupid enough to eat it. Well, maybe humans would eat it, if it was sawdust added to processed cheese and hotdogs!
My neighbor works at a lumber mill and he tells me the mill has some new contracts supplying disposable PPE manufacturers with sawdust. He says that all the mill's regular customers have to wait longer, as the PPE contracts are a priority. And that's probably one reason why lumber prices are ridiculous now. Cutting down trees to make sawdust for disposable paper masks and gowns doesn't seem to be too environmentally friendly. It'd be OK if they just diverted sawdust from processed cheese and hotdogs, though!:)
If you're using roofing screws? They should be self tapping, so you wouldn't need a pilot hole.
I'm doing all raised gardens. Thank you for the plans! I also almost fainted at the price of lumber
The gauge if home improvement stores stash of these metal sheets gets thinner and thinner...28 and above is no longer unusual, they dent up astonishingly...18-24 us now unheard of. You can bend up a corner with a thumb like aluminum foil. Hint extend rust-ish screw holes for roofing washer s by adding a row of clear silicone caulk dabs before you sink them, it adds about 5yrs in wear.
Here in Florida lots old folks are getting rid of hurricane shutters and going rollup and sliders keep a eye out you will find lots free panels heavier gage
Just found your channel. As soon as you mentioned FDA and pressure treated wood I subscribed and liked the video. Excellent content overall too.
You could have left it alone.. but you had to be a perfectionist! Blood, sweat, and tears! Shame we don't get to see it full and planted out.
I just picked up some 12 footers and realized I'm going to need some strength. I'm not sure if I am going to make it a 3x9 or a 4x8. I have 3x10 hardware cloth I could cut up and use either way... Now I'm thinking of milling up my own lumber! LOL wtf am I going to do! I really need to up my karate game.. I could make a killing selling all my tools! Well whatever I do, I should plan on adding more wood to it later. I still want to have a place anyone can sit on the edge and work on the bed if they want to, but I don't want to spend another $30+ on 2x6s
I have an alaskan mill, but I don't have a planer or joiner.. It doesn't have to be pretty, but no splinters in the bum would be nice.
Drove me crazy...I was like "just lay it down to screw together!"
I was talking to the screen saying the same.
To much talking not enough of how to
This is the first one I have watched n I immediately subscribed. Do not stop talking HAXMAN! Love the humor mixed in with the building! My husband will too when he watched it tonight. Very informative with some fun added in. Being perfect is impossible. Being yourself is delightful ☀️😊☀️
Loved the judo chop. Thanks for explaining how to do this so it's understandable to people like me who are not born tool users
The old steel bedframes are actually angle iron 2" and may be used to either bolt or weld the roofing steel to in the corners. I mention this because people are always throwing out these old bed frames because a new bed comes with one. Free is Good! (Ancient Scottish Saying)💲💲💲
Those Milwaukie felt tips are the best. I use them at work and they write on wet plaster
I love the idea of this bed. I'm just concerned that with it full of dirt the roofing will just bulge or bubble out in different directions unless you either add more reinforcement (say a drip edge along the bottom too) or put a floor in it that allows you to just fill the upper half.
Oh, I also just subscribed! Love the content!
You’re right. I forgot to put that in the video. I didn’t do it and ours didn’t bulge but we filled the bottom with logs before adding dirt.
...or if you really really care about settling rainwater and bowing out which I haven't seen even with the meekest of rails, cut the side sheets in three = sections and place them vertically ridged like the product was designed for, and it us sturdier.
So glad I found this video. Thank you so much! We too follow the Back to Eden method, have been for several years now.