Since 2016, LEGO METAL (QINGDAO) LTD has proudly stood at the forefront of innovative landscape edging solutions. Elevate your outdoor environment with our premium Durable Garden Metal Edging for Elegant Landscape Design. Our product harmoniously combines sophistication with unmatched reliability, ensuring your garden's aesthetic charm remains timeless and captivating for years to come.
Product Description
Discover the elegance of our Corten Steel Garden Edging— a stunning and versatile solution to delineate and enhance your garden's innate beauty. Perfect for containing vibrant garden beds, elegantly bordering lush lawns, and artistically framing picturesque pathways, this distinctive edging evolves with age, offering a unique character that complements a myriad of garden styles, plantings, and architectural designs.
Corten steel stands out as a remarkable material choice for garden edging, offering aesthetic allure matched only by its formidable strength, enduring durability, and practical functionality. Over a span of six months, it develops a water-tight patina that effectively prevents additional rusting, becoming more robust over time. This protective layer fortifies the steel and extends its lifespan, requiring absolutely no maintenance. Opt for our garden edging solution that's as reliable as it is visually stunning.
Installing this edging is effortless and straightforward. No special tools are required—simply a block of wood and a hammer make the installation process simple for anyone, ensuring a hassle-free experience and beautiful results.
When is steel edging better than aluminum edging?
Both steel and aluminum edging offer exceptional durability and weather resistance, with each boasting unique advantages to cater to different landscaping needs.
Steel's superior strength establishes it as the ideal choice for areas exposed to heavy garden machinery or vehicles. Its robustness also makes it perfect for retaining structures in raised borders, providing unwavering and reliable support.
Steel edging offers unparalleled versatility in color options, available in untreated, galvanized, Corten weathering steel, or powder-coated finishes in your preferred RAL color, allowing for customized and personalized elegance.
What's the difference between untreated steel and Corten steel?
Both untreated and Corten steel develop an eye-catching orange-brown patina over time. However, Corten steel alloys accelerate this process, further enriching its timeless appeal and distinctive character.
The patina not only enhances aesthetic appeal but also offers practical benefits. Corten steel is favored by architects and landscapers for its quick-developing patina that blends seamlessly with organic and natural design concepts, making it an excellent fit for both traditional and contemporary settings.
How do I prevent Corten steel from staining surrounding stone or concrete?
Corten steel's weathering process can discolor water runoff, potentially staining light or porous surfaces. Fortunately, there are effective methods to mitigate this risk and preserve the pristine appearance of your surroundings.
Pre-weathering steel before installation minimizes contact with other materials by ensuring most oxidation occurs beforehand. Accelerate this process by applying specific chemicals to the steel's surface, ensuring an exquisite finish.
Creating a gravel border between the steel and adjacent surfaces allows water to drain away, effectively preventing spread and potential staining, thereby safeguarding the integrity of your landscape.
How much maintenance does steel edging need?
Steel, though generally more prone to corrosion than aluminum, requires minimal maintenance when crafted from high-grade materials. Its resilient nature ensures longevity and peace of mind.
The natural oxidation layer on Corten steel typically provides sufficient protection under normal circumstances, preserving the underlying material and maintaining its robustness.
Powder-coated steel also boasts high corrosion resistance. To ensure longevity, take care not to damage the powder coating during installation, further safeguarding against corrosion and ensuring your steel edging retains its pristine condition.
FAQ
Why is edging needed for hard and soft landscaping?
Most hard landscaping surfaces that are walked or driven on need some form of edging. This serves various functions, from the practical to the aesthetic:
- To protect against edge damage
- To provide a level guide for screeding resin-bound and wet-pour surfaces
- To prevent sideways movement of paving laid on tamped sand
- To create a step up or down between surfaces of a different height
- To contain loose aggregates such as gravel and chippings from spreading into surrounding areas
- To create a clear demarcation between contrasting types or colours of hard landscaping.
What is the best edging material for paving?
Most paving is laid on tamped sand, sometimes with 'dot and dab' concrete to hold it more firmly in place. Without a stable edge, the pavers will eventually become dislodged due to foot or vehicle traffic and ground movement. This will lead to other problems:
- Gaps opening between the pavers will encourage weeds, grass and moss to grow.
- As the pavers loosen the surface will become unstable and create trip hazards
- If the paved area is adjacent to soft landscaping (lawns or planted beds) the edge will start to break away
Pin kerbing or pavers, set on a solid concrete base and haunched, will create a solid edge that can either blend with or complement the rest of the paving.
However, this method may require several site visits to lay the foundation, then lay and haunch the edging, and time between for the base and haunching to cure before the paving can be laid.
If aluminium or steel edging is used, the paving can be laid as soon as the edging is installed. Both products feature a narrow profile that makes them inconspicuous against paving and soft landscaping, and neither has the problem of grass die-back caused by concrete.
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