How to lay corten steel borders?

How to install corten steel borders? Corten steel is a material that has become essential in terms of outdoor furniture and gardening.

It offers various very interesting characteristics for everyone, and unequaled by other materials on the market: having a natural layer of oxidation, very high resistance to all categories of weather, resistant and immutable in the face of any corrosion, requiring no strictly no maintenance on your part, and finally a design with a unique and timeless rust effect.

Beyond the fact of opting for corten steel containers to sublimate your outdoor spaces, it is also quite possible for you to lay borders of the same reliable and durable material over time, namely corten steel.

Regardless of the size of your garden or its configuration, it will be essential for you to delimit its different areas and its different infrastructures, decorations, orientations, in order to have a final rendering that is both aesthetic and practical.

A finely organized outdoor space, and distinguishing its various functionalities such as for example a relaxation area, another space for plants and trees, a possible vegetable garden, or even areas with similar utilities but separated into several parts, will thus be much more pleasant to live in. for you and for your loved ones.

Such a laying of corten steel edging is actually less complex than it looks and is even accessible to beginner do-it-yourselfers, the whole thing being to have the right practical information and the right advice, but don't worry. , our guide has been designed for this purpose.

In order to carry out an ideal installation of your corten steel borders, the first step consists in delimiting the route which you envisage.

To this end, each area that you plan to delimit by corten steel borders must be identified. It can be a driveway, greenery, an activity area, the possibilities are limitless.

Your boundary can be straight or curved, and you can also alternate the two depending on the area.

Once the areas to be delimited have been identified, the second step is different depending on the type of delimitation envisaged, ie the method will not be the same in the case of a straight line or in the case of a curve.

In the case of a straight line, with the help of a rope and pegs, you can easily unroll a rope over the desired length, and place pegs at each of its ends. In the case of a curve, all you have to do is draw semi-circles using any tool you have at hand, like again here a rope.

The third step will be to protect the edges with pieces of wood, in order to prepare them for their installation. In the event that the ground on which you wish to carry out said laying is uneven, we recommend that you dig trenches before any start of laying.

The fourth step of the laying is the action of driving your corten steel edging into the ground at the desired location, then using a mallet, to fix it firmly in the ground.

Here you have the option of using a spade to prepare your soil.
The choice is yours when it comes to how deep your curb will sink. However, we recommend that you take care to adapt to the height of the border that you imagine as a final aesthetic and practical rendering.

Once all this is done, the fifth and final step will be to finish your border. Depending on your own personal tastes, the options here are very diverse, and the choice is entirely yours.

Thus, you will be able to opt for a finish in stone, mulch, earth, any other type of material, or you can even decide not to provide any specific finish and keep the raw character of your border.

To summarize the different steps to take into account for the installation of your corten steel borders, you will need:

• delimit the outline of the border and its shape, in a straight line or in a curve,

• protect the edges with, for example, pieces of wood, dig trenches in the case of land with irregularities,

• sink the border into the ground according to the final aesthetic height of the border envisaged, add the final touch by selecting the desired finishes,

• fully enjoy your freshly renovated and organized outdoor space!

See also our other sections concerning corten steel bins, in particular on the different models that we offer.
We have also created and made available to you a practical guide on how to properly rust your corten steel bins.