Learn to dig line and fill a garden pond and accompany it with an easy cedar bridge.
How to make a small garden bridge.
Align the edges with attention and make sure the corners are square.
It has a flat deck with angled railings.
Feel free to play around since big chance you have to.
Drill pilot holes through the side beams and insert 2 1 2 screws to lock the frame together tightly.
Level in a 4 6 x 48 inch treated footing so the top is about 3 inches below grade.
Having a garden bridge is necessary when your garden have a pond or even run through a small creek.
Just make the wooden rail first according to decided wood bridge dimensions and then fill it up with the slatted arrangements of equally thick and long wooden slats the final step would be to install the side fence wall that would be the whole beauty of the bridge.
You can make use of the old woods like pallets cedar wood planks fence wood and other old wood lying in the home trash store for making visually captivating bridges for your garden space.
Making it flat or arched.
Building garden bridge plumb the stringers with a spirit level and place them 32 apart.
It is the perfect garden bridge plan to go over a small water feature.
The above featured bridge is a picturesque wooden arch over a shallow still stream.
Water span is 40.
Cut the treads from 2 4 boards at the appropriate size in our case 32 and lock them into position with several 2 1 2 3 screws.
Here s what a small garden bridge diy project requires.
25 length of bendable conduit to create arch guide on stringer benjamin moore paint or stain available at gnh brushes.
Mark out the location of the two 4 6 treated wood footings.
2 2x12s hardwood for support stringers 13 2x6s hardwood for floor planks 2 8 4 4 treated pine post for handrails cut into 6 32 posts.
You can have your garden bridge with or without railing or play around with the material.
The first step of the project is to build the frame for the garden bridge.
Cut the components from 2 6 lumber at the right dimensions.
The result will be a beautiful and peaceful water themed paradise you can enjoy whenever you need to sit back and relax.
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Dig one trench roughly 10 inches deep 54 inches long and 12 inches wide and pour in 3 to 4 inches of pea gravel.
Try some light landscaping in your backyard this summer.
Simple garden bridge plan spans 6 10.
Lock them into position by fastening a couple of treads as in the image.
Preparing the backyard bridge site.
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