Great job, I never really knew how to go about securing landscape timbers until I saw this. I knew it had to be rebar but wasn't sure about the best way to do it.
Thanks so much for the video. It had great info. This is going to be my next weekend project too. At least that's the plan. Keep up the good work. It looks great
nice job. easier to level bottom row first and use rebar to attach to ground! then use timberlocks on all the other to tie them together and makes much easier!!
The only thing I would do different is screw each course to the one below. And maybe use pond liner on the back side to keep the soil from making contact with the wood. I would think that's why they rot. Nice video and turned out nice. Thanks for sharing.
That looks good. I drilled the timbers like you did but I used 1/2 inch x 18 inch sections of PVC water pipe with end cap instead of rebarb. I staggered the connections but I cut the timber ends at 45 degree angles then used decking screws to connect the ends together.
You make it look so easy. I am in the process of putting in the same sort of timber wall, but staggering the lengths. I can't get my 12 inch 7/16 auger bit through more than two timbers at a time, and the 3/4 inch rebar is almost impossible for me to drive more than about 6 inches into the ground because of rocks. Do you have any suggestions?
The only thing I can think of is to make sure you are cleaning out the hole as you drill down. Every few inches pull the bit out as it’s running to remove some of the wood chips so the bit doesn’t bog down as much with depth. If you are already doing that then maybe try a corded drill or a battery drill that is more powerful if you can find one. As far as driving the rebar, I hit refusal a couple times but just kept pounding with the mallet until it went through. A heavier hammer wields a more powerful punch. Or you could decide that it’s deep enough and cut the rebar flush at the top.
@@thealaskanlawn6192 Thanks. Yes I kept withdrawing the auger to clear the chips, but I think the pressure treated timbers were just too new and wet, so what I did was lay out all the timbers in place, mark them on the back with sharpies so I could replace them easily and drill through a top one until it started into the next one down, remove the top one, drill through the second one to third one, and so on. I got everything drilled and all the rebar in as far as I can drive it. Being 81 years old I don't have the strength I used to, so a friend is coming over to see if he can get the rebar farther into the ground.
