{"id":5776,"date":"2022-12-22T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifoxany.com\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2022-12-26T01:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T06:20:00","slug":"how-to-build-a-brick-raised-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifoxany.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/22\/how-to-build-a-brick-raised-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Brick Raised Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Here’s how to build a raised brick garden bed for a decorative and long-lasting addition to your landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Building with brick can be pleasant work, but it takes some practice before you become proficient. This handsome wall will be strong enough for a planting bed up to 2 feet high. Anything higher requires a\u00a0double brick wall<\/a>. It will take a couple of weekends to become competent at bricklaying, but the results will be well worth the effort. The completed project will be a permanent landscaping feature you can be proud of.<\/p>

Choose bricks that will survive well in continually wet conditions. Common brick may not be strong enough. Be prepared to give your material supplier the length and height of the wall you plan to build. If the bricks have holes in them, purchase special cap bricks for the top course. Arrange to have the bricks resting on a strong pallet near the job site.<\/p>

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Make a story pole\u2014a length of 1×2 with evenly spaced lines marking the height of each course of bricks. Install a level concrete footing, combining a 12-inch-deep, reinforced, and concrete-filled trench twice as wide as the brick wall will be with concrete footings every 4 feet that extend beneath the frost line.<\/p>

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