A - f r a m e c lim b e r
Kids love to climb,
and the more variety
you have, the more
they love it. This small
frame is made of
pine logs with a grid
of ropes. Ensure the
gaps between ropes
are 230-350mm.
Also, check that any
smaller places are less
than 600m m from the
ground. Children need
to be supervised by
an adult when playing
on this A-frame.
GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES
■ 1000 x 10Omm-dia treated pine posts,
for frame (8)
■ 150mm batten screws
■ 50mm screw eyes (16)
■ 10mm sisal rope (about 16m)
■ Dulux Weathershield Low Sheen acrylic
in Requiem (purple), or colour of choice
bunnings
1,2. It’s easy to make a
using stacked treated
pine sleepers and pine decking
to dress up the sides.
screw sides to ends using 100mm
batten screws, predrilling first. Then
screw base sleepers to sides and ends
after making sure planter is square.
STEP 2
Make a second frame of
remaining sides and ends, and place
on top of first frame.
STEP 3
Clad sides with 90m m
decking, butted hard up against each
other. Nail bottom 3 rows to bottom
sleepers and base only, and top
2 rows to top of planter only.
P la n te r
This planter can stand beside or on
the deck and is made of treated
sleepers with decking boards for a
neat finish. The top and bottom of
the planter lock together but are not
fixed, so they can be pulled apart.
GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES
Sides (4) 200 x 50 x 2400mm
H4 treated pine sleepers
Ends (4) 200 x 50 x 300mm
H4 treated pine sleepers
Base (2) 200 x 50 x 2400m m
H4 treated pine sleepers
Long cladding (10) 90 x 22 x
2400mm ACQ pine decking
Top and bottom trim (4) 90 x
22 x 444m m ACQ pine decking
Side trim (4) 90 x 22 x 450mm
ACQ pine decking
Long capping (2) 90 x 22 x
2444mm ACQ pine decking
Short capping (2) 90 x 22 x
444mm ACQ pine decking
YOU’LL ALSO NEED
1 0 0 m m
batten
screws; galvanised
d e c k in g
n a ils;
pigmented exterior
decking oil
HERE’S HOW
STEP 1
Lay 2 long
sides and ends on
a flat surface and
Top trim
Side
Bottom trim
STEP 4
M itre ends of trim for each
end, then glue and nail to ends.
Note that sides are only nailed to
bottom half of planter so top can be
separated from bottom.
STEP 5
Add long and short capping
to top of planter, with a 45° mitre at
each corner. Paint with pigmented
decking oil in a colour of your choice
(here, in Merbau).
Side
trim
i •
Long cladding
Base
Side
Planter Diagram
Top
trim
HERE’S HOW
STEP 1
Roll each post against a straight wall,
then, without moving post, use a tape measure to
mark top surface of post 50mm (half diameter)
from wall at each end. Use these marks to align the
log on a mitre saw so, when you cut the 45° mitre
at each end, the angles will be correctly aligned.
STEP 2
Screw together logs using 1 50mm
batten screws. Make a second frame in the same
way and paint both in the colour of your choice.
STEP 3
From inside of each corner, measure
250m m along each pole, predrill and drive in
50mm screw eyes. The centre distance between
eyes should be 300mm. Once started, it’s easiest
to drive the eyes by putting a screwdriver through
eye and winding it in.
STEP 4
Tie off 1 end of rope and start feeding
it through eyes, in pattern of your choice, making
sure there are no small spaces high up.
STEP 5
Finally, lash tops of 2 frames together
at each end with 10mm sisal rope, then add a
rope stay at each end at bottom to hold frames
760mm apart. Now, let the fun begin!
1 4 8 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS. MAY 2011 bhg.com.au
