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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: grotbag on March 15, 2011, 19:54:07

Title: laminate flooring
Post by: grotbag on March 15, 2011, 19:54:07
hi all , i noticed that someone living near the allotment is dumping a lot of laminate flooring,my question is would it be suitable to use as edging for my plot,or would it rot /warp too quick ? Sorry if not posted on right board.
Title: Re: laminate flooring
Post by: Duke Ellington on March 15, 2011, 20:11:35
I really don't think it's worth using unless it's solid wood laminate. Quite often solid wood laminate is a soft wood inner with a thinner hard wood laminate on top. Regular laminate wouldn't last two minutes!! With only the bathroom or kitchen laminate lasting three minutes.  I wouldnt bother myself.

Duke
Title: Re: laminate flooring
Post by: RobinOfTheHood on March 15, 2011, 20:34:14
I made a small 5' x 5' raised bed with it last year and it seemed to hold up ok. Was only temporary but it was serviceable when I took it up at the end of the season and I reckon it would have done another year.
Title: Re: laminate flooring
Post by: cornykev on March 16, 2011, 05:34:38
A bloke on our site drops off a lot of laminate flooring for other plot holders, mainly they use it for make shift paths, its easy to more it somewhere else next year, I think it would be OK for small temporary beds, but as said it won't last forever.  :-\