I used to work for a municipal parks dept and the method you described is honestly the standard way of doing it. The "fancier" (overpriced & over-engineered) way to cut the this rug is to pay out the nose for injection molded plastic from Sweden that ends up becoming brittle in 10-20 years anyway. Even then, you still use rebar to stake it in place.
The timbers are secured to each other by stacking 2-3 layers and Lincoln-logging them. Drive bars at the joints and every few feet.
Parks departments really don't like lawsuits and their administrators typically get certifications on all matters playground. If it's good enough for them it's good enough for me.
Lmk if you have any other questions. Haven't done that work in a bit but I'd be happy to help however!
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Reply to I’m building a border around a playground with landscape timbers, and wanting to secure it with something other than rebar. by _aPOSTERIORI
I used to work for a municipal parks dept and the method you described is honestly the standard way of doing it. The "fancier" (overpriced & over-engineered) way to cut the this rug is to pay out the nose for injection molded plastic from Sweden that ends up becoming brittle in 10-20 years anyway. Even then, you still use rebar to stake it in place.
The timbers are secured to each other by stacking 2-3 layers and Lincoln-logging them. Drive bars at the joints and every few feet.
Parks departments really don't like lawsuits and their administrators typically get certifications on all matters playground. If it's good enough for them it's good enough for me.
Lmk if you have any other questions. Haven't done that work in a bit but I'd be happy to help however!