List for tools and materials
To one Flower box(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) To build with the dimensions 80 x 40 x 40 cm, you need the following tools and materials:
- 12 running Meters of 10 cm wide wood (larch or Douglas fir)
- 4 square timbers (4 x 4 cm) for the corners
- 2 angle irons for fixing the floor boards
- Screws
- saw
- screwdriver
- foil
- Wood drill
- Wood glaze and brush
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Instead of shaping the boards and squared timbers themselves saw, you can commission this work in the timber trade for a small additional charge.
Step-by-step to the finished balcony box - that's how it works
Before you screw the boards for the side walls to the squared timbers, please sand down all edges briefly. In this way you ensure that the components will fit together seamlessly afterwards. Plan the corner posts so that they protrude about 2 cm towards the floor. As a result, the balcony box stands on four wooden feet so that rain and irrigation water run off better and the plants are ventilated from below. How to proceed:
- Screw the side parts either upright or lengthways to the squared timbers
- Attach the two angle irons along the lower edge of the inside long sides
- Lay the floor boards in with 1 cm gap between them as a water drain
As an alternative to the angle iron, you can also screw 2 square timbers on the long sides to lay out the floor boards. The wooden floor does not necessarily have to be screwed down. Alternatively, you can place the wooden slats for the box floor without joints in the angle iron and then drill a few holes in them so that excess water can run off.
Finally, paint your self-made wooden balcony box with a glaze. Please use a product with the 'Blue Angel' as a quality mark.
Make your own wooden balcony box in 10 minutes - DIY instructions for those in a hurry
Do you still have a few planks left over from the construction of your wooden terrace? Then you can turn it into a balcony box yourself in no time at all. You only need 3 long and 2 short boards, which you cut to the desired dimensions. You screw all parts together with 12 special screws for wooden planks. These screws have extra small drill tips so that the valuable wood does not tear.
Drill a few more holes in the bottom of the finished flower box so that your plants don't get their feet wet when it rains. Since the boards are weatherproof, there is no need to treat them with wood stain.
Tips
You can add the finishing touches to your self-made balcony box with a lining foil. Even a cut open garbage bag is suitable for this purpose. Pond liner is more durable and stable. Cut the foil over the water drains in a cross shape and staple the edges to the flower box.
