SHAPESCAPER Steel Planters and Garden Edging is a modular steel landscaping system that offers a large range of product choices.

SHAPESCAPER® steel garden edging, Manufactured in Australia, is made using Redcor® weathering steel or galvanized steel from BlueScope® steel

Redcor steel is the Australian equivalent in specification to the ever-popular “corten” weathering steel.*

Stakes

• Edging should be a minimum of 30mm below ground level
• Use 3 - 4 stakes per 2400mm length.
  • This can mean 7 - 8 screws total depending on the application / number of stakes used per length
    
    • 4 screws per length
    • 1 screw per stake up to and incl 185mm profile
• Straight or Curved?
  • A choice of holes along each length allows for either
    • the recommended 3 stakes per length or
    • 4 stakes per length for specific applications, such as
      • long straight runs of edging in light soils
      • or heavy-traffic areas

Lengths

• Lengths are supplied with connector plates, fasteners (and rivets where required from 230mm profile)
• Pre-drilled holes make assembly and alignment easy.
• Screws are self-tapping and can be fitted using an impact driver and 5/16 AF (8mm) Hex Socket.
• The lower profiles can be shaped on-site into angled bends or flowing curves.
• Edging thicknesses available are
  • 1.6mm, 2.0mm and 2.5mm
• Available in eight profile heights:
  • 75mm, 100mm,
  • 150mm, 185mm,
  • 230mm, 290mm,
  • 390mm and 590mm.
• All lengths are 2400mm long
• All products come with a 10-year structural warranty and are suitable for heavy-duty commercial installations. https://shapescaper.com.au/privacy-warranty/

*What is special about corten or corten equivalent steel?

• Corten Steel (sometimes known as weathered steel)
  • is a group of steel alloys often used in outdoor construction.
  • was designed to eliminate the need for painting
  • left outside, exposed to the elements, they develop a rusted appearance in just a few months,
    • this is a natural process and can take two to three years to stabilise.
• Are there disadvantages to corten steel?
  • It is not Indestructible.
    • Weathering steel certainly protects against corrosion, but it isn't indestructible.
    • Corten Steel planters that don't have adequate draining capabilities, may not last as long as one that does.