Composting For Dummies by Cathy Cromell

Author:Cathy Cromell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010-03-11T05:00:00+00:00

Figure 6-4: Align corners to butt end nail them together.

10. Drill a 1//2-inch hole through each junction centered 1-inch in from the inside edge. Secure baseboards with carriage bolts, but don’t tighten them yet.

11. Turn the unit right side up and repeat Steps 9 and 10 for the top 9-foot board.

12. Using the carpenter’s square or measuring between opposing corners, make sure the bin is square, and tighten all bolts securely.

13. Fasten a 9-foot-long piece of hardware cloth securely to the backside of the bin with staples every 4 inches around the frame.

14. Cut four 36-inch long 2 x 6s for front slat runners.

15. Cut two of the boards from Step 14 lengthwise to 43//4-inches wide and nail them securely to the front of the two outside dividers and baseboard, making them flush on the top and outside edges.

Save the remainder of the rip cut boards from this step for use as back runners.

16. Center the remaining 36-inch, full-width 2 x 6 boards on the front of the inside dividers flush with the top edge, and nail securely.

17. To create back runners, cut the remaining 2 x 6 into a 34-inch long piece and then rip cut it into four equal pieces, 11//4 x 2 inches. Nail the back runner parallel to the front runners on the side of each divider, leaving a 1-inch gap for slats.

18. Cut all the 1 x 6-inch cedar boards into slats 311//4-inches long.

19. Use the last 9-foot 2 x 4 for the back of the lid. Cut four 321//2-inch 2 x 2s and one 9-foot 2 x 2 from it.

20. Lay the pieces from Step 19 on the ground in a rectangle and make sure they’re square. Screw in corner braces and T-braces on the bottom side of the frame.

21. Center the lid frame from Step 20 on the bin structure, brace side down, and attach it to the bin with the hinges.

22. Cut wiggle board to fit the front and back 9-foot sections of the lid frame.

23. Pre-drill the wiggle board with a 1//8-inch drill bit, and nail it to the frame with 8d casement nails.

24. Cut the fiberglass to fit flush with the front and back edges of the frame.

25. Overlay the fiberglass pieces at least one channel wide. Pre-drill the fiberglass and wiggle board for each nail hole.

26. Nail the fiberglass and wiggle board to the lid frame, nailing on top of every third corrugated hump with gasketed nails.

Dressing up your concrete block bins

The concrete block composting bins covered in the sidebar “Stacking up concrete blocks for bins” are pretty bare-bones and not much to look at. But you can take your concrete block unit a few steps further and make it functional and fashionable! Here are some ideas for making your concrete construction piece more pleasing to the eye:

Purchase slightly more expensive blocks with integrated designs or terra-cotta colors meant to blend in with landscaping projects.

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