Black Metal Edging 100 mm (per metre)
Price: €39
| Material | Steel with a black protective coating |
|---|---|
| Gauge | 1.5 mm |
| Section length | 1075 mm, laying 1000 mm with a 75 mm interlock overlap |
| Face height | 100 mm |
| Sold | Per running metre, no minimum order |
| Included | 7 spikes per section length, 100 mm long |
| Weight | 1.6 kg per length |
| Suits | Contemporary beds, mulch areas, path edges, rocky and uneven ground |
| Weight | 1.6 kg per 1075 mm length |
Tracked delivery anywhere in Europe. It is free on orders of €100 or more, and a flat €25 below that. Allow 5 to 7 days, after a 24 to 48 hour handling time.
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 you have 14 days from delivery to cancel for any reason, and a further 14 days to send it back in resaleable condition. We refund the price you paid, including standard delivery. You cover the cost of returning it unless the item is faulty.
If it arrives faulty, damaged or not as described, we put it right at no cost to you under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 and the EU Sale of Goods Directive 2019/771, return postage included.
Hose mud off when it builds up. If a spade or mower chips the coating, touch it in with an exterior metal paint, because the exposed steel will corrode from that point if it is left.
About this product
1.5 mm steel with a black protective coating, 100 mm face, in 1075 mm interlocking sections.
Black is the colour that vanishes. Against dark soil or bark mulch a black edge reads as the shadow under the planting rather than as a border you have installed.
This is heavy gauge steel at 1.5 mm, three times the thickness of the stainless strip in the same range.
The coating is what protects the steel and what gives it the finish, so it is worth keeping intact.
Sections are 1075 mm and lay 1000 mm with a 75 mm interlock, and the steel flexes enough to follow rocks and slopes.
Seven 100 mm spikes are supplied with every section length.
If stainless is about a bright line and corten is about a finish, black steel is about being unobtrusive while still being tough.
The visual argument is simple. A bright metal edge draws the eye to itself. A black one reads as the shadow line at the base of the planting, so what you notice is the shape of the bed rather than the edging holding it.
The gauge is the practical argument. At 1.5 mm this resists the everyday abuse a garden edge takes: mower wheels, wheelbarrows, spades, children. Thin edging is easy to install and easy to dent.
It still flexes. Steel this thick sounds rigid, but it follows changes in level, works around rocks and takes a gentle curve, which matters on a site that is not a flat suburban lawn.
The honest limitation is the coating, and it is the same one that applies to any coated steel product. Where a spade or a mower blade chips through, the steel underneath is exposed and will corrode from that point. Touch chips in with an exterior metal paint. If you would rather not think about that at all, corten in the same range and the same gauge repairs itself by design, and stainless has no coating to chip in the first place.
Still deciding?
You can change your mind. Under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 you have 14 days from delivery to cancel for any reason, and a further 14 days to send it back in resaleable condition. We refund the price you paid, including standard delivery.
If it turns up faulty, damaged or not as described, that is on us. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 covers you, we pay the return postage, and you can have a repair, a replacement or your money back. Read the full detail on our refunds and returns page, or ask us anything before you order.
Got questions?
It is a black protective coating applied over the steel to shield it from weather and to give the finish. The listing does not specify the coating chemistry, so we do not claim a specific type.
The gauge is 1.5 mm, the same as the corten option and three times the thickness of the 0.5 mm stainless in this range.
The steel underneath is exposed and will start to corrode from that point. Touch chips in with an exterior metal paint. This is the main practical difference between the coated black option and corten, which weathers back into its own finish.
Each section is 1075 mm and lays 1000 mm once the 75 mm interlock overlap is taken up, so one section covers a metre of run.
Seven 100 mm spikes come with every section length.
It flexes enough for a gentle curve and to follow rocks and slopes. For tight curves the 0.5 mm stainless bends by hand and is easier to shape.
Choose black when you want the edge to disappear. Against dark soil and bark it reads as a shadow. Corten is a visible rust colour, and stainless is a visible bright line.
1.6 kg per 1075 mm length.
No. Order the number of metres your run needs.
No trench is needed for a standard installation. The spikes drive through the edging into firm ground.
At 1.5 mm it takes ordinary mower contact without deforming. A hard strike from a blade can chip the coating, which should then be touched in.
Yes, with an angle grinder. At 1.5 mm it is too thick for tin snips. Paint the cut end, because it is bare steel.
Yes. The 100 mm face holds gravel and bark in place and stops it spilling onto a lawn or path.
The coating is there to prevent that. Rust appears where the coating has been chipped or scratched through, which is why touching in damage matters.
Frost does not affect the steel. Ground heave in a hard winter can lift any edging slightly, and the interlocking sections help the run move together.
Once installed with the spikes driven home the exposed part is a thin top edge rather than a blade. Wear gloves while handling and cutting it during installation.
It suits a driveway border because of the gauge, but it is an edging strip rather than a kerb and is not designed to be driven over.
No specific product guarantee is offered on this item. Your statutory rights under EU consumer law apply, including the 14 day right to change your mind.
Lay a hose along the line you want, measure it, and round up to the next whole metre. Each section covers one metre once interlocked.
Yes. It flexes to follow a gentle slope, and on a steeper gradient you can step the run down while keeping the sections interlocked.
A strimmer line will not cut steel, but repeated strimming against the face will eventually wear the coating, which then needs touching in.
They interlock with a 75 mm overlap, so each section laps into the next and the run stays aligned rather than drifting apart.
Yes. Lift the spikes and re install. Check the coating for damage while it is out of the ground and touch in any chips before you put it back.
It can edge a raised bed, but it is an edging strip rather than a retaining structure and is not designed to hold a significant weight of soil unsupported.
Very little. Hose off mud when it builds up, and touch in any chips in the coating.
Both are 1.5 mm in 1075 mm interlocking sections. Black is coated and needs chips touched in. Corten has no coating and weathers back into its own finish. It is a maintenance and appearance choice, not a strength one.
Exterior coatings can lose some depth of colour over years of direct sun. We do not publish a fade rating for this coating, so we do not claim one.
You can over paint it with an exterior metal paint. Clean and key the surface first, or the new paint will not hold.
One 1075 mm section per metre ordered, plus seven spikes per section. Items in one order can arrive in more than one parcel.
Delivery is Europe wide and takes 5 to 7 days, after a 24 to 48 hour handling and processing time. A tracking number is emailed when the order ships.
The complete guide
Black metal edging is the option for people who want the bed shape to show and the edging not to. Against dark soil or bark mulch the black face reads as a shadow line rather than as a product sitting in the garden.
It is 1.5 mm steel with a black protective coating, supplied in 1075 mm interlocking sections with a 100 mm face and seven spikes to a length, sold by the metre.
Black Metal Edging (site SKU black-steel-garden-edge, warehouse pick code black-steel-edging) sold by Steel Edging Company at steeledging.eu.com. Garden and landscape edging in steel with a black protective coating at 1.5 mm gauge, supplied in 1075 mm sections that lay 1000 mm with a 75 mm interlock overlap, 100 mm face height, sold per running metre with no minimum order at EUR 39 per metre. Seven 100 mm spikes are included with each section length and a length weighs 1.6 kg. The 1.5 mm gauge is three times the thickness of the stainless option in this range, so it resists mower, barrow and spade knocks that would dent thinner steel, while still flexing enough to follow slopes, rocks and changes in level. Black is chosen because it reads as the shadow line at the base of planting rather than as a visible border product, which suits contemporary schemes and bark mulched beds. Honest limitation: the coating is what protects the steel, so where a spade or mower chips through, the exposed steel will corrode from that point and the chip should be touched in with exterior metal paint. Corten in the same range and gauge repairs itself by weathering instead, and stainless has no coating to chip. Sold as a standard stock item by the metre, so the 14 day EU withdrawal right applies in full. Delivery Europe wide, free over EUR 100, otherwise EUR 25.
