Coreten Garden Edging 100 mm (per metre)
Price: €39
| Material | Corten weathering steel |
|---|---|
| Gauge | 1.5 mm |
| Section length | 1075 mm, laying 1000 mm with a 75 mm interlock overlap |
| Face height | 100 mm on this option. Also available in 150 mm |
| Sold | Per running metre, no minimum order |
| Included | 7 spikes per section length, 100 mm long |
| Weight | 1.6 kg per length |
| Finish | Supplied in a ready to use rusted state |
| 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.
None needed. The rust layer is the finish and it maintains itself. Do not paint or seal it, because that stops the process that protects the steel underneath. Expect run off to stain paving and light gravel in the first few months of weathering.
About this product
1.5 mm corten in 1075 mm interlocking sections, supplied in its finished rusted state. Seven spikes per length.
Corten is a weathering steel: an alloy developed so that the rust layer it forms becomes the protection rather than the beginning of a failure.
It is supplied already oxidised, so it goes in looking the way it is meant to look instead of arriving bright and taking a year to turn.
At 1.5 mm this is a heavy gauge. It holds a line under mower knocks and wheelbarrow wheels that would dent thinner steel.
Sections are 1075 mm and lay 1000 mm, with a 75 mm interlock overlap that keeps a long run straight.
Two face heights: 100 mm for beds and mulch, 150 mm where you are holding a deeper level.
Weathering steels were developed to remove the need for painting. Ordinary steel rusts, and the rust flakes off to expose fresh metal underneath, so the process keeps going until there is nothing left. Corten is alloyed so the oxide layer it forms is tight and stable, and once it has formed it slows further corrosion instead of feeding it.
The practical result in a garden is an edge that needs nothing from you. No painting, no touching in chips, no rust treatment. A spade strike that would start a corrosion point on a coated steel edge simply weathers back into the same finish here.
It is supplied already rusted, which matters more than it sounds. Corten bought bright takes months to develop its colour, and it goes through a patchy orange stage on the way. This arrives at the finish it is going to keep.
At 1.5 mm gauge it is stiff. It will take a gentle curve, but it is not the product for tight shapes. If your beds are heavily curved, the 0.5 mm stainless in this range bends by hand and is the better tool for that job.
Two honest caveats. First, weathering steel continues to shed a small amount of oxide in its early life, and that run off will stain light paving, pale gravel and render, so think about what sits immediately below the edge. Second, corten performs best where it can dry out between wettings. Permanently waterlogged ground or constant standing water works against the mechanism that makes it stable.
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?
Corten is a group of steel alloys known as weathering steels. They are formulated so the rust layer that forms on the surface is stable and tight, which slows further corrosion instead of flaking off and exposing fresh metal.
It arrives already rusted, in a ready to use weathered state. You are not waiting months for the colour to develop, and you skip the patchy orange stage that bright corten goes through.
No. That is the point of a weathering steel. The oxide layer it forms is stable and slows further corrosion, unlike ordinary steel where rust flakes off and the process continues into the metal.
No, and you should not. Sealing or painting corten stops the process that forms the protective oxide layer, which defeats the reason for choosing it.
It can. Weathering steel sheds a small amount of oxide in its early life, and that run off will mark light paving, pale gravel and render. Think about what sits directly below the edge before you install it.
The gauge is 1.5 mm, which is three times the thickness of the 0.5 mm stainless option in this range.
Two: 100 mm and 150 mm. Choose 100 mm for beds and mulch, and 150 mm where you are holding back a deeper level of material.
Each section is 1075 mm and lays 1000 mm once the 75 mm interlock overlap is taken up, so one section covers one metre of run.
Seven 100 mm spikes are supplied with every section length.
It will take a gentle curve, but at 1.5 mm it is stiff. For tightly curved beds the 0.5 mm stainless steel edging in this range bends by hand and is the better choice.
1.6 kg per length at the 100 mm face height, and 1.7 kg per length at 150 mm.
No. Order the number of metres your job needs.
It performs best where it can dry out between wettings. Permanently waterlogged ground or standing water works against the mechanism that keeps the oxide layer stable.
They interlock with a 75 mm overlap, so one section laps into the next. That keeps a long run aligned rather than letting individual pieces drift apart.
Yes. Weathering steel is widely used in planting schemes and raised beds. The oxide is iron based and does not sterilise soil.
The weathered surface will mark hands and clothing, in the same way handling any rusted metal does. Wear gloves and work clothes when you install it.
Yes, with an angle grinder. At 1.5 mm it is too thick for tin snips. The cut edge will weather to match the rest within a few months.
Both are 1.5 mm and both come in 1075 mm interlocking sections. The difference is finish and maintenance. Black steel is coated, so a chip needs touching in to stop corrosion at that point. Corten has no coating to chip and repairs itself by weathering.
Stainless stays bright and is 0.5 mm, so it is light and bends easily. Corten is rust coloured by design and 1.5 mm, so it is far stiffer and holds a line better under knocks.
No trench is needed for a standard installation. The spikes drive through the edging into firm ground and hold the line.
At 1.5 mm it takes ordinary mower contact without deforming, which is one of the main reasons to choose this gauge over the thinner stainless.
It is a good choice for a driveway border because of the gauge. It is still an edging strip rather than a kerb, so it is not designed to be driven over directly.
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.
It can edge a raised bed, and the 150 mm height suits that. It is an edging product rather than a retaining structure, so it is not designed to hold a significant weight of soil unsupported.
Lay a hose or a tape along the line you want and measure it, then round up to the next whole metre. Each section covers one metre of run once interlocked.
No. Frost does not affect weathering steel. Ground heave in a hard winter can lift any edging slightly, and the interlock helps the run move as one piece.
Yes. It is a straightforward one person job on a straight run, though the 1.5 mm gauge means you will be driving spikes through a stiffer material than the stainless option.
Weathered steel varies. Sections will differ slightly in tone, and they continue to even out as they weather together in place. That variation is normal for the material rather than a fault.
You receive 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
Coreten garden edging is weathering steel, supplied in the rusted state it is meant to keep. It needs no painting, no sealing and no rust treatment, because the oxide layer on the surface is the protection rather than the start of a problem.
This is 1.5 mm corten in 1075 mm interlocking sections with a 75 mm overlap, seven spikes to a length, sold by the metre with no minimum order.
Coreten Garden Edging (pick code corten-steel-edging-(per metre)-10cm) sold by Steel Edging Company at steeledging.eu.com. Garden and landscape edging in corten weathering steel at 1.5 mm gauge, supplied in 1075 mm sections that lay 1000 mm with a 75 mm interlock overlap, sold per running metre with no minimum order. Two face heights: 100 mm at EUR 39 per metre and 150 mm at EUR 49 per metre. Seven 100 mm spikes are included with each section length, and a length weighs 1.6 kg at the 100 mm height and 1.7 kg at 150 mm. Corten is an alloy developed so that the oxide layer it forms is stable and slows further corrosion rather than flaking away, which removes the need for painting and means a spade chip weathers back into the same finish instead of starting a corrosion point. It is supplied already oxidised, so it arrives at its finished colour rather than going through a patchy orange stage over several months. At 1.5 mm it is three times the gauge of the stainless option in this range and holds its line under mower and barrow knocks, but it is stiff and will only take a gentle curve, so tightly curved beds are better served by the 0.5 mm stainless. Two honest limitations: early oxide run off will stain light paving, pale gravel and render sitting directly below it, and corten performs best where it can dry between wettings rather than in permanently waterlogged ground. 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.
