Concrete edging

[DEAGLER]

Looking to get a concrete curbing around my yard. Anyone have recommendations around the Aurora area?

[Gman]

I don't have anything to add other than I love the idea. Less edging to do and looks really clean.

[Irving]

Holds up way better than plastic/metal/rubber edging as well.

[Ramsker]

We used L&B's about 4 years ago . . . turned out really nice and has held up well.

[hunterhawk]

Im getting rid of mine... im sure it looked good in the 80's but now its sunk in pretty far and looks like its from the 80's get hip... its the bricks now a days... but to each their own.. I bought a sledgehammer to bust it up but if we could work something out you are more than welcome to have it but timing has to be right for both of us. Im not ready to start it yet...but soon..weeks not months/years

[SouthPaw]

This guy will take care of you. You can tell him I sent you.

[rondog]

I'd like to do something like that around our flowerbeds, but there's that whole $$$$ thing.....

[CapLock]

Will work for guns and ammo

[CapLock]

I bet I could do brick on a good steel reinforced footing for what they will charge for concrete edging.

[Jer]

Short response: Don't do it.

Long response: My take on these has evolved over the years of home ownership. When we first built this place I had planned to "eventually" get them as our neighbors had them and I felt they looked nice. Over the years however I've had many instances of needing to change our layout and the curbs would have made this way more difficult or expensive from needing to be ripped out and redone. With nice, rolled edge trim these modifications have been quick and simple. Example: in the front we had the tree we planted when we built the place. I did a beauty ring about 4' in diameter around it with rock. About 8 years in we got ash bore beetles and I wasn't able to save the tree. I tried for years to do so but in the end I had to cut it down. There was a solid root structure under it that would have made planting another tree in the same location very, very difficult. I opted instead to pull the edging and rock and lay sod in that same spot & plant another tree in the border next to the lawn instead. What was a relatively simple process would have been greatly magnified if I had done curbing. I also have changed the actual size of my lawn area multiple times for various reasons and the metal trim makes this a snap. About 14 years after building this place and doing the original landscaping ourselves I'm SO happy I didn't spend the extra money to do curbing. Even if it was free I would have regretted it multiple times by now.