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Step 3: Build Open Ended Bed Frame Sections -
Idecidedtobuildthesteppedraisedbeds
with lumber instead of concrete block. I planned for three stepped beds about 3 feet wide
and14feetlongusing2x12lumber.Ileftafourinchspacebetweenthehouseandtheraised
bed to keep the side of the house dry. I also didn't want the bed to extend past the basement
window wells, so the 36 inch original plan shrunk by four inches to 32 inches. I built the
frames with the outside width at 32 inches (example B in
Figure 38
), making the inside bed
frame cuts at 29 inches.
Ibuilttwoframesectionsfourfeetlongandonesectionat62incheslong.Ichosethislength
just to make the best use of my existing 10 foot lumber (62+29+29 = 120). So the final
length of the stepped bed was 13 feet 2 inches.
The bed frame sections are built the same way as was shown back in
Section 3
, except one
end of the bed frame is left open (
Figure 53
). The top step can be completed with a smaller
board or it can be added after leveling.
Figure 53.
Two of Three Bed Frame Sections.