Flower boxes made from composite materials

[ray vile]

My wife wants me to make a couple of window boxes for flowers and I was wondering if anyone has tried to use a Kreg jig on composite boards like the trek boards that lowes sells. I figure that these would last longer then any boxes that I made out of real wood, and what screws would you use. 

[Jeffrey Pike]

Hi ray a friend of mine used gutter stock for his window boxes its alread painted and will last along time.You might get 3 window boxs for the price of one trex board.

[David Dean]

thses was made of plywood and they lasted 2 years.
Dave

[ray vile]

Great idea, but my wife wants something with a routed edge or some sort of design on it, and you have to keep your client happy

Jeffrey Pike said:

Hi ray a friend of mine used gutter stock for his window boxes its alread painted and will last along time.You might get 3 window boxs for the price of one trex board.

[ray vile]

Wow they really look nice I like the corners and the tops, What type of plywood did you use?

David Dean said:

thses was made of plywood and they lasted 2 years.
Dave

[Jens Jensen]

Here is example how to keep wood boxes from rotting out.I put plastic liners in them so all you do is build 4 walls and set the liner on top of rim
The all ceder one was built last summer and what the owners are doing there is using 6 inch plant pots and setting them on bottom of planter and putting mulch around them

[ray vile]

thanks for your ideas, after all these ideas I've been getting I think I'm going to go with a solid wood boxes with plastic boxes inside of them. I'm thinking about maybe making them with some sort of a raised panel in the front. I'll post pictures as I make them
The boxes we have right now are plastic, so all that Ihave to do is make a shell for them to fit down inside of
Jens Jensen said:

Here is example how to keep wood boxes from rotting out.I put plastic liners in them so all you do is build 4 walls and set the liner on top of rim
The all ceder one was built last summer and what the owners are doing there is using 6 inch plant pots and setting them on bottom of planter and putting mulch around them

[Jens Jensen]

Thanks for my suggestion

ray vile said:

thanks for your ideas, after all these ideas I've been getting I think I'm going to go with a solid wood boxes with plastic boxes inside of them. I'm thinking about maybe making them with some sort of a raised panel in the front. I'll post pictures as I make them
The boxes we have right now are plastic, so all that Ihave to do is make a shell for them to fit down inside of
Jens Jensen said:

Here is example how to keep wood boxes from rotting out.I put plastic liners in them so all you do is build 4 walls and set the liner on top of rim
The all ceder one was built last summer and what the owners are doing there is using 6 inch plant pots and setting them on bottom of planter and putting mulch around them