CORTENFABRIKEN
Looking for the perfect pots? Here is your answer. Below you can design your own modern plant pot by using maintenance-free Corten or design own painted planters. Even choose type of steel and thickness for your modern indoor & outdoor planters.
If you need a quick quote for your planters, we have a transparent calculation below. Prices are kept low by simple handling without intermediaries. Shipping price is calculated separately when requesting a quote as we will calculate based on the total packed size.
Delivery time: Unpainted approx. 21days after received payment. Submit form below for full quote including shipping.
Inner planter & outer planter also have holes for excess water and hidden lighting
Once in place, you can then use this page to calculate how much soil etc. you need to fill your perfect pots.
Tip! If you are interested in building a fountain like on the image, the modern plant pot should be at least 30 cm deep so that there is always water for the pump. It must not go dry. We suggest these pumps. You need one pump per bubble place.
Note that our largest modern plant pot is delivered with standard steel surface, which rusts naturally when used outdoors. If you want to speed up the process, you can spray on salt water and then it takes about a week to get a nice rusty surface (we describe how here). If you don’t want a rusty planter, we can paint the modern plant pot in any color to design your perfect pots. We offer RAL Classic as a standard choice, i.e. the codes that contain RAL + four digits. If the modern plant pot is to be left outdoors, we use a special foundation to make it last. Hence, there is a price difference between the indoor and outdoor varnished version.
We recommend 4 mm thick steel for Corten planters so that they last many years. However, it is not uncommon to manufacture a modern plant pot in 3 mm. Corten itself is a durable steel where the rust that forms during outdoor use protects the steel against further corrosion. However, it does not stop completely. If you choose to design painted planters, the rationale about strong Corten steel to create long-term durability disappears. There we use galvanized steel which is heat-treated so that the varnish adheres. Despite that, we offer 3 or 4 mm steel as it is a matter of taste if you like thin or slightly thicker steel purely in terms of appearance.
We also offer planters in stainless steel. This steel is almost 5 times more expensive. Therefore, we have chosen 1.5 mm as standard for these perfect pots. This type of modern plant pot is welded to a box and as such do not have a folded edge on the top. Note that if you want painted planters, it will take about two extra weeks.
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We also offer custom-made modular sections, with or without insulation. Maximum length per module is 3 meters. If interested, send an e-mail to webshop@cortenfabriken.se.
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Demo of modular flower box
Galvad plåt består av stål som belagts med ett tunt lager av zink genom att tillföra elstötar för att få zink att fästa på stålets yta. Denna yta skyddar mot rost. Däremot gör denna yta att det blir något svårare att få färg att fästa. För att få färgen att fästa värmebehandlar man slutprodukten innan lackering.
Rostfritt stål innehåller järn som blandats med minst 10,5% krom. Det finns 5 olika varianter av rostfritt stål där mängden krom är avgörande för vilken sorts rostfritt stål man avser. Beroende på vilka egenskaper som eftersträvas tillförs även andra ämnen utöver krom så som nickel. Detta för att minska risken för rost och tillföra andra egenskaper för att förbättra stålet användningsområde i något avseende.
Corten är en stålblandning som innehåller koppar, krom, mangan och nickel. Denna blandning förhindrar att stål fräts sönder vid utomhusbruk. Detta då det ytskikt av rost som bildas vid växlande väderförhållande blir självskyddande för stålet. Rostprocessen avtar i styrka när det har fått en snygg rostig yta som förhindrar att stålet fräts sönder.
Galvanized steel consists of steel that has been coated with a thin layer of zinc by applying electric shocks to cause zinc to adhere to the surface of the steel. This surface protects against rust. However, this surface makes it somewhat more difficult to get paint to stick. In order for the paint to stick, the final product is heat-treated before painting.
Stainless steel contains iron mixed with at least 10.5% chromium. There are 5 different variants of stainless steel where the amount of chromium is decisive for which kind of stainless steel being referred to. Depending on the desired properties, other substances are also added in addition to chromium such as nickel. This is to reduce the risk of rust and add other properties to improve the steel’s area of use in some respect.
Corten is a steel mixture containing copper, chromium, manganese and nickel. This mixture prevents steel from corroding when used outdoors. This since the surface layer of rust that forms during changing weather conditions becomes self-protective for the steel. The rusting process decreases in strength when it has acquired a nice rusty surface that prevents the steel from corroding.
