# Raised bed including garage for robomower and irrigation control

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/raised-bed-including-garage-for-robomower-and-irrigation-control/13071>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/raised-bed-including-garage-for-robomower-and-irrigation-control/13071 "2019-05-13T05:45:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tequila329](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tequila329/32/10729_2.png) [@Tequila329](https://community.homey.app/u/Tequila329)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/raised-bed-including-garage-for-robomower-and-irrigation-control/13071/1 "2019-05-13T05:45:41Z")

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Planning :

Building up a raised bed with a compartment for irrigation control / electricity and a garage for the robomower.

Ausstattung:

- Irrigation control should be easily accessible. You don’t get younger, so no dislocation of any body parts needed during working 🙂
- Robomower charging station (Gardena R40i) has to be included
- Sight protection, so everybody outside couldn’t watch and entrance should be closeable because of weather → installation of an electrical blind
- Power supply for
  - Irrigation control
  - solenoid valve
  - Blind
  - Lighting
  - Osram Gardenspots
  - 2x Reserve

Parts:

- DYI timber work or buy a Karibu Hochbeet “2” 173x82x89 (maybe only available in Germany)

- 5x solenoid valve Hunter 24V 101 NC

- Transformator 24V

- Water Distribution (Rainbird)

- 3x Fibaro 222 Switch

- 3x Gardena Microdrip System

- 2x Lawn with Rain Bird sprinklers

- electrical blind incl

- Qubino Shutter Z-Wave Module

- LED lighting for robomower

- moisture proof equipment for electrical wiring

- parts for canopy

- Pond liner 0.5mm

Contruction

- Foundation (Grit and conctrete panels) ✅
- Substructure ✅
- Superstructure ✅
- Installation electrical equipment (tbd)
- Installation robomower charging platform ✅
- Installation blind ✅
- Installation lighting (tbd)
- Installation irrigation (tbd)

Links:

[https://www.karibu-onlineshop.de/karibu-hochbeet-2-mit-schrankoption?attribute[garden\_model]=naturbelassen](https://www.karibu-onlineshop.de/karibu-hochbeet-2-mit-schrankoption?attribute%5Bgarden_model%5D=naturbelassen)

[https://www.jalousiescout.de/](https://www.jalousiescout.de/)

[https://www.rainbird.de/produkte/versenkduesen/typenreihe-1800tm](https://www.rainbird.de/produkte/versenkduesen/typenreihe-1800tm)

Amazon Shopping Card if needed, please feel free to post below.

Substructure:

 ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/CSseBQfqmAmZDMowre-7uf405IrWT8xFFZlBCBFJyCL-Ml4EdQCQun-xk0_VjvXOfKSWpq3uV6-dLqLGrter_fgtOpilu65jwPdUg9JsLUMHOuAn3FGWXaxheNVlIFzmHYZ838T-)

inlet and substructure

 ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0OpcprB7yYywgpOdEKgbZDAJ8JAkjbbgeqZ7huBLE2R7_07OX6OO1zi10jAfb9SY4fgJ1N-kMHwMFZc7NTF8T42-bQE5IOvx_ppl04d-ZOXitn4MDbPpc6i3kQ05QAlKV6j5B7Zw) ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aCyp8uj6r7c95GehDmUmkKW75LZ0gmLxN-_fbHE7m9u0SsaIwxB5vyyOEss6uzrqRhMU6yR779hQIBv46VdJBDvsHNWXzIGoH4FwwC0ZVB4qhoeROPx2nmhaeABtAlR0ymIeD1Fn)

Installation Blind

 ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/36K7s-v7Nx06-vcruDEB_KzdEEBUxlRg4Y55qHvd2RetZpVoe6eIrocKBTXdb-8NrjkeJY98fVFLtBRj9l-puKdbBKGKvOA-jZpyfi8CD0lzfHCHG50cpdEMQtyQiCuqnXEmUQ3E)

Front closed + blind installed

 ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/e7Z3KOyn9AoB6OHGy7J7TTitbwfZPA-v1Mhgkq6sliNQMaEbieLzK4d0kZ5oHIhTey1FqxM3H9lboAVBrbihYy2gYSr9PD2uEwMMCggym-afDuprpUKLW5gBQGgN3ClMhmmgh8UN)

Compartment irrigation and power supply

- Distribution box installed on a wooden panel
- electrical connections are on the side away from the water

not to bee seen:

- partition wall between water and power distribution box
- Panel for Mircodrip prefilter

 ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/LXzkE4S2nfYZitQyzte0kkNodpy9TH1uRVO-XsKwIYAto5Z-K1zoutE0-plQqyjVlkf42s8SNsGFhiVvPiSo9me5JqZb5704pZ3TDPkhLvZTK068VlWbxTzaRX4KpKeD5npTZmYv)

Affixing of pond liner

- should be a really warm day, so pond liner gets more flexible
- try to be wrinkle-free 🙂
- sink as water outlet
- i fixed the pond liner with a panel and small elbows

 ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/hN82rDeTsOCTNvahZYG0yX1khfnbx1SFF8WmWwbuExiBmAZ_g7ZXj7WxfbGIUPCpnfcRGiKrasiYPZY30GP868fKOALIyhKTNA4M0CLimgo53nKxwb2DdomQx9rZ9Rl4xrP1s7jt)

Filled up with soil and plants it looks like this:

 ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/aYo1BQxvSEKB1COQAWsxFRQfh0rNQ-sK3ujbKHSi4BtdIvRELa3WRZPvBWYReSkXYQDM9-FO7FNrSeDQO2lSQaQh0xBdsMrhWbsJJD3ablU3BCdLnpk0UuLU7_9o2LsYSWL2jJDV) ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hGSvEwNc9jzcXioc36zWuNMPUgqyRUYO9uZQl5dYMLs5_pxWB6F1q4Qu3JXCVnx7MRaq89ZHAAvW1d85veEDIxD7zXyt1Bieqg_MOChi5udnrIY_r_RDSwFVZj_fBav2SfGK0lZE)

It’s raining again:

 ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/S824KQ2VtjmONgMuRdGV8KpPgcjkUW_Ywv-lylCwxMlqdc9oYU_QAKylxJN65MJH0QFzBsveoB_oYEgQyNUmFzky-HQJK5thadxc37fXBtrNDVajZASLpyxkwH7PGr5RajaDItBO)

Water distribution, valves below. On the upper left the fertiliser device for the raised bed and Microdrip prefilter.

First tought: the sprinklers cause pressure shocks at the system when moving up. Think the necessary pressure has to be reached.

So i will program both sprinkler circuits not one after the other. Instead i will take one circuit with the microdrip system inbetween.

Electrical wiring :

Not very nice at the moment 🙂 Installation with Wago terminals just for testing.

Will be rewired after testing.

 ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/M8S0afNSsyxOOYUlwmupzq9oZRqXDEj8S5vxvaXG6CCn2jWZQFaBye_QbV6MTBAH3i4sOc1T527oZrrnnq9CdyJAvHjyRjrxFzZkCsDzQVWi1yqAwlZ7hwaeFhR4Fijod_jeI__X)

Wiring diagram:

 ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/jTZLa4zT0FECU-kuI0z6_cZmUnWcnHsX6DOFz_Nl35gTVeRNmFqTPpoIUn0N4BbsLM1t0AhJVBtcb4YzyXo1E8JoxUsKykhk4lgPE0YByT0yoXkKwll4tcj8wcTDj5Rc255oOWmo)

Update Automower: integrated head-/rear lights.

Not really necessary, but a nice to have 🙂

The mower won’t drive during night time, so hedgehogs are still save.

 ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RVOQwUZdcF4hj-KC_sjsxRzbtKpXAmrtVfSsMK3yKtOYFDWd7aazHdE5B3JtxMzVAlMX8YeMR3DKcPnwI7fUthIpRDfnL61-5OLor_MT03DuJ0I80sV_bozjkzC7bAn1F9Trt4F5)

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**Author:** ![PhilS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/phils/32/12941_2.png) [@PhilS](https://community.homey.app/u/PhilS)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/raised-bed-including-garage-for-robomower-and-irrigation-control/13071/2 "2019-05-13T18:08:02Z")

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Great @Tequila329! I will adapt some parts of your project.

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**Author:** ![Tequila329](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tequila329/32/10729_2.png) [@Tequila329](https://community.homey.app/u/Tequila329)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/raised-bed-including-garage-for-robomower-and-irrigation-control/13071/3 "2019-05-17T12:12:19Z")

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Feel free to do so! 🙂

Posted a small update:

- water distribution
- electrical wiring
- mower upgrade

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**Author:** ![Tequila329](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tequila329/32/10729_2.png) [@Tequila329](https://community.homey.app/u/Tequila329)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/raised-bed-including-garage-for-robomower-and-irrigation-control/13071/4 "2019-06-19T10:39:09Z")

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Add the wiring diagram for the Fibaro devices…

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**Author:** ![Tequila329](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tequila329/32/10729_2.png) [@Tequila329](https://community.homey.app/u/Tequila329)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/raised-bed-including-garage-for-robomower-and-irrigation-control/13071/5 "2019-06-24T18:19:08Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/e/e1fc036b371334b848e77e36fd0df17368ad480f.jpeg)

The plants love it 😄