sleepers

  1. Dave777

    Concrete Repair Spur Post Instead Of Wooden Post?

    Anybody have any thoughts on using a concrete repair spur post in place a wooden post altogether to secure wooden sleepers for a retaining wall. My plan was to use them to hold back some earth and I would place them behind the sleepers so I would have to drill into the concrete post fix the...
  2. D

    Raised patio

    Hi, After deciding I can’t afford to pay someone to replace my deck with a raised patio I’m thinking of doing it myself. I currently have a deck (previous owner install) which spans the entire width of the conservatory ~8.5m and goes out 2.4m, steps down to another deck (same width) which goes...
  3. C

    Upright sleeper retaining wall

    Hi all, I am a gardener, with some landscaping experience, and I have a client who would like a small terraced area part way up their steep garden so as to give easier access for gardening. I terms of design, I think a curved upright sleeper retaining wall would be best, however I have never...
  4. R

    Hit Slate While Digging Post Holes For Sleeper Wall. Any Great Suggestions?

    Hi all, I'm new here but have used the forum topics for reference a lot, so know there is a lot of great expertise around. Would appreciate some specific advice for my problem. I'm creating a horizontal sleeper retaining wall (sleepers on narrow end) about a foot or so in front of the bank...
  5. S

    Mot type 1

    I am going to start my garden ready for the summer, I am looking at building a sleeper retainer step up (2 sleepers high) the sleepers will be dug in 50mm so I will have to infill around 305mm. (Leaving thickness for artificial grass 30mm and a 15mm base layer of sand to assist drainage) Should...
  6. G

    Setting Vertical softwood sleepers

    I’m almost ready to start setting my vertical garden sleepers but need some clarity on the concrete mix to use. Some say a 1:2:3 mix of cement, sand and aggregate is the way to go but I’m wondering if a 1:4 mix of cement and sharp sand will do the job? The latter just seems more straightforward...
  7. B

    Sleeper Retaining Wall - PostCrete?

    Not sure what I’m doing to be honest. Need advice if possible. Building a retaining wall out of reclaimed sleepers. Six upright in holes 450mm by 350mm and 1m deep. Dug a 200mm footing and will go about 5 sleepers high, bolted to the uprights, just over 1m from the bottom of my footing. For...
  8. L

    Drill capable do go through 5 oak sleepers stacked

    Hello community, This is my first post here and I would really appreciate some help. I'm building a retaining wall, 6 rows high. The sleepers are stacked on their wide side. I managed to stack 5 rows quite nicely and now, before putting the last row, I want to insert some oak dowels going all...
  9. S

    Railway sleeper base

    Hello everyone! Looking for some advice I am laying sleepers in my garden 200mmx100mm to create a boarder between my garden and garden bed on either side of the garden. I have the sleepers and plan to bolt them together using a screw plate. In regards to laying them in the floor what do you...
  10. C

    Sleeper retaining wall post position

    Hi all! I’m building a retaining wall out of 100x200x2400 pressure treated pine sleepers. The wall will have two tiers with a 400mm gap between them, each tier will be 700m high with vertical sleepers used as posts. Each post reaches 700mm underground. The posts are bedded in with several bags...
  11. C

    Raised Patio - Sloping Garden

    So I recently bought my first house, which has a rather steeply sloping garden (approx. 1 in 12). The slope falls away from the house. We’re looking at building a patio at the bottom of the garden (garden is East facing and the bottom gets most of the sun) which I’ll also be standing a good...
  12. M

    Extending raised Patio

    Hello, we have been going round in circles deciding what to do with our front porch area and I think we have finally finally decided what do to. We have a raised patio outside our font door which needs redoing. It has a concrete slab underneath Im thinking to edge the slab with sleepers, we...
  13. T

    Gap between Railway Sleepers

    I have created a retaining wall using railway sleepers (this should level off the gradient of the garden). After cementing the bottom layer to the ground I've realized that there is a gap as the next layer is placed on top. This is my first project doing something like this so please excuse...
  14. D

    Exterior wood screws

    Hi. I am building some raised beds using pressure treated 100mm deep sleepers. I am looking for 150mm screws to secure each row of sleepers into the row below, but want a countersunk screw so the head does not foul the next row which will go on top. Was looking at 150mm countersunk goldscrews...
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