securing sleepers

[delilahsdad]

when building terracing with railway sleepers what is the easiest way to anchor them together

[Philtaz]

Don't know about that but I was going to build a small retaining wall with them when I came across a thing called Timberstone(it's concrete made to look exactly like sleepers). They are smaller than actual sleepers so may be expensive but I'd have a look at them because they will never need to be treated or replaced. You should find them on the Travis Perkins website. There is also a company called Stone Market. They make them to look like ordinary sleepers or in driftwood effect.

[Philtaz]

http://www.stonemarket.co.uk/timberstone.asp There you are delilahsdad, take a look at it, it's quite impressive stuff. At my local builder's yard I pad roughly �7.50 each for 900mm x 225mm size sleepers.

[RogerK]

If you are looking to pile them on top of eachother you can fix them by drilling down through them with a long drill and hammering a metal rod down through the hole. If you want to join them edge to edge the quickest way is to use metal straps with holes in to nail through. A builder's merchant should be able to supply what you need, including good advice!

[smudge]

Phltaz - a very impressive alternative to sleepers & log edging too! RogerK - a few years ago, my husband put sleepers at the bottom of our garden & he did just what you have suggested & it worked - mind you he is an engineer!