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Sleeper retaining wall supports.
The second way to build a sleeper wall is to stand them vertically a vertical walls means you can vary the height of it in different places and even create a curved rather than straight wall.
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Retaining wall system that has been designed engineered and certified specifically for retaining walls garden beds and edging up to a height of 900mm.
In this case simply concrete the vertical posts into the ground and fasten the stacked sleepers to the posts with timberlok sleeper screws.
If timber is your preferred material for building a retaining wall get treated pine sleepers or hardwood sleepers.
Time now to concrete your posts into position.
The vertical slopes should be at least 75mm thick.
Sleeper retaining walls need support in order to be able to contain soil and flood water.
Using sleepers as your posts costs about a third of the price of h beams.
As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
This is especially true of mountain soil on an inclined slope.
The ridgi system comprises reinforced concrete sleepers and strong long lasting 60uc hot dipped galvanised steel posts and fence brackets.
Sleeper retaining walls require support.
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Landscaping screws are great for joining sleepers together.
Treated pine sleepers.
How to build a sleeper retaining wall retaining walls are never cheap or easy but building one from timber railway sleepers is probably as cheap and easy as you are likely to find.
Dig a trench.
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These two types of timber offer excellent value for money.
This means you won t have to worry about termites.
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This support comes from a deep foundation and requires that the walls be erected at a precise angle.
Dig holes and insert vertical supports using the thicker sleepers.
For example if your wall is going to be 800mm high the holes for your posts should be 500mm deep.
The depth and angle depend on the soil type.
They are screwed in without needing pre drilling and hold sleepers very firmly.