Timber Sleeper Retaining Wall Systems

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Timber sleeper retaining wall systems.

As functional as it is beautiful the system has the strength and long life of high tensile galvanised steel and is flexible enough to cater to wall heights. Initially constructed from original old railway sleepers our research tells us that around 15 years was a fairly average life span for these class 1 timber hardwood walls. These retaining walls have been used for a long time in australia. I went three sleepers high and opted for a sleeper thickness of 75mm for strength and less timber flexibility.

Check with your local council for regulations regarding retaining walls. Simply decide whether you need 50 or 75mm thick sleepers and the height of your wall. Retain it 50mm systems suit timber sleepers that are 50mm wide. If you are looking to build a retaining wall we have you covered from a small garden retaining wall to sleeper retaining walls round log retaining walls wing split half log retaining walls bevelled edge sleeper retaining wall the retainit retaining wall systems and any other suitable timber combination you can think of.

Measure the length of the wall setting the posts to match the sleeper sizes. For securing timber borders such as garden beds. Building a retaining wall. Retain it is an easy to use solution for creating robust retaining walls from timber 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. Covid 19 update to customers. When installing retain it concrete one post at a time adding sleepers as you go to ensure a straight wall. In many cases concrete sleeper retaining walls are more affordable to install than most competing retaining wall products.

Benefits of concrete sleepers. The posts were concreted into the ground at a maximum of 2400mm apart on the sandy site says frank. H beam posts extra strength. For 75mm wide sleepers use retain it 75mm system.

As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience. 580mm x 187mm x 6mm. The retain it post system provides a snug fit so when the sleeper is dropped in it is immediately secure. No packing or fastening is required.

Then choose which posts you require to finish the job.