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Another installation process for new green crisp edged sleepers are to install vertically, using the earths surface for retention as opposed to the standard horizontal process, when installing horizontally ensure that the same principal and block work is exercised, ie Staggered joints for maximum strength
For all vertical sleeper works make sure that what ever length exposed must be the same length embedded in the ground with staifix and RC 35 concrete
Vertical sleepers:
few people asked for raised beds from this material, phil was willing to help ( remember phil- with asparagus raised beds)
Well improved on colour, height and these days it works well in many kitchen gardens and allotments.
even few big gardens installed that lately.
David actually helped a lot toi show what can you do with recycled plastic.
I know plastic sound like a big no no but once I saw what customers did with it -I was impressed!
I think it worth using david services to show customers what can you do.
Once again Landscape juice helped me a lot, must mention working with steve and tina- was great too.
thegardensurgery.com said:
I have just priced up a job whereby we are using our normal procedure which is very similar to that documented by the Garden Surgery. However it is too expensive for the client so I am tinkering with substituting some of the 4” by 4” posts that we would normally concrete into the ground with angle irons which we would dive in with a sledge hammer and then drill holes in and screw to the back of the sleeper.
Charles - If your talking about strength and longevity I like how Steve Snedecker(? Member on here, U.S.) said that he did sleeper retaining walls.
Laid flat pinned together with 20mm steel bars with a 4'header every 8' or so into the retained earth. This header in turn has a 4' long section of sleeper bolted to it.
The strength done this way would be colossal. The whole point is that this retaining structure is being held by the weight/mass of the retained earth - Very clever :)
This is how I will construct in future. The fixings used should outlast the sleepers....
Must admit I don't like the look/sound of the angle plates, or screws! When they're rusted away the posts will do jack!
Andy Thorne said: