With retain it simply install your posts and drop in your sleepers up to 800mm high for a strong wall.
Sleeper retaining wall supports.
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The c section post is designed for placement as an end post in a retaining wall.
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As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
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Sleeper retaining wall posts come in two varieties steel galvanised h beams or a vertical sleepers.
Sleeper retaining walls need support in order to be able to contain soil and flood water.
This support comes from a deep foundation and requires that the walls be erected at a precise angle.
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In this case simply concrete the vertical posts into the ground and fasten the stacked sleepers to the posts with timberlok sleeper screws.
Treated pine sleepers.
H beams do have there advantages however one being that of durability.
Traditional walls and beds once required drilling and screwing posts and rails.
This is especially true of mountain soil on an inclined slope.
In this case you may need vertical retaining posts or even sleepers along the length of the wall to support the wall from leaning forward.
Lay out the first row of sleepers horizontally and then the next layer on top like bricks.
Retain it is a diy friendly post system for building retaining walls garden beds sandpits and playgrounds.
Its suitable with h section 75mm sleepers.
Fencing bracket also available.
For the puposes of this blog post we ll use treated pine sleepers as our posts.
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Using sleepers as your posts costs about a third of the price of h beams.
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.