Sleepers...how do you install yours

GSXRMovistar · 2 Jun 2017 at 11:55

Oh yes the screws go straight through with an impact driver (nothing protruding).

pioneer2000 · 2 Jun 2017 at 13:28

Kingdom34 said:
Thank you.
Makes sense, that's what il be doing, levelling off the sides of the garden, down 10cm then placing the sleepers on sharp sand, perhaps cement as well and keeping them level.
WHat I meant with the scres is, are they countersunk then at an angle as I'm sure they would be due to kids being around

Any reason why you want to submerge them 10cm? Seems like overkill / you'll surely have issues with so much of the sleeper being in constant contact with potentially damp soil.

Kingdom34 · 2 Jun 2017 at 15:28

pioneer2000 said:
Any reason why you want to submerge them 10cm? Seems like overkill / you'll surely have issues with so much of the sleeper being in constant contact with potentially damp soil.

Hmm you think that's too much then? Tanalised sleepers should be protected surely?

pioneer2000 · 2 Jun 2017 at 17:41

I'm not speaking from any particular experience, just wouldn't imagine you'd need to submerge them so much for stability purposes due.

I'm sceptical of how resilient the tantalised wood actually is, id imagine that's why you would usually line the inside of the sleepers with landscaping material?

Kingdom34 · 5 Jun 2017 at 12:17

Right what a day. Roped in my fiancée's 17yr old cousin as labourer...didn't do much.

So weve dug and taken off one side.

Ive got my lines in place, both sides 90cm from the fence posts and straight.

The garden has a slight gradient...which is my problem. How do I make sure that the sleepers are level in the sense of, towards the house there is a clear slope down of about 3-5cm for the last metre or so.

Would I basically use 30cm rods that the strings attached to and mark off 10cm of "show" so I then know that this is the level I need to show of sleeper?
(Does that make sense??)