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Which way should I place the railway sleepers?

Hi guys I'm new here and hoping to learn a lot on this site. We have a sloped garden andd would like some sleepers for the border. Do you think I should stagger them as the garden declines down or end up with not much sleeper showing at one end so it's level? I will try to upload a photo of our garden Thanks for any replies missy
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Yes, a picture or two would be helpful.  Click on the green tree icon and follow the instructions image


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  • MissymrMissymr Posts: 24
    I can't see a tree, maybe it's because I'm on my phone?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Probably - do you have access to a laptop or pc? 


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  • MissymrMissymr Posts: 24
    Yeah, I'll go grab the laptop image
  • Yes, pics would be good. Meantime sleepers laid flat are more stable when laid flat, but are okay laid on their edge if only being used in a single row. 

  • MissymrMissymr Posts: 24

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    So this is our garden currently, we would like to place sleepers along the borders to square it off, and narrow the border. 

     

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    What is the difference in height between one end of the garden and the other?

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     It is possible to use two layers of sleepers on edge - our builder did this for us a while back - he drilled right through both layers of sleeper and inserted long reinforcing rods through them right down into the soil to hold them firm - they are very stable. 


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  • MissymrMissymr Posts: 24

    The garden slopes about a foot and a half, from the top to the bottom.

    We wouldn't want to go two high due to the cost, as we already need about 15 sleepers to do one high image

     

     

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    So if I understand you correctly, you want to raise the far end of the bed so that it's level with this end - the lawn will continue to slope?

    Is this both beds or just one side?

    You'll need a fair amount of topsoil to fill the bed. 


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  • MissymrMissymr Posts: 24

    The length of each border will be 12 metres long and 1.3 metres wide. 

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