It not only supports the soil bed but also makes an impressive decorative feature that will last for many years to come.
Wooden sleeper retaining wall design guide.
Woodsolutions technical design guide.
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.
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Timber walls can be split up into two main types closed faced or open faced.
First there a few different designs of timber walls and depending on the height and the theme you want to go with the rest of your landscape then your choice will differ as to which one to build.
Building a retaining wall is a great way to add function and visual appeal to your garden.
But the individual pieces can be very large and heavy.
Timber sleepers or round posts and logs can be used to create effective and relatively inexpensive garden edges steps and walls to terrace sloping sites.
As the sleepers are simply screwed together their construction is well within the abilities of most people without any specialist building experience.
Timber garden retaining walls up to 1 0 m high a design and construction guide for architects designers builders landscapers and experienced diy ers.
Find out how with this easy to follow guide.