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Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
"La Puce" wrote in message ups.com... On 23 Feb, 19:01, tina wrote: Hi all, Hullo Tina. Raised beds are looking like a possibility as I have just acquired 15 old used railway sleepers, no creasote but they look old & deffo look to have been used on a real railway. Where did you get them in the end? And I wouldn't do anything to them really and let the rain, wind and sun clean them naturally if there's no chemicals on them. Indeed. If you do want to get some of the gunk off them easiest way is with a water blaster. rob |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
Hi all,
Raised beds are looking like a possibility as I have just acquired 15 old used railway sleepers, no creasote but they look old & deffo look to have been used on a real railway. They are very very heavy and about 8ft 6 long. Took 2 men to lift them 1 at a time!! Is there anyway I can clean them up before using them to make my raised beds? Please can anyone advise me ? Would you line the beds with some sort of material so as to protect the soil coming into contact with the wooden sleepers or is that overkill? Thanks very much for all your help. |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
"tina" wrote in message ... Hi all, Raised beds are looking like a possibility as I have just acquired 15 old used railway sleepers, no creasote but they look old & deffo look to have been used on a real railway. They are very very heavy and about 8ft 6 long. Took 2 men to lift them 1 at a time!! You wanna try moving 200 or so for landscaping a golf course ;-) Is there anyway I can clean them up before using them to make my raised beds? Please can anyone advise me ? If you want to retain their appearance but improve the finish have them lightly sandblasted. Although it's probably better to leave them "as is". Would you line the beds with some sort of material so as to protect the soil coming into contact with the wooden sleepers or is that overkill? I have a couple of raised sleeper beds and suffer no ill effects or plant issues from the sleepers, which have plenty of creosote, oil, railway remnants and "stuff" very ingrained into them. If you are planning a veg plot you might cover the sides with regular builders waterproof floor membrane thickness polythene, but it might be overkill. |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
On 23 Feb, 19:01, tina wrote:
Hi all, Hullo Tina. Raised beds are looking like a possibility as I have just acquired 15 old used railway sleepers, no creasote but they look old & deffo look to have been used on a real railway. Where did you get them in the end? And I wouldn't do anything to them really and let the rain, wind and sun clean them naturally if there's no chemicals on them. |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
"tina" wrote in message
... Hi all, Raised beds are looking like a possibility as I have just acquired 15 old used railway sleepers, no creasote but they look old & deffo look to have been used on a real railway. They are very very heavy and about 8ft 6 long. Took 2 men to lift them 1 at a time!! Is there anyway I can clean them up before using them to make my raised beds? Please can anyone advise me ? Would you line the beds with some sort of material so as to protect the soil coming into contact with the wooden sleepers or is that overkill? Thanks very much for all your help. Go to B&Q and get some tins of stuff called 'Aquaseal". It was about £5.00 a tin (5 Litres I think). It's like a tar and you paint it on with a big brush. Used for waterproofing felt roofs. Easy to apply, dries quite quickly and will fill the cracks and make it waterproof, which means that the nasties in there won't come out :-)) I have a flat roof on part of my house and I gave it a coat about 10 years ago and it is still good. Not toxic so no probs with the veggies :-)) Easiest way out. :-)) Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
On 23 Feb 2007 11:27:13 -0800, "La Puce" wrote:
My local timber yard ordered them in for me. Where did you get them in the end? And I wouldn't do anything to them really and let the rain, wind and sun clean them naturally if there's no chemicals on them. There looks to tar (i think) on a couple of them. |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
On 24/2/07 17:22, in article ,
"tina" wrote: On 23 Feb 2007 11:27:13 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: My local timber yard ordered them in for me. Where did you get them in the end? And I wouldn't do anything to them really and let the rain, wind and sun clean them naturally if there's no chemicals on them. There looks to tar (i think) on a couple of them. Are you going to line the beds with something like e.g. Mypex - that black plastic weed membrane? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
On 24 Feb, 17:22, tina wrote:
My local timber yard ordered them in for me. Great stuff. The article below would make you cry ... 150,000 railways sleepers need good home! There looks to tar (i think) on a couple of them. Sorry about this but I came across this and thought perhaps it could put your mind at rest. Also I cannot see the amount of tar on them, maybe those you are worried about you ought to protect the soil with a membrane around it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening...gsl eep13.xml |
Whats the best way to clean used railway sleepers?
On 24 Feb, 21:08, "La Puce" wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening...gardening%2F20... I'd like to point out that I don't read that paper ... though this article wasn't bad dd&tc |
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