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Fixing Liner to Sleepers
I've created raise beds using railway sleepers and want to fix pond
liner round the sides before I back fill with soil. Can anyone suggest the best way to fix the liner so that the top is sealed to prevent soil getting down the top. Thanks Nick |
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NWalch wrote:
I've created raise beds using railway sleepers and want to fix pond liner round the sides before I back fill with soil. Can anyone suggest the best way to fix the liner so that the top is sealed to prevent soil getting down the top. .... 'Not sure what the purpose of the pond liner is. Is it to protect the sleepers? We have a railway sleeper bridge over a roadside ditch that was constructed at least thirty years ago. It was covered with a foot of soil and is grassed over. Tractors drive over it. I think the sleepers will survive on their own without the liner. Is it to protect your delicate plants from the nasty wood preservative? Once the sleeper has 'weathered' or aged, so that the preservative is not freshly active, you will have no problems. Ivy and other climbers happily climb up treated telegraph poles. True, plant roots close to the sleeper may be persuaded to grow away from it, but the preservative will not leach out into the soil. -- ned |
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NWalch wrote:
I've created raise beds using railway sleepers and want to fix pond liner round the sides before I back fill with soil. Can anyone suggest the best way to fix the liner so that the top is sealed to prevent soil getting down the top. .... 'Not sure what the purpose of the pond liner is. Is it to protect the sleepers? We have a railway sleeper bridge over a roadside ditch that was constructed at least thirty years ago. It was covered with a foot of soil and is grassed over. Tractors drive over it. I think the sleepers will survive on their own without the liner. Is it to protect your delicate plants from the nasty wood preservative? Once the sleeper has 'weathered' or aged, so that the preservative is not freshly active, you will have no problems. Ivy and other climbers happily climb up treated telegraph poles. True, plant roots close to the sleeper may be persuaded to grow away from it, but the preservative will not leach out into the soil. -- ned |
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"Nick wrote in message I've created raise beds using railway sleepers and want to fix pond liner round the sides before I back fill with soil. Can anyone suggest the best way to fix the liner so that the top is sealed to prevent soil getting down the top. Put the liner in before you put the top layer of sleepers on and then staple it to the top of the last sleeper you laid and put the final sleeper over the top of that. Just like the way you do pond edging if using bricks etc. Difficult to explain but I hope you understand. OR Staple the liner to the back of the top sleeper and then nail a piece of thin wood over the top of the edge. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 368 data units completed. |
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Fixing Liner to Sleepers
"Nick wrote in message I've created raise beds using railway sleepers and want to fix pond liner round the sides before I back fill with soil. Can anyone suggest the best way to fix the liner so that the top is sealed to prevent soil getting down the top. Put the liner in before you put the top layer of sleepers on and then staple it to the top of the last sleeper you laid and put the final sleeper over the top of that. Just like the way you do pond edging if using bricks etc. Difficult to explain but I hope you understand. OR Staple the liner to the back of the top sleeper and then nail a piece of thin wood over the top of the edge. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 368 data units completed. |
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"ned" wrote in message
... ... 'Not sure what the purpose of the pond liner is. I don't think it's necessary but I've seen a garden-makover program where they recommended this to stop the soil being washed through the gaps between the sleepers. as it was more than one sleeper high. -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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Martin Sykes wrote:
"ned" wrote in message ... ... 'Not sure what the purpose of the pond liner is. I don't think it's necessary but I've seen a garden-makover program where they recommended this to stop the soil being washed through the gaps between the sleepers. as it was more than one sleeper high. Ah, then all that is needed is some of that porous membrane used for suppressing weeds. 'Must be cheaper than pond liner. -- ned |
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Martin Sykes wrote:
"ned" wrote in message ... ... 'Not sure what the purpose of the pond liner is. I don't think it's necessary but I've seen a garden-makover program where they recommended this to stop the soil being washed through the gaps between the sleepers. as it was more than one sleeper high. Ah, then all that is needed is some of that porous membrane used for suppressing weeds. 'Must be cheaper than pond liner. -- ned |
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It's to protect the sleepers from rot (if needed) and to stop soil
getting through the gaps (they are cut and laid vertically so theres gaps where the sleepers are not square). Nick |
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It's to protect the sleepers from rot (if needed) and to stop soil
getting through the gaps (they are cut and laid vertically so theres gaps where the sleepers are not square). Nick |
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Nick wrote in message It's to protect the sleepers from rot (if needed) and to stop soil getting through the gaps (they are cut and laid vertically so theres gaps where the sleepers are not square). Ah, they are to be laid vertically, that's different. Staple it to the sleepers temporarily and then nail/screw on a piece of wood all along the edge to keep it in place and stop any chance of dirt getting behind it. I've just used staples behind some log roll I've used and once the soil is in even if the staples rust away the plastic does not go anywhere. Another poster did mention that sleepers are very long lived anyway and would them being covered on one side by plastic sheeting help things? (other than keeping the dirt in place.) -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 371 data units completed. |
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Nick wrote in message It's to protect the sleepers from rot (if needed) and to stop soil getting through the gaps (they are cut and laid vertically so theres gaps where the sleepers are not square). Ah, they are to be laid vertically, that's different. Staple it to the sleepers temporarily and then nail/screw on a piece of wood all along the edge to keep it in place and stop any chance of dirt getting behind it. I've just used staples behind some log roll I've used and once the soil is in even if the staples rust away the plastic does not go anywhere. Another poster did mention that sleepers are very long lived anyway and would them being covered on one side by plastic sheeting help things? (other than keeping the dirt in place.) -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 371 data units completed. |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
... Nick wrote in message It's to protect the sleepers from rot (if needed) and to stop soil getting through the gaps (they are cut and laid vertically so theres gaps where the sleepers are not square). Ah, they are to be laid vertically, that's different. Staple it to the sleepers temporarily and then nail/screw on a piece of wood all along the edge to keep it in place and stop any chance of dirt getting behind it. I've just used staples behind some log roll I've used and once the soil is in even if the staples rust away the plastic does not go anywhere. Another poster did mention that sleepers are very long lived anyway and would them being covered on one side by plastic sheeting help things? (other than keeping the dirt in place.) -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 371 data units completed. I guess if they are 2nd hand, i.e. used and treated, sleepers it might provide a little protection against the nasty stuff that can leech out into the soil. Duncan |
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