The only other tool you ll need is an electric drill and a drill bit.
Making raised garden beds with sleepers.
Hold the sleeper up against the wall and mark it off.
Lay the sleepers on a level section of ground in a rectangular shape with the narrowest.
There are many ways to construct sleeper beds but we recommend laying your sleepers in frames so the corner butt joints are overlapped and secured with heavy duty exterior timber screws.
How to build a rectangle raised bed with sleepers 1.
Repeat this process for the other end of the raised garden bed.
Build this raised garden bed 20.
One sleeper can be cut down to create a 60cm x 80cm raised beds that s 20cm high.
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How to build a raised bed with railway sleepers 1 chose where you want to put the raised bed consider where the raised bed will be positioned and whether you can stand.
When you re building your raised garden bed up against a wall take into account the thickness of the sleeper that will be attached to your support posts.
For our example we are using sleepers in lengths of 2 4 metres so these can be cut to the desired.
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Sleepers are heavy by nature so if you are only building a frame with one level you may choose to position the sleepers without fixing.
Two sleepers give you enough timber for a 120cm x 160cm raised beds that also 20cm high.
Then plant your seedlings or seeds and you have your very own garden bed.
From that line mark the width of the sleeper on the wall.
Choose from softwood or oak and a size that suits your garden.
Fours sleepers provide enough wood for a 40cm high raised beds that measure 120cm x 160cm making it sizable and sit on able too.
Raised beds are traditionally constructed from sleepers that are fixed at right angles to form a frame.
Place the railway sleepers on the ground in a square or rectangular shape.
Each kit contains sleepers membrane landscaping screws and soil.