Description
Plastic Railway Sleeper
Our Plastic railway sleepers / beams are made of 100% recycled plastic, perfect for edgings, sandboxes, raised beds or steps. The plastic railway sleeper is also ideal for edging playgrounds, also as foundations or substructures. Our sleepers are robust and allow easy handling. Being used wherever material strength, durability and safety are important. In use as sturdy road edging at Great Harwood Agricultural Showground.
- Rounded longitudinal edges
- 15.5 cm x 21 cm x 225 cm long
- The brown plastic railway sleeper has a textured, grain effect wood finish
- The grey looks similar to a concrete beam
- weight – 65kg
- Excellent for damp – wet areas, no rot,
- lighter than concrete
- Plastic is more durable than wood
- Splinter-free
- Workable like wood
- Weather-proof
- Timber sleepers can become slippery when damp, if used in an areas walked on
If you are ordering these, please speak to us before ordering to advise on delivery and unloading. The 225 cm lengths are packed on double pallets.
Do sleepers need foundations?
The most important thing is to use a surface level and firm. Perfectionists and engineers will do this on a concrete foundation, but more mortal people will often simply use gravel, hardcore, sand or soil if it is firm enough.
How do I join sleepers on top of each other?
How do you keep a sleeper in place?
Haunch the back end of the sleeper by laying it in a strip of concrete to secure the position. This will fix the sleepers to the ground so they remain stable. If using sleepers for a low border or planter it may be enough to fix a wooden post or spike behind the sleepers and fix this into the ground, this can be done using our FENCE POST ULTRA – Without point cut to size.
Rona Westwell –
Very strong, just the job! And will never rot.