26 June 2024 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Most landscapers simply stack railway sleepers on top of each other and then screw them together with Timberlok railway sleeper screws. Job done! So, it is refreshing to see someone taking the more skillful and arduous option of actually jointing them by hand. Impressive, time consuming, but attractive.
https://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/raised-beds-with-railway-sleepers/multi-layered-raised-railway-sleeper-planters-with-skilful-half-lap-joints
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24 June 2024 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Brilliant to see the landscaping almost finished. An immensley impressive and spectacular project undertaken in arduous conditions. No machinery for digging or carrying the railway sleepers & steel H beams into the garden. Amazing!
https://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/retaining-walls-with-railway-sleepers/the-finish-of-an-spectacular-scottish-project-with-new-tropical-hardwood-railway-sleepers
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24 June 2024 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Whether you are stunned by the idyllic valley setting, the world famous wine, or the scores of inviting railway sleeper benches, Montes Vineyard is an unforgetable paradise to visit, relax and breathe!
https://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/public-projects-using-railway-sleepers/beautiful-railway-sleeper-benches-amongst-the-foothills-of-colchagua
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18 June 2024 / Posted in: OFF THE RAILS !
I know it seems harsh, but our woodyard is not an adventure playground, and health and safety are not so keen on children abseiling off our stacks of railway sleepers! Mind you it was definitely a different picture 80 years ago!
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17 June 2024 / Posted in: OFF THE RAILS !
Our railway sleeper yard is closed on Saturday 22nd June. Something to do with a staff wedding, or the Euros, or watching tennis or was it Ascot...? Clearly no commitment to work!
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08 June 2024 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
Shouldn't we know about this? An operating table? Extra beds in hospital corridors? Are things really that bad in the NHS? Actually, it turns out that an ex-ambulance is a perfect vehicle for a joiner collecting timber!
https://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/unusual-usages-of-railway-sleepers/when-an-ambulance-collects-railway-sleepers
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06 June 2024 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
You name it! Driveways... Garden edging... Raised beds... Gate posts... Benches... Railway sleepers are so flexible in terms of usage and Ashraf has proved this again and again.
https://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/raised-beds-with-railway-sleepers/versatility-is-the-word-ashrafs-diverse-landscaping-with-reclaimed-tropical-hardwood-railway-sleepers
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31 May 2024 / Posted in: OFF THE RAILS !
Now that's not something you see every day! In fact it's a really big deal. Takohe birds were considered extinct for 100 years and are now being returned to the wild in New Zealand's South Island. This railway sleeper edged monument celebrates this massive conservation victory.
https://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/raised-beds-with-railway-sleepers/is-that-an-oversized-blue-chicken-in-a-railway-sleeper-raised-bed
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31 May 2024 / Posted in: Railway Sleeper News
It's surprising how fast freshly cut oak railway sleepers change from golden yellow to bleached silvery grey. It's one of those unavoidable facts of life that outside timber (AND HAIR!) eventually goes grey, unless you chose to colour it with wood stain. Unsure if hairdressers would approve, though. I knew there was a reason why I lost my hair!!
https://www.railwaysleepers.com/projects/water-features-with-railway-sleepers/silvery-weathered-raised-pond-built-with-oak-railway-sleepers
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30 May 2024 / Posted in: OFF THE RAILS !
Our manager's unorthodox tactics of barricading the goal with blue barrels took French manager Villeneuve by surprise, ultimately leading to Nelson proudly lifting the trophy in Trafalgar square. Years later this crafty manoeuvre was termed 'parking the bus', and frequently used against superior attacking teams.
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