Making a pond from railway sleepers.

Well what do you expect for something like this coming from a Canuck
that is a well known dumbass to begin with...............duh!

On Tue, 02 May 2006 12:19:09 -0300, Derek Broughton
wrote:
Koi-Lo wrote:

"Ann Heanes" wrote in message
...

Hubby is hoping to construct a new pond from railway sleepers. He is
quite happy about doing this without plans/help, I (on the other hand)
would prefer to see some instructions/help as it will be quite an
expensive undertaking. Is there any where on the internet where we could
find instructions and answers to any problems which may come up.

I wish I could be more help but do know someone who used them, drilling
trough them and joining them together with rebar. They used a thick
rubber
liner and had no problems. Maybe someone will come along and offer you
more advice on these "sleeper" ponds.

I used them for part of my pond (I used an earth berm for the rest) and
wouldn't do it that way again. Creosote soaked railway sleepers are way
more toxic than PT lumber, and I discovered that even very old sleepers
manage to transfer some of that creosote to your skin or clothes.
However, the basic principle of building with large lumber is pretty
simple. For two or three sleepers height, just drill holes through them,
and pound a rebar through and at least a foot into the ground. I used huge
dovetail joints on my corners, and that turned out to be serious
engineering overkill. Just overlap the timbers. Then put a standard pond
liner - your choice of material - in the hole.

Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1982.
Aquariums since 1956.
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