Making a pond from railway sleepers.

** ~ A R T J A M E S ~ ** Roy's friend! wrote:
Because the folks want cross ties, thats why.What may be offensive and
disgusting to some is not to others, so why do folks in these forums
always have to change or try top sway folks minds...........Its like
this.......Who gives a flying **** what you have yur pond made out of,
they want sleepers, so get the **** over it folks, or do not reply
unless you can answer their quesiton as asked..They did not ask what
to make their pond out of now did they? As much as I hate to admit it
the bitch Carol came the closest to answering the post in the manner
of what they wanted to know.......Difficult to connect and heavy may
be to you a insurmountable task, to them may be not.....its their
decision..Go with the cross ties, its a good base and will last
forever .
We all have our own personal tastes and there is certainly nothing
wrong with sleepers......







On Tue, 02 May 2006 21:34:39 GMT, wrote:

railway sleepers are treated with really disgusting smelling preservatives that reek
when it gets hot. not to mention they are very bulky and difficult to connect
together. why not just construct a simple stud wall with green treated 2x4s and face
it on the inside with green treated plywood? here is mine
http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/2000/p2000.htm
Ingrid

"Ann Heanes" wrote:

GlacierHi,
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.
Thanks in advance.

-- Grannie Annie --
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Now, railway sleepers certainly exude a number of resins...I use them in
my garden as ways of creating raised flower beds in an altogether flat
environment...but I will have to be with Carol and Roy here that if you
buy a good enough pond liner it will not be an issue....when we got the
kiddy area put in the landscape people were saying to us that we could
make a great Koi Pond up there once the kids grow up with the correct
pond lining.....they had a lot of experience in such things....the main
structure up there is railway sleepers buried deep as well as 2 foot
above the surface....just what I got told but validated by two very
experienced people on this newsgroup - shame I have to wait so many
years for the youngest not to want to play there...

Gill