Rich Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Looking for cheap (or even free) sleepers or similar wood to be used to make raised beds. Any ideas for sourcing welcome Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krafty Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 i brought mine from saddlers £20 each delivered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey boy Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 You could make underground raised beds, then all you would need would be a spade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Have a mooch round the amenity sites , old cupboards , chests of drawers etc are pretty good for that sort of thing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 You can only get new ones now, purpose made for that sort of thing. The old ones, which the MER/Steam railway used to sell are creosote treated and that is now a no no carcinogenic risk, even after they have been down 100 years, apparently, so they have to burn them and cannot sell in case you catch something and sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbit Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 You can still get recycled sleepers from builders merchants and they have been creosoted, I bought some last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Railway sleepers will make for a terrible nights sleep. May i suggest you pop down to Bed Co on Bucks Road, they have a good selection of divans which may suit you better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2bad Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The old ones, which the MER/Steam railway used to sell are creosote treated and that is now a no no carcinogenic risk, even after they have been down 100 years, apparently, so they have to burn them and cannot sell in case you catch something and sue If this is the case why does Onchan Park have many new beds built with recycled MER sleepers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I don't know why Onchan Park has what you say, maybe they are tannalised rather than creosoted. The EU regulation provides what can and cannot be sold and where they can be used. See below my emphasis added Directive 2001/90/EC. 'The prohibition . . . on placing on the market, does not apply where wood so treated is placed on the second hand market for re-use (so second hand ones can be sold for re use as sleepers ). Uses for which wood referred to . . . may not be used: - inside buildings, whatever their purpose - in toys - in playgrounds - in parks, gardens, and outdoor recreational leisure facilities where there is a risk of frequent skin contact - in the manufacture of garden furniture such as picnic tables, - for the manufacture and use and any re-treatment of containers intended for growing purposes, (query raised beds)packaging that may come into contact with raw materials, intermediate or finished products destined for human and/or animal consumption - other materials which may contaminate the products mentioned above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx1Bloke Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 http://www.bartoline.co.uk/products_View.aspx?articleid=4&Group=Woodcare%20Products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbit Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Mine are creosoted, they reak of it on a sunny day when the coaltar oozes out. Got them last year and pretty sure I saw a stack of them in Quiggins recently. These are UK imports so much bigger than iom ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Mine are creosoted, they reak of it on a sunny day when the coaltar oozes out. Got them last year and pretty sure I saw a stack of them in Quiggins recently. These are UK imports so much bigger than iom ones. OMG you have come-over railway sleepers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbit Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I don't find them that exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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