Decaying Railway Ties

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Permalink Reply by Doug on June 11, 2009 at 4:40pm

Landscaping timbers and rebar?

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Permalink Reply by Bert Nagel on June 12, 2009 at 10:09am

A lot depends on the height of the terraces and whether or not aesthetics are an issue. If the terraces have been in place long enough for the ties to deteriorate then the soil behind them is probably pretty stable. What might be possible (and involves digging post holes) is to put a second retaining wall behind the existing ties using ground contact 4x4s and 1x8 or 1x10 cedar planks. Fill the gap with dirt, gravel or other non-degradeable and then just let the ties crumble as they will. A stop-gap might be to simply anchor (it's got to be tight) chicken wire on either end of each section fastening the body of the wire to the ties. You might, rather than fastening the wire to the ties drive a series of iron fence posts along the back of the ties and secure to wire to the posts.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Fox on June 12, 2009 at 12:01pm

Thanks so much. A couple of good ideas. Ones that we might be able to do ourselves.


Linda

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Permalink Reply by Linda Fox on June 12, 2009 at 12:02pm

Thanks so much. Great ideas. I think we could implant these ourselves.

Linda

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