Wooden Garden Sleepers

Our sawn timber treated sleepers are manufactured from excellent quality Jakcure® treated softwood. Sleeper dimensions are 2.4m long x 200mm x 100mm.

What are wooden sleepers?

Wooden garden sleepers are large pieces of timber that can be used for a variety of gardening and landscaping projects. Raised beds, garden borders and lawn edging are a few simple but effective uses for sleepers in the garden. They can also be used for more advanced projects including retaining walls, landscape steps and other hard landscaping works.

How long do garden sleepers last?

How long wooden sleepers last depends largely on what type of wood is used, how the timber has been treated as well as the environmental conditions they are exposed to. All of our wood sleepers are manufactured from Jakcure® treated softwood and guaranteed for 25 years, promising superior quality that lasts.

How do you fasten timber sleepers together?

Sleepers can be fastened together using timber screw fixings:

• 150mm Timber Screw (171710) - used to attach sleepers through their 100mm side.
• 250mm Timber Screw (171811) - used to attach sleepers through their 200mm side.

200mm Timber Screws (171810) are also available.

Further information

Where possible, avoid cutting, drilling or notching any timber that will be in-ground, as per our 25 year Jakcure® terms and conditions. If occasional sections do have to be cut then Cut Treatment should be applied liberally.

Sometimes there is a variation in colour/finish and even minimal dimension tolerances in different batches of our garden sleepers.  If you require that the garden sleepers match a previous order, please make this clear on the additional instructions section of the checkout or call our friendly sales team.

Help Building a Timber Retaining Wall

As an alternative to sleepers, we also supply a brick effect timber retaining wall system.  Jakwall also is available in an ungrooved version, a great contemporary alternative to railway sleepers.  click below to find out more:

Jakwall Timber Retaining Wall

Document Downloads

• Retaining Wall Installation Instructions
• Jakwall and Timber Sleepers - Spec Sheet