Build an Oak Sleeper Raised Bed | ULTIMATE Guide

This is the ultimate guide to building a beautiful, strong and long lasting oak sleeper raised bed.

I'll take you through every step of the construction process, so you have all the knowledge required to re create this beautiful oak raised flower bed, in your own garden.

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Time stamps

0:00 Intro
0:47 Initial treatment
1:34 Stacking method
2:26 Right screws for the job
3:06 Supporting posts
3:58 Cutting the oak sleepers
4:39 Treating the support posts
5:29 Concreteing in the raised bed
7:25 Building up the layers
8:38 Lining the inside of the raised bed

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[happygoluckychappy]

Thank you so much for putting this tutorial together; just what I've been looking for! 👍🏻

[nigelgardnerguitar]

Thanks for this mate, really useful. Best video I’ve seen on the topic 👍🏻

[darkspeed]

Cool video and some nice tips I wouldn't have thought about, although shame about leaving the damp proof membrane showing, . That kinda ruins it for me and removing it would have been the polish on this project, or just using a black material instead, to blend better with the soil.

[leebennett]

Great stuff, like ALL of your videos, very thorough yet straight to the point. 👍

[blify]

Thankyou so much for the tutorial. Can I please asl how much postcrete you used per sleeper post?

[capbin]

Great just what I am planning. The product list is super useful!

[weilizhang]

Thank you for the details! Can I ask the depeth of post in ground?

[hasanbadry]

Good video and well done job. I liked the idea of using Pitumin for timber protection.

[gala]

Did you use oak or a soft wood for the posts? As you staggered the sleepers, did you put a post at each joint, or how did you join the posts at the staggers?

[Matt-Thankachan]

great video @JamesMontana. do you know how long a softwood sleepers last, i am thinking about the cost and planning to do DIY for my garden

[geoff]

Excellent video this..going to be doing this shortly..will let you know how good your instructions were, thanks v.much 👍🏻

[szim]

Timber rots more quickly mainly due to water not being able to seep away. So is it really ideal to use bitumen paint on the base? If the base of the timber is constantly saturated with water then this could be a problem?

[SimonSach]

Great video - going to be tackling this job in next few weeks. I need to get myself one of those circular saws. Also what bench are you using with that? Thanks!

[AndrewNewson]

Great video, thank you, I now feel more confident tackling this project myself. Question, why didn’t you run the plastic right to the bottom of the sleepers and maybe slide it underneath the sleepers? Obvs not a criticism

[Thesillygoosecrew]

We have the same screws and they don’t go through the sleepers they just cause the drill to spin out

[Runawaygeekchannel]

Given this is not a fence and so not going to be getting wind etc, do I need a whole 20kg post mix bag per post, or you think half a bag will do given the weights and number of posts over all?

[kezonline]

Nice step by step video. Can I ask, re the sleeper link in the description, what grade of sleepers did you use for this job? Good content!! Subscribed.

[spirittimber]

Is there anything else then bitumen, to protect wood touching the ground? I dont want to poison my food….

[BrotherMoses]

What oil did you use on the final finish please mate?

[Goku]

What's the depth on these sleepers?