Wooden sleeper climbing wall

[RMS]

Hi all

I'm wanting to build something similar to this

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• RMS
• 10 Aug 2013
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Using wooden sleepers. If I use 8ft sleepers and bury them into the ground 2ft using a concrete mix and fix them all together from behind, do you think it will be sufficient to take the weight of kids climbing up and down?

Is there anything else I need to do/consider before making a start.

Thanks in advance

 

[HERTS P&D]

Will you take out insurance?

Andy

 

[RMS]

For what?

 

[Sombrero]

2 ft in concrete sounds the business... as long as there's enough concrete.
maybe tie them together in the concrete, but I'd say they should take a hammering and be fine.

(I'm a DIYer, not a pro, so maybe wait for the pro's answers?)

 

[r896neo]

if you set them in proper concrete not postcrete and put a few timberlok screws through every other one to tie them together it should be more than man enough.

If your kids are 16 maybe not such a great idea.

 

[RMS]

I will be using concrete. Postcrete has its limits I feel.

I was thinking of using metal restraint straps across the bottom and top on the back side. what do you think? Or would the timberlocks be better?

The sleepers will be rough sawn, do you think this will be okay? Can you get planed finish sleepers?

Do you think it would be better to insert them all into the hole, fix them together, prop them up and concrete of should I concete the first one in leaving one side free ready for the others to fix against?

 

[Sombrero]

Maybe go overboard on the two end ones, and the middle one.... 3ft of concrete, let that go off, then add the inner ones - you might get away with a bit less concrete over all?

Just a thought?