Am I nuts?

[LeoAU]

hello again,

I got so inspired by your posts that I became a little bit over creative.

I really like the pine sleepers wall (will stain to jarrah color) as well as brick/block wall.

SO I came up with another solution - combination of both!
The block will be rendered to some nice color which will nicely break jarrah wood color.

Plus, I won't have to order 1.7 m3 of concrete mix, will just get couple of bags from bunnings.
So, what do you think? Doable? Any probs you can see I will encounter?

[joe greiner]

Should be a very handsome alternative. I suggest you put piers between existing fence posts. If you expect slumping of ground during excavation for piers, make a small half cofferdam out of scrap wrinkled-tin roofing; bend into a U-shape and hammer into the ground. May need a jack to remove. Or may not.

Joe

[makka619]

Is this for a garden bed? Excuse my ignorance. But I think it would look great, if that's what it is for.

I can't offer any advice. But yeah, good idea, if it can work.

[chromis]

Yeah I like the idea.

I wouldnt make the stain too dark though.

[MAPLEMAN]

You are not nuts! Any one who is into their garden is cool. A word of warning though, by using cca treated sleepers the arsenic has been known to leech into the soil around it which can cause problens for anyone who comes in contact with it. So if it is a spot where the kids/dogs play or you want to sit I would not recommend using them.

[Iain]

I didn't think they used arsenic any longer.