Railway Sleeper Garden Furniture. Tables and general furniture made from thick rustic sleepers.

Solid and rustic garden furniture and garden seats that stand out from the crowd and look wonderful in parks or your back yard. This is custom made furniture with a difference.

Despite its rustic look, railway sleepers make attractive outdoor furniture. This type of solid outdoor furniture adds to the character of a garden, is functional and relatively maintenance free. Railway sleepers can be easily transformed into outdoor furniture that is elegant and stands out. Railway sleeper furniture is one of the rare items that tends to look better with age.

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Picnic Tables

Benches

Seats

Tables

Couches

Understanding the choices in Railway Sleepers

Aged recycled railway sleepers are approx 225 x 120mm. They provide a very rustic look and above all a very solid look to furniture made from them. There is never a doubt whether it is strong enough or "will I damage it"?

Railway sleepers are often used in landscaping and retaining walls and come in a variety of grades. We only use 'A' Grade sleepers for our furniture. We normally sand these to remove splinters and provide a safe surface but they cannot be dressed because of the risk of foreign imbedded objects which would shatter the machinery. All our railway sleeper furniture is securely held together with massive galvanised bolts. For a near perfect sleeper, we have access to a limited amount of 'AA' grade railway sleepers at times. Ask for availability and Add 15% to the listed figures.

If you really want a dressed finish then you have to go for new sleepers straight from the mills. These dressed red gum sleepers can be oiled to give them a beautiful lasting deep red colour.
Unlike standard furniture timbers, dressed red gum sleepers still retain some of their original rustic look due minor surface cracks and vein holes. Remember that this is rustic timber and not furniture grade timber.

The choice of dressed or natural finished outdoor furniture really depends on the location of the item and the desired look you are trying to achieve.

For tables and furniture made from New red gum sleepers, there are no railway spike holes, rock depressions or chips. They will still have the knots and veins that are part of that timbers character.

DIY or thinking about having a go ?
Making furniture from large cross section sleepers is not an IKEA assembly - A simple bench or seat might pass but the rest - no not really !! This is heavy timber and solid furniture where some units will require 2 people to lift each member into place. Sleepers can weigh over 80Kg each depending on moisture content, they have larger cross sections and are hard to cut, drill and even move.

Whilst most of the TK Tables furniture are free standing and can be moved with effort, some units are anchored into the ground to a depth of 600mm to retain stability, other larger units are assembled on site.

Recycled sleepers will have some degree of variation in thickness and are not necessarily 100% straight, therefore each piece of furniture is custom made to ensure the best possible fit and alignment of rebates and joins. Furniture made from sleepers is attractive and relatively maintenance free. Rustic tables and  garden furniture or even a garden seat made from sleepers will last for life.

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