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Jerrod
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Jerrod
Growing in Experience
October

Thanks for your advice @MitchellMc . I've now completed the first pair of ramps. I've learned a few lessons that I hope to implement in the second p ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
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October

I bought the sleepers and the merbau last week. I'm slowly working through doing all the cuts in the sleepers. I've noticed that some of the sleepers ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
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October

Thanks @MitchellMc that water based bitumen paint sounds good. And thanks for the merbau info.

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
5 replies
October

Hi @EricL Thanks very much for your advice and encouragement. Is there a treatment for the cut ends of the pine sleepers that can be applied with a b ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
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October

Hi @EricL Here is my 2m long ramp design. I've included noggins and a 400mm long sliver of extra sleeper on top, to reach the maximum height of 250mm ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
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October

Thank you @EricL that sounds like a good suggestion. I guess the reason I didn't want to use three sleepers was because I was originally thinking to m ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
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I want to build a timber ramp over a stormwater pipe that crosses a concrete pathway next to the house. The ramp needs to be 850mm wide (it is not pos ...

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Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
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October

Hi @Jerrod, You could use a water-based bitumen paint for the cut ends of the sleepers. It is not smelly and is a water cleanup, unlike old tar bitu ...

Bunnings Team Member EricL
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6 replies
October

HI @Jerrod That looks fantastic, I love your idea of adding more timber at the top to make it go over the pipework. This should be more than enough ...

Bunnings Team Member EricL
Bunnings Team Member
11 replies
October

Hello @Jerrod Your ramp idea is excellent; However, I propose changing your sleeper layout to three sleepers instead of just two. This will give yo ...

Nailbag
Kind of a Big Deal
October

Hi @Jerrod This is a great project and well thought out. The design plan that @EricL has drawn up is excellent. He also obviously has some very cle ...

Brad
Kind of a Big Deal
March 2022

Install Seal 450mm on a standard pattern install will give you a low commercial grade rating. 500mm is max spacing for a standard patern install for d ...

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Jerrod
Growing in Experience
October

Thanks for your advice @MitchellMc . I've now completed the first pair of ramps. I've learned a few lessons that I hope to implement in the second p ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
2 replies
October

I bought the sleepers and the merbau last week. I'm slowly working through doing all the cuts in the sleepers. I've noticed that some of the sleepers ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
3 replies
October

Thanks @MitchellMc that water based bitumen paint sounds good. And thanks for the merbau info.

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
8 replies
October

Hi @EricL Here is my 2m long ramp design. I've included noggins and a 400mm long sliver of extra sleeper on top, to reach the maximum height of 250mm ...

Jerrod
Growing in Experience
16 replies

I want to build a timber ramp over a stormwater pipe that crosses a concrete pathway next to the house. The ramp needs to be 850mm wide (it is not pos ...

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