Galvanised end post for railway sleeper walls, in PFC channel, 125 x 65mm. Closes off the end of a sleeper run and squares the last course. No fixings required.

An end post closes off a run of sleepers. The channel takes the timber from one side only, so the last sleeper in a wall is held and squared without anything showing on the open face.

Key points

• PFC channel 125mm x 65mm at 11.9kg per metre — web 5.2mm, flange 6.8mm.
• Galvanised — the middle option: protected against corrosion without the cost of coating, and it dulls to a soft grey rather than staying bright.
• Ten lengths — 600mm, 900mm, 1m, 1.2m, 1.5m, 1.6m, 1.8m, 2m, 2.4m and 3m, so the post suits anything from a single course border to a wall several sleepers high.
• No fixings required — nothing to bolt, screw or drill.
• For 100mm wide sleepers only. Our railway sleepers are 195mm x 95mm, so they suit.

How it goes in

No fixings needed. Set the post, then drop the sleepers into the channel from above. The steel is sized to leave the timber a small amount of room, so the sleeper can expand in the wet and shrink back in a dry summer without splitting or pushing the post over.

Why this finish

Galvanising is the sensible middle ground. It protects the steel where it meets wet soil and wet timber, which is exactly where an untreated post starts to go, and it needs nothing from you after installation.

Where it is used

The ends of raised beds, planters, borders and retaining walls, and anywhere a sleeper run finishes in the open rather than into a corner or a wall.

Choosing lengths and quantities

The post has to go into the ground as well as stand above it, so order longer than the finished height of the wall — how much longer depends on your ground and the height you are retaining. Along a run you want an intermediate post between each pair of sleepers, an end post where the run stops and a corner post at each change of direction, all in the same galvanised finish.

What else you might need

Railway sleepers themselves in tanalised green or brown, sleeper pins to anchor the bottom course, and post mix for setting the posts. See the full sleepers and posts range.

Delivery and trade pricing

Delivered nationwide, or collect from our Liverpool yard. Building a full garden scheme? Trade accounts get bulk pricing across the range.