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        Liz Farley
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        Can railroad ties be covered up with a brick or stone-like material. I have a 20 foot long garden wall about 16" high made of railroad ties.

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        Posts: 1 | Registered: Aug 04, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
        joecaption
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        Nope, never going to stick.
        What's your budget?
        Simple enough to just remove that wall and build a new one out of dry stacked landscape blocks.


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        Posts: 17731 | Location: Hartfield VA | Registered: Jan 31, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
        Conrad
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        One could surface cover it with cedar siding or garden lattice to disguise the ties. Might need to use stainless steel fasteners or other common metals may decay in the creasote?
         
        Posts: 6627 | Location: Plains and Mountains | Registered: Sep 26, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
        The Patio Guy
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        Liz,
        If the ties are not warped, old, and decomposing, you can cover them with 1. moisture barrier (black paper)
        2. Metal lath
        3. mortar skim coat over lath
        4. After skim coat is dry, you can use morter or concrete adhesive (SRW) to apply Cast Veneer Stone. some call it cultured stone. such as Owens corning. If the ties are old and rotted, get rid of them.
         
        Posts: 6 | Registered: Aug 20, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
        swschrad
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        aw, geez, what can you use? let's see, structure... garden wall... garden... PLANTS???

        nah, never work.


        sig: if this is a new economy, how come they still want my old-fashioned money?
         
        Posts: 4685 | Location: North Burbs, MN | Registered: Mar 14, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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