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  Mr Green Landscapes June 3, 2011 at 8:09pm

  Extremely slippy when wet. (Dangerous unless steam cleaned to remove years of sludge and chemical residues from train loos) Then you can coat them in a stain of your choice. Would look really nice on a big deck area,they do clean up lovely if not rotten.
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  Claire Brown June 3, 2011 at 9:05pm

  i've a landscape contact who recommended (and implemented) my client replace real sleepers with stone ones for steps, - they looked really good, and were a lot safer than the sleepers they replaced.
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  Simon Smith June 3, 2011 at 10:48pm

  a client of mine lives in a converted school house and the old joists were used instead of deckboards on a raised decking area. They look super but are very slippy.
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  Ofer El-hashahar June 4, 2011 at 11:35am

  Phil,

  I used it, in a garden that another designer design, All the sleeper were taken to a carpenter that '' peel'' the top from 3 sides of it- so we got amazing texture of oak that could cost lots more.

  It was painted clear varnish or so ( can not remember exactly) and I installed it on sand. ( as the garden was on pure sand).

  But for sure you can raise it if needed. If you can do so you will get cool modern deack that will last longer and look better than any deack.

   

  ( It was not cheap project in total) My picture are still printed for that project.  Sorry

   

   
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  Colin@Green Room Gardens June 4, 2011 at 2:16pm

  Have used  stone sleepers as a patio, very realistic though quite expensive

  Also used sleepers which as quoted above become like an ice rink,very slippery and grubby and I would nt use them again!