// Sleepers · Chester-le-Street · DH2, DH3
Chester-le-Street sleeper supply — raised beds, retaining walls, garden steps
Sleeper is what most Chester-le-Street fencers reach for first. Sleepers are heavy timber baulks — usually around 8" × 4" (200×100mm) — sized like the original railway sleepers but pressure-treated softwood, not creosoted oak. Good for almost anything that needs a chunky timber edge. We deliver across Chester-le-Street and the wider Durham footprint — Next-day.
Whether you're laying a single back-garden run on a Pelton or Great Lumley property or quoting a multi-house developer plot, the timber's the same: pressure-treated softwood, sized properly, dropped where you need it.
What we stock
- Dimensions
- 8" × 4" (200×100mm), 6" × 3" (150×75mm) on request
- Lengths
- 8ft (2.4m), 10ft (3m), shorter lengths on request
- Material
- Pressure-treated softwood (tantalised)
- Delivery to Chester-le-Street
- Kerbside, Next-day, flat fee at checkout
- Click & collect
- Free from NE13 7BA, 30 min from Chester-le-Street
Common uses
Raised vegetable beds, garden steps, retaining walls for sloping gardens, log-store sides, simple boundary edging, planter boxes.
How to install / use
Lay flat for retaining walls (use rebar through holes for stability above 3 courses), stand vertically for low boundaries, stagger joints. Cut with a chainsaw or a quality circular saw.
Sleepers sizes we stock for Chester-le-Street
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What Chester-le-Street looks like for fencing
The River Wear borders some of the Chester-le-Street and Lumley plots — riverbank fencing wants more careful spec (pressure-treated, gravel boards mandatory, posts set further back from the bank to avoid washout). Mostly fertile loam soil, posts go in easy.
Neighbourhoods we drop to: Pelton, Great Lumley, Bournmoor, North Lodge, Plawsworth, Waldridge, Edmondsley, Sacriston, Newfield. Plus surrounding postcodes (DH2, DH3) — drop your postcode at checkout if you're unsure.
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Fencing in Chester-le-Street — install, repair, supply
Full fence build, repairs and supply across Chester-le-Street. Next-day from the yard.
All fencing in Chester-le-Street →Fencers in Chester-le-Street
Need someone to build the fence with this timber? Our installation team covers Chester-le-Street.
Fencers in Chester-le-Street →Delivery to Chester-le-Street
Next-day kerbside delivery. DH2, DH3.
Delivery info →Sleepers in Durham
DH1, DH6–DH7 · 45 min from the yard
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DH3, NE11 · 25 min from the yard
Sleepers for Birtley →Need sleeper for a Chester-le-Street job?
Tell us what you need and your postcode — most quotes back same day. Or browse sleepers and order direct.