Site clearance
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About to start work on the front garden but there's a lot of miscellaneous stuff to get rid of first.
A heap of soil and rubble, tons of pallets, paving slabs, old cement, fence panels, surplus part bags of sand and MOT (not enough or good enough to be any use to anyone) and miscellaneous pipework and general rubbish.
Can anyone suggest the simplest way to get it all shifted?? I guess the obvious answer is skips plus power tools and hard work! I was hoping to maybe get a grab to get most of it but so far all the grab firms won't touch it. It's more than I could easily cope with (in terms of time and physical ability) breaking up and getting into skips myself.
I've seen a few "site clearance" firms but they seem to only do either a) vegetation clearance or b) stripped out furnishings from house refurbs etc.
Any ideas?
A heap of soil and rubble, tons of pallets, paving slabs, old cement, fence panels, surplus part bags of sand and MOT (not enough or good enough to be any use to anyone) and miscellaneous pipework and general rubbish.
Can anyone suggest the simplest way to get it all shifted?? I guess the obvious answer is skips plus power tools and hard work! I was hoping to maybe get a grab to get most of it but so far all the grab firms won't touch it. It's more than I could easily cope with (in terms of time and physical ability) breaking up and getting into skips myself.
I've seen a few "site clearance" firms but they seem to only do either a) vegetation clearance or b) stripped out furnishings from house refurbs etc.
Any ideas?
Edited by gregch on Thursday 17th August 12:54
Great call on the reciprocating saw; would still be a long job but could chop up the pallets and panels OK.
Shovelling the soil into a skip might not be impossible, but just out of shot there's a dumpy bag and a big loose pile of what's supposed to be MOT but is actually just rocks (long story) and from bitter personal experience it's not easy to shovel that stuff. Hence thinking about a grab.
Would hiring a mini digger to pick that stuff up and dump it in a skip be insane? (I've never operated a mini digger tho, so plenty of scope for hilarious, and possibly expensive, escapades?)
Shovelling the soil into a skip might not be impossible, but just out of shot there's a dumpy bag and a big loose pile of what's supposed to be MOT but is actually just rocks (long story) and from bitter personal experience it's not easy to shovel that stuff. Hence thinking about a grab.
Would hiring a mini digger to pick that stuff up and dump it in a skip be insane? (I've never operated a mini digger tho, so plenty of scope for hilarious, and possibly expensive, escapades?)
Chipstick said:
Man with a van (with a waste carrier licence). They'll load and dispose of for you.
This. There’s plenty round here with caged flatbeds that will come and clear crap like that. Just got to make sure they’ve got their waste license and preferably a van signed up for waste collection or you’re possibly paying a flytipper.Black_S3 said:
Chipstick said:
Man with a van (with a waste carrier licence). They'll load and dispose of for you.
This. There’s plenty round here with caged flatbeds that will come and clear crap like that. Just got to make sure they’ve got their waste license and preferably a van signed up for waste collection or you’re possibly paying a flytipper.Some great tips (excuse the pun) here, thanks folks.
Sadly, not near Skegness - we're in Bucks. There doesn't seem to be any caged flatbed truck fellas around, or not that have a waste licence anyway. There are some swanky fully licenced firms but they either didn't get back to me or said they weren't interested... sadly all quite normal here.
I guess the disposing of pallets and timber (I'm not on facebook so I don't know how marketplace works but I can try a few alternatives) and chucking the rest in a skip, is the way to go - but I don't fancy trying to shovel the piles of rocks by hand, even if it's to bury them somewhere.
Also - there's approx 12 bags of cement - plastic bags and doesn't seem to have set last I checked - but I vaguely recall a lot of skip firms are funny about taking cement?? Was wondering about trying to offload that to someone local to use but apparently cement has a shelf life.
Sadly, not near Skegness - we're in Bucks. There doesn't seem to be any caged flatbed truck fellas around, or not that have a waste licence anyway. There are some swanky fully licenced firms but they either didn't get back to me or said they weren't interested... sadly all quite normal here.
I guess the disposing of pallets and timber (I'm not on facebook so I don't know how marketplace works but I can try a few alternatives) and chucking the rest in a skip, is the way to go - but I don't fancy trying to shovel the piles of rocks by hand, even if it's to bury them somewhere.
Also - there's approx 12 bags of cement - plastic bags and doesn't seem to have set last I checked - but I vaguely recall a lot of skip firms are funny about taking cement?? Was wondering about trying to offload that to someone local to use but apparently cement has a shelf life.
Do you have a friend or relative who could list them on marketplace for you? It's effectively just a system that allows you to post classified ads.
Even the bags of cement would go quickly i imagine if they're not obviously ruined.
The rubble probably isn't quite so easy, a skip and maybe search for someone local with a mini digger? Avoid big companies, ideally a one man owner operator is what you want.
Even the bags of cement would go quickly i imagine if they're not obviously ruined.
The rubble probably isn't quite so easy, a skip and maybe search for someone local with a mini digger? Avoid big companies, ideally a one man owner operator is what you want.
Whereabouts in Bucks? We're between Bicester and Aylesbury...
If you don't want to go the Facebook route then consider Freecycle / Freegle.
https://www.freecycle.org
or Shpock or Gumtree.
If you advertise stuff for free or very little money it will go, quite quickly!!
Or just place in plain view with a sign on it, again it will go quite quickly.
As others have said you'd be surprised what people will pick up. I think I've picked up wood over the years and soil. Plus given away other items as well. Someone always has a project in mind and maybe doesn't have the spare money or want to spend money on it.
Skip should be the last resort these days.
If you don't want to go the Facebook route then consider Freecycle / Freegle.
https://www.freecycle.org
or Shpock or Gumtree.
If you advertise stuff for free or very little money it will go, quite quickly!!
Or just place in plain view with a sign on it, again it will go quite quickly.
As others have said you'd be surprised what people will pick up. I think I've picked up wood over the years and soil. Plus given away other items as well. Someone always has a project in mind and maybe doesn't have the spare money or want to spend money on it.
Skip should be the last resort these days.
This place never fails to surprise me at how much money people will throw at a problem to save a couple of hours hard work .
By a burning bin off Amazon , £30 I think they are and you’ll be able to use it for your garden rubbish
While you’re burning it you’ll have time to shovel the rubble etc into a couple of dumpy builders bags and get one of the local waste clearance guys to pick them up with a hi ab lorry .
Or do what I’m doing and build a sleeper wall and put it in your new “ raised flower bed “
I’d reckon a couple of hours would see that lot burnt and bagged .
By a burning bin off Amazon , £30 I think they are and you’ll be able to use it for your garden rubbish
While you’re burning it you’ll have time to shovel the rubble etc into a couple of dumpy builders bags and get one of the local waste clearance guys to pick them up with a hi ab lorry .
Or do what I’m doing and build a sleeper wall and put it in your new “ raised flower bed “
I’d reckon a couple of hours would see that lot burnt and bagged .
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