Will knocking down this garage devalue my home?
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If you're going to have to shift it yourselves, go over it again and make the pieces smaller. Some of your lumps are still very big and would be a difficult two-person lift. The smaller the rubble, the easier it'll be, on your backs and on your poor car!
I realise it's tricky right now but you really need a skip.
I realise it's tricky right now but you really need a skip.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Looks to me like the breaking has been done, it's just lift and shift now isn't it?
Well, I say 'just'.
Ah, I see. Well, I say 'just'.
Jade, I share your pain. This week has largely been spent shifting and laying maybe 120 heavy slabs at our allotments (entrance 10 metres from our house, not another soul on them, so 100% self isolating) around the perimeter of our birds run, to prevent a fox digging in. I've developed aches on muscles I didn't know I had!
Does your local tip charge for building rubble? Mine (Reading) does, as do a lot of others.
I'd be swallowing the pain and getting a skip delivered on this to avoid a load of aggro, but it sounds like you are doing that, permit pending.
Must be very frustrating, lockdown on, some nice weather, and not able to sit out in it.
Great move on taking it down btw, I'm still aghast at your original pic that somebody actually built it like that!
I'd be swallowing the pain and getting a skip delivered on this to avoid a load of aggro, but it sounds like you are doing that, permit pending.
Must be very frustrating, lockdown on, some nice weather, and not able to sit out in it.
Great move on taking it down btw, I'm still aghast at your original pic that somebody actually built it like that!
Could you hire a grab and go service? One big scope and they'd lift/take away all of that. Probably more expensive than a skip, but a lot easier and it's gone without hard work/knackering the car. Used one before and it wasn't too expensive. Some commercial clearance companies are still operating around my way.
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The garage had about 6inches of concrete at one end, then 4 inches at the other with bricks and sand underneath. We started trying to chip away with a pick, but it was taking forever and a day. We are now booking a mini digger and grab van to come collect it all once it's all piled up (awaiting confirmation of delivery), but this is the progress so far. Not found a time capsule or anything just yet. Pretty sure the ground quietly whispered "hurray!" each time we took a swing at the hardstanding.
It will be nice just to have some outdoor green space not looking like a building site to be honest.
Until then, I will continue to imagine:
Nick_MSM said:
Could you hire a grab and go service? One big scope and they'd lift/take away all of that. Probably more expensive than a skip, but a lot easier and it's gone without hard work/knackering the car. Used one before and it wasn't too expensive. Some commercial clearance companies are still operating around my way.
That's exactly what we're doing! It's actually cheaper than a skip for one day, but we need a mini digger too because there is so much broken hardcore and rubble and sand too that need to get rid of, our tip is closed but plenty smaller companies still working! Thank goodness! JadeB1993 said:
That's exactly what we're doing! It's actually cheaper than a skip for one day, but we need a mini digger too because there is so much broken hardcore and rubble and sand too that need to get rid of, our tip is closed but plenty smaller companies still working! Thank goodness!
Definitely easier, and you can stand there with a beer watching the big bucket scoop up all of the crap for you 
Nick_MSM said:
Definitely easier, and you can stand there with a beer watching the big bucket scoop up all of the crap for you
Yep! Bit concerned they knock the brick wall over though but fingers crossed all goes ok! This one has insurance and experience so hopefully it'll all be ok! 
DoubleD said:
TTmonkey said:
Erm, he means a days work from his last post.But at least he’s got something to do over the weekend.
Good work OP.
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