My new house came with a back garden covered in gravel which is now sat in 5 * 1tonne builders bags on the front of my lawn. My question is, should I be paying someone to take this away or would a company that supplies gravel take it off my hands for nothing? Would any businesses even want it? Really have no clue what to do with it!

Big f*** off fish tank

put an ad on gumtree/sign out front offering it to a good home

Legit businesses struggle to take anything like that as they need a paper trail of where materials have come from, are they not going to kill anyone due to containing asbestos/cat shit/garden gnomes/etc.

I’d have thought if you put a sign up saying ‘free grave’ it’ll disappear quick enough… Otherwise gumtree/skip/taking to your local waste centre.

you could spread it on your back garden to get it out the way?

I could have done with that a few months ago.

Classfieds – and I’m sure someone will want it.

Every time you leave the house, take a pocketful and drop it later in the day.

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Padlock & chain the bags to your fence or gate and then someone will nick them

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Every time you leave the house, take a pocketful and drop it later in the day.

Beaten to it 😀

Freecycle…

I’d say Freecycle as well. I had around 150 flags I needed to get rid of. Within 1 hr of putting an ad up I had about 10 people who wanted them all.

if you are in leeds my son will be happy to come and throw it into your neighbours gardens . i’ll take a few small bags off you to replace the stuff he has relocated to neighbours and drains.

I had around 150 flags I needed to get rid of. Within 1 hr of putting an ad up I had about 10 people who wanted them all.

Those bunting collectors are a fanatical lot.

Yep Freecycle – everyone should use it – unless someone will buy it on Ebay?

Yep, Freecycle/Freegle.

Your only mistake was lifting it yourself – someone who wanted it would have done that too.

Where are you? I need a bag!

Thanks for the advice guys, I’ll stick it up here on the classifieds and then on Freecycle then, I guess the only issue is someone would have to rent/own a lorry that can lift 1 tonne bags on to the back!

DezB – I’m in Derby if that’s close enough?

No, too far unfortunately 🙁

Do you have any trailbuilding fairies around that might have a use for this to weatherproof bits of a trail?

Do you have any trailbuilding fairies around that might have a use for this to weatherproof bits of a trail?

Fire up the wheelie bin!

(for those that remember….)

yeah just do an Andy Dufrane and drop it down your trouser leg

I had around 150 flags I needed to get rid of. Within 1 hr of putting an ad up I had about 10 people who wanted them all.

Post Olympic Ceremony tear down ?

I’d have thought if you put a sign up saying ‘free grave‘ it’ll disappear quick enough

Top Freudian slip!

put it out front with a sign saying gravel £2 a bag bring your own bag . It will be nicked far quicker than if you offer it for free.

njee20 – Member
I’d have thought if you put a sign up saying ‘free grave’ it’ll disappear quick enough
Top Freudian slip!

It would probably result in a long line of coked up STWers waiting patiently to get rid of their hookers too….

Post it all to UKIP using their freepost address?

1 tonne bags are bloody heavy.
You will need someone with a trailer and winch or pickup with grab to take those away. These kind of people tend to be contractors.
As said above, they need a paper trail or they won’t touch it.
Call the local skip company. Maybe they can help by supplying a skip and a hiab wagon to load it.

1 tonne bags are bloody heavy.

How heavy would that be then?

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OP
You will need more than one skip and get the biggest you can.

one of those grab and tip lorries is probably best as it’s all ready to go?

johndoh – Member
How heavy would that be then?

Depends on what you put in them 😉

Yes I’m being silly I know, “rated to hold a Tonne”

Post it all to UKIP using their freepost address?

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Just dump it locally, a pocketful at a time.

one of those grab and tip lorries is probably best as it’s all ready to go?

Assuming the bags are second-hand, would they even want to/be allowed to (for H&S reasons) lift them?

they can always split the bags and use the grab to lift the gravel?

They could do that.

I still think Freecycle is the best bet though (assuming you don’t end up with some clown taking the piss and leaving a mess).

Can you not donate it to chase trails as a building material. All the little pebbles would annoy the hell out of Hora.

Just remember that as the ‘waste holder’ you have a duty of care to ensure that it (your gravel) is appropriately managed.

How much do one ton bags weigh? Not such a silly question, around 800kg if buying them!