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Started by PurpleHeather, May 25, 2008, 06:45:54

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tonybloke

Everyone must have a scaffolding firm nearby, the old planks make good beds.
my missus and kids refuse to sleep in them! ;D ;D ;D ;)
You couldn't make it up!

tonybloke

You couldn't make it up!

betula

A lot of the firms will not let you have them now because of the health and safety implications ;D

PurpleHeather

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Quote from: betula on May 26, 2008, 21:20:53
A lot of the firms will not let you have them now because of the health and safety implications ;D
Positive responses only please, exactly who are the firms who have refused to let YOU have them on these grounds?

PurpleHeather

Quote from: tonybloke on May 26, 2008, 21:17:31
Everyone must have a scaffolding firm nearby, the old planks make good beds.
my missus and kids refuse to sleep in them! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Quite right too. They are good enough for you though.Sleepwell

tonybloke

some offshore scaffolding companies have to have a destruction certificate for their old boards, CAPE is the name of one in our town that does this, something about single use boards and offshore blasting/coating?
You couldn't make it up!

betula

I have not tried personally for scaffold boards as I do not use them.Consider  why these boards are no longer used .Because they have a fault.Obviously people need sound boards who are working at height.
If you go and buy a board off them they will presume you will be using them for scaffolding and the company who supplied them could be held responsible for accidents.I have heard that some may supply them if you sign a disclaimer but I do not know if this is true.Do not mean to sound negative.I am quite a positive person really. ;D

PurpleHeather

Quote from: tonybloke on May 26, 2008, 21:58:55
some offshore scaffolding companies have to have a destruction certificate for their old boards, CAPE is the name of one in our town that does this, something about single use boards and offshore blasting/coating?
Thanks for that link, I have contacted them so that we can recycle the boards for growing beds.

They do hire out scaffolding and it is important that they dispose of cracked, broken and damaged boards responsibly.

Now that we have clearly established that damaged scaffolding planks should not to be reused as scaffolding planks, (which most sensible people already knew), we want them for beds (which are on the ground). perhaps we can move on?




betula

Sorry,did not know scaffolding boards meant so much to you :)

Robert_Brenchley

We had a massive lorryload delivered to the site last week, they were all gone in no time. Raised beds have clearly become popular!

Amazin

Purpleheather, is this an exam question?

;D
Lesson for life:
1. Breathe in     2. Breathe out     3. Repeat

Robert_Brenchley

No, that would be something on the lines of 'Why might a company refuse to supply used scaffolding boards to an allotment site? Give reasons, showing that you have considered more than one point of view.'

betula

0 out of ten for me Mr Brenchley :)

Amazin

Sir! Sir! I know, sir!

;D ;D ;D
Lesson for life:
1. Breathe in     2. Breathe out     3. Repeat

PurpleHeather

GREAT RESULT

Earlier on today when going shoppin we saw in some one's front garden a sign about new driveways with a phone number (it was probably for future customers) but I could see they were clearing things we could use on the allotments.
I phoned the guy (free phone calls after 6pm with BT)
Asked him what he did with soil, paving slabs and those old fashioned brick/cobbled drive bits.

He told me he charged the buyer of the new driveway for skips.

Told him to drop off at our allotment address.



Just had a delivery of the most wonderful top soil and some paving slabs.

Hyacinth

.....but did you also nab the sign?

asbean

Back to the scaffold boards - I collected mine from Speedy Hire, they had lots of old ones, damaged, etc, behind their depot. They let me help myself to the ones they couldn't use and I had to load them myself onto the car, take them home,clean off the slugs and muck and then cut to size. It took a couple of years, but I got there in the end.  No joy from scaffold companies, though.

I did try HSS as well, and they tried to persuade me that for H&S reasons I couldn't have any, even after I explained why I wanted them, the excuse was that someone might get onto the allotment (which is locked), dismantle my raised beds and use the boards on a scaffold. Then if there was an accident they would be liable because they gave the boards to me.

Pigs might fly  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
The Tuscan Beaneater

betula

Oh ,so glad I did not imagine it all ;D

tonybloke

You couldn't make it up!

GrannieAnnie

Reused dryer sheets keep soil from draining out of pot holes.
The handle on your recliner does not qualify as an exercise machine.

GrannieAnnie

Chicken bones. Dried after I finish baking something as the oven cools down then pushed deep in the soil around roses or anywhere bone meal is needed.  I'm just trying this and am hoping no foxes become too interested. ::)
The handle on your recliner does not qualify as an exercise machine.

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