How to get a garden shed torn down?

[Kim Vexborg]

Hi,

Sorry to ask this question, but I hope that you guys and girls can help me?

My wife and I are now the proud owners of an lovely mid-terraced house just outside Motherwell, Scotland - and we're now doing quite a bit of gardening.

Our front garden i sok now - but we still need to do quite a lot in the back garden. And now we have a problem, in the back garden we have 2 old garden sheds - one has been used as an coal bunker, and the other one as an ordinary shed - both of them have to go since they are rather rotten and more than damp inside :-(

The small shed shouldn't be a problem to tear down - but the big one isn't something we can do on our - so we have beenb trying to find someone which can tear down the shed and remove the remains of it... But how do you find some one?

Hopefully you'll be able to help me out here - giving me directions in who to get in touch with?

Kind regards,

Kim (since I'm Danish I have no clue where to search)

[Soup]

Soup just had to say

I do not know your particular circumstances, but we recently had to get rid of an old (30 years or so)garden shed, basically the walls were held together by nuts and bolts these had seized totally and the wood was somewhat rotten so any torque applied to them would just 'spin' the bolts had to cut these bolts (actually used a metal cutting blade in a jigsaw). Took the felt of the roof ,took the roof off,cut the bolts ,took the walls down.then lifted the floor cut all these pieces in to large but manageable pieces (used a reciprocating saw for this). Council disposed of the bits for us (Edinburgh district council) as a 'special uplift' took two uplifts as they will only lift 6 items at once but these uplifts were organised on the same day.

Getting rid of a dug up hedge was a different kettle of fish, a chap we found via a local free paper ad took the pieces (lots) away for £60:00. A fire was out of the question as we have 'phone cables over our garden.

[Rick Dipper]

Sledgehammer and fire sound the right combination. Use anything dry to heat up the wet stuff till it starts to burn ........

If you do it after a long dry spell, they will be much dryer.

Rick

[Mark S.]

I knocked mine down with a wrecking bar and hammer and a neighbour came and took it for firewood when I started burning it, saved me a weekend long bonfire. :-)

Mark S.

[Michael Mcneil]

Failing that someone advertising house/garden clearances or odd jobs in the local shops/papers might do it. £50 to £60 sound reasonable? Most dole-ies would do it for less but if you don't know the neighbourhood you are out of luck.

[Annette Kurten]

Have a look in your local paper, there is usually a section for household services e.g removal of garden waste, rubbish etc. For a few extra quid I am sure someone will do it, I had a breeze block one I inherited They knocked it down and carted it off for £50.

[Harris]

Depends how dead the shed is, but you could put it in you local paper and just give it away, especially if its big. I've just paid 150 quid for a second hand big shed (in very good condition). A friend was given one which was rotten around the bottom it cost him a total of 70 quid to repair it all.

That way who ever wants it, gives you a hand taking it down.

but if it really is dead, then as someone else said, big hammer + fire = fun + clear space, or third degree burns + clear space, but still clear space is good

[The Natural Philosopher]

The small shed shouldn't be a problem to tear down - but the big one

Since you are Danish you will naturally look for an expensive expert raher than getting on with the job I suspect...:-)

Look. Buy sometuhing called a saw, rope, and a sledge hammer.

Tie the rope to the top of the shed, and use the sledge hammer to remove all the panelling. 9 times out of ten the shed will then collapse in the direction of teh rope after a slight pull. If it doesn't, cut the uprights furthest away from the rope with the SAW.

Once it has done what parallelograms do, use the SLEDGE HAMMER and SAW to reduce it to chunks to put in PLASTIC BAGS ready for BURNING or putting it in the VOLVO to take to the COUNCIL TIP.

OK? And remember you ARE IN EMNGLAND NOW> HERE IT IS ALLOWED FOR CITIZENS TO DO THINGS FOR THEMSELVES, not just rely on the state to do it for them. And OTHER CARS THAN VOLVOS ARE PERMITTED.

;-)

[IMM]

When I was in Copenhagen I saw few Volvos. A number of Leyland buses though.

[lastchance]

X-No-Archive: Yes

have a bonfire, jus make sure that the roof etc IS NOT covered with dodgy chemical tar, or whatever..

neighbours (and fire brigade!) werent impressed being smoked out.... not that we cared much, the whole house was being demolished for new flats....!

[MarkM]

What part of "My wife and I are now the proud owners of an lovely mid-terraced house just outside Motherwell, Scotland" did you not quite grasp? Seems to be shed-season in uk.d-i-y now, what with people wanting to build, buy, or destroy them... Maybe a little shed trading is in order?

[Scott M]

The Japanese are horrified at the thought of blowing one's nose. Instead they either sniff away like a deranged Dyson or just wear a dust-mask and let it flow freely.

[Andrew]

In article , IMM writes

Pigs are very clean animals. They keep their sleeping area and crapping areas well separated, unlike many other animals.

The Danes also voted NO to the Euro, so they must have some redeeming features. Where would we be without Carlsberg lager ?.

Setting fire to a shed (which may have a felted/tarred roof and possibly old creosote on its timbers) is not very clever unless you are well separated from other dwellings.

[IMM]

That was sad.

Nowhere!

That is true. Don't sit in it when it is alight.