Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: SamanthaGodley on February 22, 2008, 18:30
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Hey Guys and Gals,
I have some pallets that work have been saving for me to make into a compost bin, as well as other things. Am I best leaving the wood untreated?
One of them is painted blue, can I still use this, do I need to sand it down to get rid of the paint?
I have no idea what I am doing - does it show :oops: :?:
Help please?
Thanks
Sam
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Hiya It is a personal preference about treating the wood or not it is not really necessary and regarding sanding the blue pallet :shock: :shock: :shock: have you got more time on your hands than you know what to do with :lol: if you want a nice looking bin then use the blue timbers for the back of the box, they should out of the way there.
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Re the blue pallet - has it just been painted by a previous pallet owner or is it one of the one's that's marked with a company name?
if it's the latter then you could find yourself in trouble with the company that owns them: Shaun has posted a couple of times on this to say that the company prosecute if their pallets are taken.. :shock:
good luck with your projects though - there's posts on this site as well on how to dismantle them if you need any advice. Can we have piccies when you're done? we're nosey like that! :lol:
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Our town council provide pallets for anyone to take when they need... they just dump them at the top of the allotment..... most of them are the blue variety.... :?
I'm too scared to take any!! :oops:
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Not that much spare time, was seriously hoping you would say I wouldn't need to sand the blue one. I am new to all this and have no idea what I am doing - my fiance used to know what to do but he died just before Christmas. :cry:
I'll check about a company stamp on it. Piccies to follow - watch this space.
Also planning to use them to make raised beds and a wood store for my canes, stakes etc..............thats the plan who knows if I will get that far. :roll:
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Pallets are endlessly useful - don't worry about treating them or sanding them. You can always get more.
The blue ones are more valuable but if work are saving one for you I wouldn't worry.
Good luck - let us know how you get on.
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I'd use it and not worry. You didn't nick it! The blue pallet Co can't spend all their time tracking down errant pallets :D
I use mine for decking in front of my shed too. Painted willow green to match my shed. Very nice :D
Four of the same sized ones screwed together make a decent compo pin. I put the big stuff in mine - thuggish stuff like cabbages stalks etc
I also have decking pallets behind my shed where I lay lengths of wood etc, it keeps them off the ground so hopefully they won't rot before I get chance to turn them into raised beds or sommat
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use thm up no matter what colour :wink:
chech these posts on what to do with them and othere helpful tips :wink: :D
http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/search.php?mode=results
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there's loads of things you can do with pallets :D
i'm no expert but i can throw things together ok, couple of bit n bobs i've made out of them on these links :wink:
pallet gate (http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=13118)
pallet compost bin (http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=11400)
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did u use nails or screws for the gate dave? very impressed i have to say well done :D
dare u to make a shed out of one ;)
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ive never said owt about blue pallets :roll: just use em
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Really?.... could have sworn it was you!
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Rampant_Weasel . . . . . . . . the pallet shed plans are already under way lol :D
i've got about 60 pallets and out of them i've got 22 perfect 3ft x 3ft ones just waiting, all
flat packed, in the garden, soon as i get hold of some slotted or drilled angle
iron construction will start :D
12 x 9 shed with an apex roof is the idea, will be doing pic's from start to finish so watch this space lol :shock:
edit: sorry forgot to say . . . . . used screws for the gate, just prefer them to nailing it thats all in case it ever needs a repair here or there, like if someone decides to swing off it or owt lol
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good man thanks :D
i have an old shed in my garden and its built with a good strong frame and that lapping wood on it.its about 20 years old and nowt wrong with it apart from new felt now and again.
in comparison someone gave me a shed that had been broken into, just needed a few repairs.however u can see the diff in quality - it was basically real thin wood stapled together! i had to brace all the sides to stop it wobbling.this got me thinking and looking at how i could build one myself.basically its 4 frames and a roof frame with panels ( pallet wood ideal) to cover - strong as an ox and save u ££££`s.its funny how easy it would be to build something ( with a little thought b4hand) that costs hundreds from a shop and is very poor quality.
i would be interested to see photos of the shed build as u build it if u have time :wink:
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not a problem, think i'll do it as one big post rather than bit by bit.
am on the lookout for fabricated steel angle at the mo like i say cos thats gonna be the basics of the frame, solid as a rock and if need be some of the pallet panels can be nut n bolted to it.
the way i see it in my head, once its up n treated with a felt roof on you wont see mush difference between that n a bought shed and at 12 x 9, to buy one'd be runnin into hundreds literally and this woods way better quality, i now drool when i see piles of pallets lol ! :tongue2:
yes, sad i know lol :roll:
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`you wont see mush difference between that n a bought shed `
i bet it will be far better quality....my m8 bought a gate similar to the one u made a while back and ur gate looks alot stronger than his.