On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:00:52 GMT, "[news]" wrote:

set fire to them, shovel what remains into a skip.

Moron.

For one thing, a caravan is skinned in aluminium. Burned aluminium is
an effective weedkiller and you'll leave a bare spot there for years
(depending on soil type).

Depedning on the age of the Portacabin you might have to pay money to
get rid of it (If you're near Bristol, drop me an email and I'll tell
you A Chap That Does). It'll break up easily enough with a
sledgehammer, the framing steel is useful, or worth buttons for scrap
(but worth it). The jacklegs off it may be of interest to someone who
has just bent one (depending on age). The panels though are too many
low-value materials lammed together to have much recycle value. Some of
them make excellent greenhouse potting benches though, as they're solid
plywood with a smooth waterproof laminate on them.

The caravan should be demolished with a sledgehammer. The aluminium
panels are useful, or are definitely worth the scrap price. The trim is
unusable and needs landfilling and the windows might be usable for
coldframe / shed duty if glass, or are worthless if plastic. You can
bonfire the timber afterwards (if it'll light) but you really need to
strip the plastics out before setting light.

if you have electricity nearby, a big reciprocating saw will make your
day less tiresome (Axminster do a big own-brand one that ought to last
long enough).


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