I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?
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On 20/11/2012 10:58, mogga wrote:
I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?

What do you want it for? Many years ago in harder times I used to get
sawdust for my wife's guinea pigs from a local workshop where they made
bespoke window frames mainly from softwood but some hardwood.

I stopped because we were getting high levels of miscarriage and birth
defects. I never established whether they were using treated timber, I
just stopped using it.

They were happy for people to take it away, though.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:30:52 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 20/11/2012 10:58, mogga wrote:
I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?

What do you want it for? Many years ago in harder times I used to get

Composting loo.

sawdust for my wife's guinea pigs from a local workshop where they made
bespoke window frames mainly from softwood but some hardwood.

I stopped because we were getting high levels of miscarriage and birth
defects. I never established whether they were using treated timber, I
just stopped using it.


Did changing sawdust change that?

They were happy for people to take it away, though.
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"mogga" wrote in message
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I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?


I think bulk sawdust is used for making artificial logs for stoves and
fires.
So big firms may well sell theirs on.
However small woodworking places should still be O.K.

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In message om,
newshound writes
On 20/11/2012 10:58, mogga wrote:
I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?

What do you want it for? Many years ago in harder times I used to get
sawdust for my wife's guinea pigs from a local workshop where they made
bespoke window frames mainly from softwood but some hardwood.

I stopped because we were getting high levels of miscarriage and birth
defects. I never established whether they were using treated timber, I
just stopped using it.

They were happy for people to take it away, though.

You can come and clear up the sawdust under my firewood saw. About 15
years worth. Can't guarantee no treated timber but most of it is Oak.

My workshop dust extractor bags are nearly full but part of that will be
planer shavings.

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On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:08:32 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:


They were happy for people to take it away, though.

You can come and clear up the sawdust under my firewood saw. About 15
years worth. Can't guarantee no treated timber but most of it is Oak.

My workshop dust extractor bags are nearly full but part of that will be
planer shavings.


Wow! Don't spose you're just down the road from me though ...
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"newshound" wrote in message
eb.com...
On 20/11/2012 10:58, mogga wrote:
I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?

What do you want it for? Many years ago in harder times I used to get
sawdust for my wife's guinea pigs from a local workshop where they made
bespoke window frames mainly from softwood but some hardwood.

I stopped because we were getting high levels of miscarriage and birth
defects. I never established whether they were using treated timber, I
just stopped using it.

IME it's not good for any animal cages due to the high amount of dust that
they're inhaling 24 hours a day.

In message , mogga
writes
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:08:32 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:


They were happy for people to take it away, though.

You can come and clear up the sawdust under my firewood saw. About 15
years worth. Can't guarantee no treated timber but most of it is Oak.

My workshop dust extractor bags are nearly full but part of that will be
planer shavings.


Wow! Don't spose you're just down the road from me though ...

Not unless you are anywhere near Hertfordshi-)

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On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:58:28 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , mogga
writes
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:08:32 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:


They were happy for people to take it away, though.

You can come and clear up the sawdust under my firewood saw. About 15
years worth. Can't guarantee no treated timber but most of it is Oak.

My workshop dust extractor bags are nearly full but part of that will be
planer shavings.


Wow! Don't spose you're just down the road from me though ...

Not unless you are anywhere near Hertfordshi-)


Sadly not!
Thanks for the offer though
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On 20/11/2012 12:45, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:



IME it's not good for any animal cages due to the high amount of dust
that they're inhaling 24 hours a day.

Good point although to be fair quite a high proportion was planer
shavings and they didn't do much sanding.

On 20/11/2012 11:49, mogga wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:30:52 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 20/11/2012 10:58, mogga wrote:
I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?

What do you want it for? Many years ago in harder times I used to get

Composting loo.

sawdust for my wife's guinea pigs from a local workshop where they made
bespoke window frames mainly from softwood but some hardwood.

I stopped because we were getting high levels of miscarriage and birth
defects. I never established whether they were using treated timber, I
just stopped using it.


Did changing sawdust change that?

Yes

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:09:12 +0000, newshound
wrote:


Composting loo.

sawdust for my wife's guinea pigs from a local workshop where they made
bespoke window frames mainly from softwood but some hardwood.

I stopped because we were getting high levels of miscarriage and birth
defects. I never established whether they were using treated timber, I
just stopped using it.


Did changing sawdust change that?

Yes

Good!
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Used to be all over the floor at our butchers shop but I understand its now
both a fire risk and a health hazard....

Brian

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"mogga" wrote in message
...
I am hopefully going to be after sawdust shortly.

Any places likely to give it away?
(Have yellow pages and thomson directory at the ready...)

Is there an established market for it already or will there be
plentiful amounts to scrounge?
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In article , Brian Gaff
wrote:
Used to be all over the floor at our butchers shop but I understand its
now both a fire risk and a health hazard....

probably isn't a fire hazard once it's soaked up a bit of blood.

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On 20/11/2012 17:17, Brian Gaff wrote:
Used to be all over the floor at our butchers shop but I understand its now
both a fire risk and a health hazard....

It used to be over the floor of a pub I knew.

Colin Bignell

In message om,
newshound writes
On 20/11/2012 12:45, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:



IME it's not good for any animal cages due to the high amount of dust
that they're inhaling 24 hours a day.

Good point although to be fair quite a high proportion was planer
shavings and they didn't do much sanding.

One of our livery horses is bedded with what appears to be chopped/dust
extracted straw.

Mogga discreetly has not ventured the application....


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On 20/11/2012 19:32, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message om,
newshound writes
On 20/11/2012 12:45, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:



IME it's not good for any animal cages due to the high amount of dust
that they're inhaling 24 hours a day.

Good point although to be fair quite a high proportion was planer
shavings and they didn't do much sanding.

One of our livery horses is bedded with what appears to be chopped/dust
extracted straw.

Mogga discreetly has not ventured the application....

It was on Ch5's Eddie Stobart programme once - a truck full of sawdust
for animal bedding.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:32:49 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message om,
newshound writes
On 20/11/2012 12:45, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:



IME it's not good for any animal cages due to the high amount of dust
that they're inhaling 24 hours a day.

Good point although to be fair quite a high proportion was planer
shavings and they didn't do much sanding.

One of our livery horses is bedded with what appears to be chopped/dust
extracted straw.

Mogga discreetly has not ventured the application....


I did.
Composting loo!
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In message , mogga
writes
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:32:49 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:
One of our livery horses is bedded with what appears to be chopped/dust
extracted straw.

Mogga discreetly has not ventured the application....


I did.
Composting loo!

Ah! Another brain cell missing:-)

Presumably there is a wide spectrum of decay bacteria doing the work.
Someone somewhere must know how vulnerable they might be to the rather
feeble chemicals in modern treated timber.

Something wrong with earth closets?

Tree surgeons have disposal issues with chipped material and I have
occasionally arranged for a free load to be used here as path mulch.

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On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:51:43 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , mogga
writes
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:32:49 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:
One of our livery horses is bedded with what appears to be chopped/dust
extracted straw.

Mogga discreetly has not ventured the application....


I did.
Composting loo!

Ah! Another brain cell missing:-)

Presumably there is a wide spectrum of decay bacteria doing the work.
Someone somewhere must know how vulnerable they might be to the rather
feeble chemicals in modern treated timber.


My contact recommends contacting tree surgeons - or someone with a log
burner who cuts their own wood! I've just got to find the yellow pages
now. The BT book is useless!

Something wrong with earth closets?


Where do we get the spare earth from?

Tree surgeons have disposal issues with chipped material and I have
occasionally arranged for a free load to be used here as path mulch.

We've had a couple of loads free but want some finer stuff for the
bucket stuff.
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