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Stopping wheelie bins from blowing over?
####ing wind!
I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? I'd buy/build a housing but we've two at the moment and the council are threatening us with a third so waiting to see how that plays out. |
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I'd just like to stop them rolling along like land based sailing boats down
the pavement. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active Remember, if you don't like where I post or what I say, you don't have to read my posts! :-) "R D S" wrote in message ... ####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? I'd buy/build a housing but we've two at the moment and the council are threatening us with a third so waiting to see how that plays out. |
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On 15/03/2019 16:55, R D S wrote:
####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? Tell me about it. I've tried without success to find a "sweet" spot out of the vortex. My bins and the next-door neighbour's bins always blow over but next-door-but-one's never do. If I could only put our back gardens in a smoke filled wind tunnel and see what's going on here.... I've bought some webbing with ratchet tensioning and plan to put a few eye bolts into the wall and lash the bins to that but -erme- it's a bit too windy to do that at the moment! I'd buy/build a housing but we've two at the moment and the council are threatening us with a third so waiting to see how that plays out. Tell me about it. But here in Kirklees the third bin is optional and for garden waste and I recycle all of mine. The leafy stuff gets composted and the woody stuff gets processed throughout the summer to make it suitable for burning indoors during the next winter. Nick |
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On 15/03/2019 17:27, Nick Odell wrote:
But here in Kirklees the third bin is optional and for garden waste Well, I say third, we have an optional garden one too which I don't bother with, so actually a forth potentially. They want us to have, non recyclable, paper/card, cans/bottles etc, garden waste. |
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On 15/03/2019 17:20, Jethro_uk wrote:
If they have something in them, doesn't that lower the CoG enough to prevent tipping ? Seemed to on mine. Of course given how "woke" most people are, they're probably putting the light stuff at the bottom, heavy on top .... Good idea. Over the course of the fortnight in-between emptying the recycling bin, i'll drink spirits in the first week, putting the heavy glass in first, and have any mixers in the plastic bottles in week 2. Nice one, problem solved. |
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On 15/03/2019 17:47, R D S wrote:
forth potentially. Fourth, of course. |
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On 15/03/2019 16:55, R D S wrote:
####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? I'd buy/build a housing but we've two at the moment and the council are threatening us with a third so waiting to see how that plays out. Has anyone screwed part of a paving slab to the bottom? You'd need to place the slab inside, then screw through the base of the bin into the slab, with very large washers to spread the load. There could be safety issues, as the empty bins will be heavier than the binmen expect. |
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:20:30 -0000 (UTC)
Jethro_uk wrote: On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Does it save time ? Well, they don't have to take the bin back if they take the bag out, but who knows how much time looking in every bin adds up? Our bin usually has multiple smaller bags in it, so better to tip it. Wherever I leave it for them they usually manage to return it by a wall close to a lamp post where it's most likely to inconvenience someone with e.g. a tandem push-chair. |
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On 15/03/2019 18:17, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:06:40 +0000, GB wrote: Has anyone screwed part of a paving slab to the bottom? You'd need to place the slab inside, then screw through the base of the bin into the slab, with very large washers to spread the load. I thought much the same. Rather than using a paving slab, you could screw some heavy gauge screws through the base, with large washers to spread the load, as you suggest, and then empty a bag of postcrete into the bin, followed by some water to set it off. I recently had to buy a new bin. They are £50 where I live. So, experimenting had better not damage the bin too much. |
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"Jethro_uk" wrote in message ... On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:55:45 +0000, R D S wrote: ####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? I'd buy/build a housing but we've two at the moment and the council are threatening us with a third so waiting to see how that plays out. If they have something in them, doesn't that lower the CoG enough to prevent tipping ? Seemed to on mine. Of course given how "woke" most people are, they're probably putting the light stuff at the bottom, heavy on top .... Our green bin was blown over last week, and since it's not being used (yet) I left it like that ... There are probably quite a few solutions. However the non-zero cost of any of them suggests you'll be waiting a long time to see them implemented. On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Doesnt happen here, no dustmen at all, just the driver of the truck. Does it save time ? There's also the rather grey area of liability for any damage a bin does *after* the nice bin men have emptied it. Maybe one for the legal bods ..... |
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:20:30 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk wrote:
I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. What a standard 2' x 3' x 2" paving slab? They are almost glued to the ground as far as I'm concerned, let alone hoiking one up onto a wheelie bin! Use a smaller rock and get into the habit of always putting it on. On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Does it save time ? I'd say! The wheels of the wagon barely stop revolving when they pick up our blue bag (only wheelie bin is garden waste). Wagon slows almost to a stop next to the bag, operative hops out, lobs, tightly knotted, replacement bag onto drive, wagon pulls forward as operative picks up bag, back of wagon arrives, bag lobbed in, operative jogs to front of wagon, gets in, off they go. A wheelie bin might be just leaving the ground in the same time... -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 15/03/2019 17:20, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:55:45 +0000, R D S wrote: ####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? I'd buy/build a housing but we've two at the moment and the council are threatening us with a third so waiting to see how that plays out. If they have something in them, doesn't that lower the CoG enough to prevent tipping ? Seemed to on mine. Of course given how "woke" most people are, they're probably putting the light stuff at the bottom, heavy on top .... Most people put the rubbish in the bin in the order it's generated. They're certainly not going to keep a binload of rubbish around the house in anticipation of some heavier items that they're going to dispose of at the end of the week. Our green bin was blown over last week, and since it's not being used (yet) I left it like that ... There are probably quite a few solutions. However the non-zero cost of any of them suggests you'll be waiting a long time to see them implemented. On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Does it save time ? There's also the rather grey area of liability for any damage a bin does *after* the nice bin men have emptied it. Maybe one for the legal bods ..... Yes. Or for the fact that our bin men abandon both our bins (food waste is emptied weekly, general waste fortnightly, cardboard and paper monthly and bottles and tins monthly, giving two per week), plus both of our neighbour's bins, directly in front of our drive, forcing me to park up and move the bins before accessing my drive (not fun if I am home early, the road is full of school pick-up parents and it's pouring with rain). They are also left directly in the middle of the pavement, making it very difficult for parents with pushchairs (lots going to and from the schools) or people in wheelchairs (again lots as there is a large care-home 100 yards away and they bring residents our for a "walk" on nice days). The council say that we are supposed to take them in within a couple of hours of emptying, but that's rather difficult when they empty them around 30 minutes after you've left for work! SteveW |
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On 15/03/2019 17:47, R D S wrote:
On 15/03/2019 17:27, Nick Odell wrote: But here in Kirklees the third bin is optional and for garden waste Well, I say third, we have an optional garden one too which I don't bother with, so actually a forth potentially. They want us to have, non recyclable, paper/card, cans/bottles etc, garden waste. That's what we have, except the garden waste one used to be food and garden waste, changed to food and cut-flowers only (unless you paid a yearly fee for garden waste collection) and is changing back to a no-extra fee food and garden waste collection in a couple of months. SteveW |
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:53:57 +0000, R D S wrote:
On 15/03/2019 17:20, Jethro_uk wrote: If they have something in them, doesn't that lower the CoG enough to prevent tipping ? Seemed to on mine. Of course given how "woke" most people are, they're probably putting the light stuff at the bottom, heavy on top .... Good idea. Over the course of the fortnight in-between emptying the recycling bin, i'll drink spirits in the first week, putting the heavy glass in first, and have any mixers in the plastic bottles in week 2. Nice one, problem solved. Can't do that where I live - glass has its own bin. -- Dave W |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 05:43:41 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again: On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Doesn¢t happen here, no dustmen at all, just the driver of the truck. Where's "here", senile asshole? In Australia? Then **** off to an Australian newsgroup! -- Richard addressing Rot Speed: "**** you're thick/pathetic excuse for a troll." MID: |
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On 15/03/2019 17:20, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:55:45 +0000, R D S wrote: ####ing wind! On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Does it save time ? You are not alone! I suppose are rubbish is in a bag because we use then in the kitchen pedal bin. There's also the rather grey area of liability for any damage a bin does *after* the nice bin men have emptied it. Maybe one for the legal bods ..... -- Michael Chare |
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On 15/03/2019 16:55, R D S wrote:
####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? I'd buy/build a housing but we've two at the moment and the council are threatening us with a third so waiting to see how that plays out. We have some bins normally kept next to a wall. I screwed eyes into the wall and use a bungee to keep a bin in place. The bungee frayed, and I did wonder if some animal had tried to chew it. We have a stack of three little bins. Two have plastic flaps and one flap broke when I put the stack of bins out to be collected and the stack got blown over. I asked for a replacement flap. It was delivered free of charge the next day. -- Michael Chare |
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R D S wrote:
I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. Bungie strap to hold the lid in place? Shouldn't matter if it keels over then, but more bungie straps could fix that too ... |
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"Jethro_uk" wrote in message ... On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:53:57 +0000, R D S wrote: On 15/03/2019 17:20, Jethro_uk wrote: If they have something in them, doesn't that lower the CoG enough to prevent tipping ? Seemed to on mine. Of course given how "woke" most people are, they're probably putting the light stuff at the bottom, heavy on top .... Good idea. Over the course of the fortnight in-between emptying the recycling bin, i'll drink spirits in the first week, putting the heavy glass in first, and have any mixers in the plastic bottles in week 2. Nice one, problem solved. Good old British ingenuity ! Doesnt seem to be working with BRexit. |
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On Friday, 15 March 2019 16:55:49 UTC, R D S wrote:
####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? In our case a bungee cord tying together the handles of two bins together back-to-back has worked wonders. Separately they'd walk around in the wind, often falling over entirely, but together we've had no issues. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 09:34:04 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again: Nice one, problem solved. Good old British ingenuity ! Doesn¢t seem to be working with BRexit. Didn't someone tell you to **** off to an Australian newsgroup, you ****ed up psychopathic senile Ozzie troll? -- Norman Wells addressing senile Rot: "Ah, the voice of scum speaks." MID: |
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"Jethro_uk" wrote in message ... On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:14:37 +0000, Michael Chare wrote: On 15/03/2019 17:20, Jethro_uk wrote: On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:55:45 +0000, R D S wrote: ####ing wind! On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Does it save time ? You are not alone! I suppose are rubbish is in a bag because we use then in the kitchen pedal bin. There's also the rather grey area of liability for any damage a bin does *after* the nice bin men have emptied it. Maybe one for the legal bods ..... To be honest, just 2 of us, we can go 4 weeks before the wheelie bin is full ... With one of me and **** all waste, it takes much longer than that. I do put quite a bit of stuff I freeze in the smallest plastic bags and put the bread from the bread machine in a medium sized plastic bag and the frozen peas/corn/capsicum come in plastic bags, but it takes a hell of a lot of those to fill a wheely bin. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:40:00 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again: FLUSH more senile troll**** Nobody gives a ****, about your ****, senile ****head! -- FredXX to Rot Speed: "You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder we shippe the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity and criminality is inherited after all?" Message-ID: |
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On 15/03/2019 23:11, Mathew Newton wrote:
On Friday, 15 March 2019 16:55:49 UTC, R D S wrote: ####ing wind! I'm sick of finding a wheelie bin on it's arse, empty, contents strewn everywhere. I put a paving slab on them which prevents this, but only if I remember which I didn't yesterday. So has anyone come up with a more 'set and forget' solution? In our case a bungee cord tying together the handles of two bins together back-to-back has worked wonders. Separately they'd walk around in the wind, often falling over entirely, but together we've had no issues. I have a piece of rope, one end tied to the garden bench the other end has a lump of paving slab tied to it, when windy I pull the rope over the 3 bins and sit the slab on the ground. |
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:21:08 +0000, Rob Morley wrote:
On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:20:30 -0000 (UTC) Jethro_uk wrote: On the topic of wheelie bins, are we alone in having dustmen that look inside and will just take the bag if it's tied, rather than tip the whole bin ? Does it save time ? Well, they don't have to take the bin back if they take the bag out, but who knows how much time looking in every bin adds up? Our bin usually has multiple smaller bags in it, so better to tip it. Wherever I leave it for them they usually manage to return it by a wall close to a lamp post where it's most likely to inconvenience someone with e.g. a tandem push-chair. 'Companiable' push-chairs are even wider! We have a standard footway then a wide verge. The bindroids (dimdroids?) mange to leave the bins in the middle of the footway. Another metre wouldn't be too difficult, surely. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On 15/03/2019 19:04, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:47:48 +0000, R D S wrote: On 15/03/2019 17:27, Nick Odell wrote: But here in Kirklees the third bin is optional and for garden waste Well, I say third, we have an optional garden one too which I don't bother with, so actually a forth potentially. They want us to have, non recyclable, paper/card, cans/bottles etc, garden waste. Is that all?! We have a bin for non-recyclable stuff, heavy duty woven plastic bag/sack things for respectively paper, cardboard, tins&plastic. Then there's a rectangular black plastic bin for glass bottles, and a bin for garden waste, making six containers of various sorts, in all. My envy cup runneth over, not. We have to cope with a black plastic bag and clear plastic bag for recycling. I don't bother with the bottle box, just use the recycling bin at the nearby supermarket car park. |
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GB wrote:
On 15/03/2019 18:17, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:06:40 +0000, GB wrote: Has anyone screwed part of a paving slab to the bottom? You'd need to place the slab inside, then screw through the base of the bin into the slab, with very large washers to spread the load. I thought much the same. Rather than using a paving slab, you could screw some heavy gauge screws through the base, with large washers to spread the load, as you suggest, and then empty a bag of postcrete into the bin, followed by some water to set it off. I recently had to buy a new bin. They are £50 where I live. So, experimenting had better not damage the bin too much. Watching how the bins are inverted and slammed about by the emptying mechanism, I think a fixed internal weight would soon tear the bin base apart (and annoy the bin men). Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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On 16 Mar 2019 16:35:51 GMT
Tim+ wrote: Watching how the bins are inverted and slammed about by the emptying mechanism, I think a fixed internal weight would soon tear the bin base apart (and annoy the bin men). But water would just tip out and drain out the bottom of the truck. |
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Rob Morley wrote:
On 16 Mar 2019 16:35:51 GMT Tim+ wrote: Watching how the bins are inverted and slammed about by the emptying mechanism, I think a fixed internal weight would soon tear the bin base apart (and annoy the bin men). But water would just tip out and drain out the bottom of the truck. Fine, but Im not talking about water. Not sure the bin men would be happy about everyone loading up their bins with water. Thats a lot of extra work for them. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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