Hardcore/Rubble (new build garden)

[[Glen]]

My new build is on former fields and marshland. There was no former structure on my plot, although there was an unusable asbestos-riddled building not far away that Redrow needed to demolish.

My garden was delivered with 2"-3" of topsoil (basically the turf), a 6"-8" layer stony powdery whitish soil littered with rubble, and beneath that is the deep and fertile soils that I anticipated.

Planting some shrubs has been a real pain. What normally takes a few minutes extends to hours pulling out clumps of hardcore/rubble, odd bits of twisted iron, chunky glass pieces, and some odder blue/white materials that appear from a different age - my guess is demolition rubble. Furthermore, the mix includes newish nuts, bolts, and tiling underlay (the same products used in my house) and this makes it clear that what I have found is Redrow's rubble dumped in my garden.

I doubt this pile of hard crud can go in the council bins, so how do I dispose of it? Should Redrow collect?

 

[New Build Inspector]

have word with the site manager and ask him if they can send around a mini skip loader , thats an attachment for the front of the fork lift , and if you can put thier crud in it

i dont see why not , it wont cost him anything

if he wont help ,,,,take photos and post on any web site that will let you

depending on where you found it ...top soil should be a min of 60mm within a defined area

see nhbc standard on gardens , you can download from net

 

[alladin]

My new build is on former fields and marshland. There was no former structure on my plot, although there was an unusable asbestos-riddled building not far away that Redrow needed to demolish.

My garden was delivered with 2"-3" of topsoil (basically the turf), a 6"-8" layer stony powdery whitish soil littered with rubble, and beneath that is the deep and fertile soils that I anticipated.

Planting some shrubs has been a real pain. What normally takes a few minutes extends to hours pulling out clumps of hardcore/rubble, odd bits of twisted iron, chunky glass pieces, and some odder blue/white materials that appear from a different age - my guess is demolition rubble. Furthermore, the mix includes newish nuts, bolts, and tiling underlay (the same products used in my house) and this makes it clear that what I have found is Redrow's rubble dumped in my garden.

I doubt this pile of hard crud can go in the council bins, so how do I dispose of it? Should Redrow collect?

If the builders are still around they would have skip where you will be able to dispose which my neighbour did. I was lazy in my case and had to get the heavy duty bags from B&Q to take the rubble/grass/soil etc to the council recycle center as by the time I started to do my gardening bit, the builders left the site.

 

[Brian Cranston]

please can you post photos on this page of the odder blue/white materials you have found in your garden, as you have said there was an unusable asbestos-riddled building not far away that Redrow needed to demolish.

This could be rubble from this building and it could be asbestos that was buirried in your garden

 

[New Build Inspector]

My new build is on former fields and marshland. There was no former structure on my plot, although there was an unusable asbestos-riddled building not far away that Redrow needed to demolish.

My garden was delivered with 2"-3" of topsoil (basically the turf), a 6"-8" layer stony powdery whitish soil littered with rubble, and beneath that is the deep and fertile soils that I anticipated.

Planting some shrubs has been a real pain. What normally takes a few minutes extends to hours pulling out clumps of hardcore/rubble, odd bits of twisted iron, chunky glass pieces, and some odder blue/white materials that appear from a different age - my guess is demolition rubble. Furthermore, the mix includes newish nuts, bolts, and tiling underlay (the same products used in my house) and this makes it clear that what I have found is Redrow's rubble dumped in my garden.

I doubt this pile of hard crud can go in the council bins, so how do I dispose of it? Should Redrow collect?

It is possible to get an independant laboratory to assess samples of your material in back garden

 

[JasonJames]

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