Can i get rid of bricks without using a skip?

Howdy do folks.


Wondering if anyone can help me here. I'm about to embark on a bit of a sitting room renovation of sorts.


Will lift the laminate floor, break out the brick fireplace and re-plaster and re-floor. Also have some laminate flooring from a bedroom upstairs to get rid of. Figured I'd get a small skip and be done with it.


Rang the local recycling centre to chance my arm on the laminate, and they said that they do indeed accept it. Which means I only really have the bricks to get rid of.


There's only a relatively small amount of bricks, so a skip seems like overkill.


Wondering if anyone knows of a way to get rid of them? (that doesn't involve illegally dumping them or that kinda thing).

PirateShampoo

How old are the bricks, a salvage yard might be interested in them.

EmirateEmily

If you get them out with care and they aren't in a bad shape, maybe you can ask around if someone needs them?

Sleeper12

Burry them in the garden or under a flower bed

dok_golf

or even make a flower bed from them

pat k

is making a BBQ ? out of the question. we might get another good summer :)

jack of all

If reasonably clean offer them up on Adverts free to collect, ideal for garden projects etc.

Renegade Mechanic

I know a lad who'd be delighted to take them off yer hands..

I got a skip bag in b&q or woodies when I was doing that type of stuff.

Fierce handy compared to a full size skip, buy the bag and pay for the lift whenever your ready.

The bricks can be reused if suitable and theres a few sizes of skip bag to pick for the rest.

jack of all

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

I know a lad who'd be delighted to take them off yer hands..

But are they the "best bricks ever"?

jhenno78

Your local recycling centre doesn't accept construction waste/rubble? Sounds weird to me.

In any case, I'd go for the skip. Probably won't be much difference in the price with all that stuff and a lot less hassle.

Atlantic Dawn

You sometimes see ads on Donedeal and Adverts with people looking for bricks to use for foundations, perhaps have a look there.

antiskeptic

The bin.

ImARebel

antiskeptic wrote: »

The bin.

I shouldn't admit it but that's how I got rid of mine. Half filled my bin over 2 lifts. Job done..

Waits to get lynched...

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ImARebel wrote: »

I shouldn't admit it but that's how I got rid of mine. Half filled my bin over 2 lifts. Job done..

Waits to get lynched...

Cheaper to buy a skip bag

ImARebel

Travis Scarce Fir wrote: »

Cheaper to buy a skip bag

It's not, my bin is a flat rate per month. It's not by weight

Appreciate all the replies, folks.

Looks like I'll just hoard them in the shed until I do eventually next need a skip for something. I might ring the recycling centre, but I don't think they accept anything that can be considered building waste or rubble.

listermint

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Appreciate all the replies, folks.

Looks like I'll just hoard them in the shed until I do eventually next need a skip for something. I might ring the recycling centre, but I don't think they accept anything that can be considered building waste or rubble.

Ballymount will take small amounts of concrete and plasterboard tiles etc minor building stuff. Yes it costs .see charges on sdcc website

agusta

Travis Scarce Fir wrote: »

Cheaper to buy a skip bag

doubt it

BorneTobyWilde

lgk

listermint wrote: »

Ballymount will take small amounts of concrete and plasterboard tiles etc minor building stuff. Yes it costs .see charges on sdcc website

Yep, €15 for a car, €21 for a car derived van / SUV, etc...

Works out better than the skip bags which cost ~€15 for the smallest size and cost an additional €70 and up for collection.

Maxed-irl

Fingal recycling do take it and its reasonable pricing

breffni bogballer

Anyone building in ur vicinity or laying footpaths? They would be grateful for filling

Bandana boy

Coolmine centre will take them €8 if they fit in the boot

CJhaughey

Do it like Andy Dufresne

bobbyss

Put them in the bin. The landfiĺll bin. Is that allowed?

ImARebel

Dunno but I've done it.

Are the bin men really going to go through it to check?

Dr_Colossus

bobbyss wrote: »

Put them in the bin. The landfiĺll bin. Is that allowed?

ImARebel wrote: »

Dunno but I've done it.

Are the bin men really going to go through it to check?

Yes, most lorries now take photos of each bin tip to catch and fine scum contaminating recyclable waste with the likes of dirty nappies.

That said the black bin is general waste and takes everything that doesn't go in either the green or brown bin so don't think there's anything to say you can't put brinks in it apart from the cost if paying by weight.

ImARebel

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Yes, most lorries now take photos of each bin tip to catch and fine scum contaminating recyclable waste with the likes of dirty nappies.

Wow someone would do that??? Gross

Just coz I put a brick in the black bin doesn't mean I don't recycle properly etc

jhenno78

Deleted User wrote: »

Appreciate all the replies, folks.

Looks like I'll just hoard them in the shed until I do eventually next need a skip for something. I might ring the recycling centre, but I don't think they accept anything that can be considered building waste or rubble.

Usually your council will have a bit on their website that gives details of local recycling centres and lists everything you need to know (what they do/don't accept, prices etc.).

BrokenArrows

Correct way to do it:
Bring it to your local rubbish dump for a fee. They is somewhere everywhere that can do this.

Incorrect way to do it:
Put a few bricks in the bin every week until they are all gone.

lgk

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Correct way to do it:
Bring it to your local rubbish dump for a fee. They is somewhere everywhere that can do this.

Where in Dublin does this for free?

BrokenArrows

lgk wrote: »

Where in Dublin does this for free?

I said "fee" not "free"

ImARebel

Our local centre doesn't take them (I did check!) hence me resorting to using the black bin

lgk

BrokenArrows wrote: »

I said "fee" not "free"

Sometimes we read what we want to see.....

oLoonatic

lgk wrote: »

Sometimes we read what we want to see.....

I had to double take too!

chuckles30

throw them up on your local 'free to a good home' facebook page/done deal - always someone looking for stuff like that

I did ring the local recycling centre about them (V & W Recycling in Drogheda) but they said they won't take them, so there's not really any scope for that.

I don't have a normal bin service as we actually use the recycling centre for almost everything (paying their fee for black bags still works out cheaper than a bin company, as we produce very little non-recyclable waste).

So I can't use that method. Unless I load them into all my neighbours bins, one brick per bin, and get rid of them that way.. (just a joke, obviously.. before anyone gets too upset).

KKV, somebody in Ashbourne area is looking for bricks on the Dublin group at Freecycle.org, and will collect in Dublin area. Hopefully might be of use to you.

Cheers downtheroad. I just sent them a message.