Scaffold boards

[brooklynodog]

Does anyone have any idea where to come by some scaffold boards for raised beds. I have tried the obvious places like freecycle etc.

[shirlthegirl43]

Someone posted last week that they had had some very cheap from a scaffolding company.

[Keep It Green]

scaffold boards

do you have any farmer style auctions that happen near you. I know the one at Thirsk which I often go to always has packs of old boards.

[SarzWix]

As Shirley said, go straight to the horse's mouth, ring all the scaffolding companies in your Yellow Pages* and ask what they do with their damaged boards. Some of them do re-use them cut up as wedges etc though. If that fails, look in YP again or Google for a Reclamation Yard in your area.

*other phone books are available...

[hawthorns]

try your local tool rental center

[ConstantGardener]

ooooh I love scaffold boards. I build all my raised beds from them (and am hatching a cunning plan to make my paths from them too).

I just phoned up the first scaffolding company I found in the Yellow Pages. They're called Amber (funny that, it beginning with A...) It took a little courage to begin with but they were pretty friendly (if puzzled) and I've been back several years in a row now. They sometimes give me them free, but if they've only got a few available they charge me about a fiver per board. Which is not bad considering they're 12 ft long.

[brooklynodog]

Phoned my local company, I think they realise theres an income stream there as they charge £7 per 13ft board. Do folk think this is expensive?

[SarzWix]

Well to put it in perspective, B&Q are selling decking boards 2.4m long for £4.60 ish at the mo (usually £5.60). These scaffold boards are just short of 4m long, so work out a little cheaper. But not much! Did you tell them you'd take damaged ones? Would they deliver them free? 13ft is too big to fit in my car...

[si'sraisedbed]

When I asked a scaffold company about getting damaged ones they said that they could only sell brand new ones as the damaged ones have to be destroyed for health and safety reasons ie. they are damaged and cannot be used for scaffolding. They wouldn't budge when I said for the garden, maybe they thought I looked like a scaffolder.

[gingerneil]

When I asked a scaffold company about getting damaged ones they said that they could only sell brand new ones as the damaged ones have to be destroyed for health and safety reasons ie. they are damaged and cannot be used for scaffolding. They wouldn't budge when I said for the garden, maybe they thought I looked like a scaffolder.

My local scaffolders tried this -but then gave in and just wrote on the invoice 'not to be used fro scaffolding'.

[brooklynodog]

Cant find any cheaper anywhere else so will have to bite the bullet and buy them as the tunnel is coming next week.

[nick the grief]

I was told of a reclamation place near us and they charge £3 a board but " you bloody well have what your given" well thats the cleaned up version that some one was told when he enquired about boards & slabs...

[dandamegs]

Are decking boards a suitable alternative?

Raised beds seem the answer to a couple of issues in my garden

[yoanbob]

starwiz has a fab bed made from decking boards

[Snadger]

Are decking boards a suitable alternative?

Raised beds seem the answer to a couple of issues in my garden

Depends how deep you want your raised beds, really? I would imagine decking boards would be dearer than scaffold boards though?