Salt bins

altyfc

Not sure if this is quite the right forum, so please move if not.

I live in a complex of 10 houses and we have a ramp running up to them. In winter this gets rather treacherous so we are looking to club together to get a couple of salt bins.

We have contacted the local council who were as good as useless and just told us that they weren't interested since it's a private drive.

Can anyone please advise as to where we can buy salt bins (and of course the salt to go in them!)...?

Thank you!

altyfc

Sorry... not sure if I should have included location, but - in case I should - we're based in Cumbria.

skim

try http://www.arco.co.uk & search for Grit bin

altyfc

Wow... they have them... at almost £300 a pop!

skim

there are some for just over £100

http://www.arco.co.uk/cgi-bin/arcobvp.dll/Arco/controller?event=product&BV_SessionID=@@@@0700938785.1179835087@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddkllmejmlcflgcefkdfggdfon.0&productcode=5712006&OID=18297

greyteam1959

Go out and buy a cheap plastic dustbin £15 ??

altyfc

I'm getting a 'Session Timeout' by following that link, but yeah... I can see those now. £100 still seems an awful lot for a plastic box. Is there anything special about these grit boxes in terms of how they are made, or would a plastic bin suffice for the job?

Why doesn't everyone just use a £15 plastic bin... surely there's a reason... ?

Syman

i only keep bags of salt for the school paths. they are kept local the the areas that need salting.

if you have space to store the bags, then a bin will be more than good enough, i use an alo dustpan to spread it out which can also be kept in the bin.

all of the above can be purchased from most largish builders merchants