Barn Conversion

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Anyone know the cost of cleaning up and removing a sheep dip?

It is 1 metre wide, by 3m long, and in the ground, with concrete block walls either side. it is currently full of groundwater.

The Phase 1 report is likely to cost about £1000

I'm pretty sure that the phase 1 report will have to recommend a phase 2 report, don't know how much.. this will cost...?

And then a clean up cost....? Don't know.

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Could you buy a cheap pump, pump water out, and then arrange to fill the dip with concrete - or even soil and make a flower bed out of it (although this could become a quagmire when it rains like it has been? Or clean it out, convert it to a pool/pond and cover with a grill if you have children. Gotta be cheaper.

G_M

Turnit into a wildlife pond.

Or is it contaminated with chemicals....?

zaax

Nothing. Bail it out with a bucket and take a pick axe to it. 2 hours to turn into liftable bits.

CobaltBlue_2

What is it's location, relative to your barn conversion?
If you ask around their is probably a builder looking to get rid of some building rubble. You could fill it with rubble, then a bit of concrete poured on top and levelled...

But as soon as you've done that, you may think of a reason to keep it..!
(e.g. rainwater storage for gardening, inspection pit for car maintenance, garden well feature, pond, hidden buried safe for gold storage etc)

I would fit some timber /chipboard / metal sheeting over the top for now. Then consider further in the future....

Rambosmum

We filled ours in with rubble left over from the barn conversion and then had it tarmacked over when we tarmacked the drive. So the filling in was free. The tarmac was happening anyway.

Be aware they have chemicals left in them that soak in the concrete and are very deep (deeper than they look anyway. Ours was at least 6 feet deep).

Davesnave

I'd guess that this is a condition of planning permission and that you have no alternatives...in which case the answers so far are irrelevant.

Sorry, can't help, but no doubt it will keep some jobsworths very happily in business.

DaftyDuck

They do often count as contaminated sites, and the waste demands specific disposal. The sheepdip was commonly a cause of OP poisoning. It will have escaped into the surrounding soil, and be absorbed by the concrete.

It's one I mildly suffer from, having worked in a research lab for a number of years.

Costs will vary, dependent on severity of contamination. However, I'd be very surprised at the costs you mention. Second (and third) opinions from contractors, I'd suggest. For the size you mention, I'd expect cleanup costs to be under a few thousand at most... maybe five....

Equally, I wouldn't be surprised if no contaminated waste was found, and cost would be five hundred quid....

martindow

I would be worried about the residues in it. There are some pretty unpleasant chemicals used in sheep dip. You would not really want to pour it over your garden unless you are sure it is innocuous.

agrinnall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organophosphate_poisoning

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1299471/ghosts_of_farming_britains_forgotten_sheep_farmers_poisoned_by_pesticides.html

Get it cleaned up properly.