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getting rid of old sofa - cheapest way?
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thanks for the responses.
my first thought was to just offer it out for free, but as it has no fire labels on them (must have fallen off), i don't think this is an option sadly.
charity won't take it due a few tears on it.
i think i will just pay the council to take it... i just hope they dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way.
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You don't need fire labels for facebook/freecycle2
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20 quid is cheap compared to what we have to pay.
Often when buying something big new they will offer a collection but it is too late for that
As you said go for the 20 pounds1 -
Our council charges £35 per item so £20 seems alright to me 🤪
I would try to give it away for free on local facebook groups first as well.0 -
Eldi_Dos said:lesalanos said:You don't need fire labels for facebook/freecycleNo man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.1 -
Eldi_Dos said:lesalanos said:You don't need fire labels for facebook/freecycle
A charity shop or similar will probably refuse a sofa/armchair unless the label os physically attached. However, if you know where and when you bought an item then it may be perfectly possible to find documentation to confirm it meets fire resistance standards to your satisfaction and that of someone to whom you propose to give the sofa.
I once tried to donate a three-piece suite, all matching and in good condition. Two items still had the labels. The third one, you could see where the label had torn off underneath. The charity's rules meant they couldn't accept this armchair, but if I'd been offered the items personally I'd have been happy they were safe.2 -
Rosa_Damascena said:Eldi_Dos said:lesalanos said:You don't need fire labels for facebook/freecycle
Although you may be confident you had got a piece with no label that once met the regs if you lived in a high rise with say 300+ flats would you be sure that others who had taken the same chance had all been lucky to?0 -
@casper_gutman, you mention different levels of risk, in the workplace it is not uncommon to come across people who think rules do not apply to them and in my experience they are the ones most likely to come a cropper sometimes involving staff that are nearby them. Managers and safety officers encourage reporting of near misses as a flag that can show were action needs to be taken,as the saying goes it's not the near misses that stop you from going home that night.
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@Eldi_Dos that all sounds very familiar. I've worked as an engineer in high hazard industries and know well the dangers people with a poor safety attitude cam pose.
That said, most businesses don't need to take safety to the point where they're holding meetings of a dozen independent experts to decide whether they need a fourth backup system to deal with the possibility of two once in a thousand year events occurring simultaneously. If Tesco did that sort of thing they'd be out of business PDQ.
As I said, it's possible to be "too safe". At home, in the absence of laws which are actually enforced, I get to decide where I draw the line.0
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