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I need something to store all of our used cardboard boxes at the back of the shop. We use a box , fill it with chopped up boxes and so on.
It needs to keep them dry and tidy.
We have an area 1200mm by 600 and it needs to be at least 1700 tall.
Will be using a pallet as a base then whatever to build a frame , cladding and roof.
We can get an 1100L wheelie bin for £50 . Our shop ladies will just chuck loose cardboard in there ,the bin men won’t like it and I will have to sort it. Plus it won’t take that many boxes.
Have looked at corrugated plastic for cladding or loft boards but it soon comes to over £50. Can it be done?
What about scrounging old single use pallets and using the wood for your project. Nails/screws and paint to pay for plus your time.
Polycarbonate sheets?
As above. I built one from old pallets and some other scrap wood, including a door. The postie calls it the beehive.
Ideally I need to buy all the bits today. Every bit of scrap wood I’ve ever found is always exactly the wrong size and I’ve never managed to successfully take a pallet to bits.
If I used pallets the box would have to be 2 pallets tall what’s the best way of joining them together as they weigh a ton?
Steel plates like this will work if the pallets are the same dimensions.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-door-panel-connecting-plates-zinc-plated-192-x-19-x-3mm-2-pack/9097p
I’ve never managed to successfully take a pallet to bits.
I found getting them wet first makes them less likely to split when you break them down
If you are planning on dismantling pallets regularly then I'd recommend a pallet buster. Approx 20 quid - makes it a lot easier.
Also agree with leaving them i the rain for a bit before taking apart.
Joinging two together I'd go with either large metal plates if you have them, or larger plywood plates. Either way - long screws into the blocks in the pallet. Second option would be lengths of 2 x 1 or similar inside the pallets, screw through the slat into these.
Si
Didn’t know pallet busters existed. They look the absolute nuts.
As long as my supply of pallets is still there I’m sorted.
Thanks 999.
We can get an 1100L wheelie bin for £50 . Our shop ladies will just chuck loose cardboard in there ,the bin men won’t like it and I will have to sort it.
Why will the “shop ladies” be any better with this and why would the bin men prefer it?
One thing to give some thought to is security. I’ve seen too problems with cardboard bins: 1. They make for quite a spectacular fire and so are very entertaining for the local NEDs to set alight; 2. Your “neighbours” will treat it like a public resource. The later is easily sorted with a simple lock - but to stop it becoming a bonfire you need a good lock and very good fitting doors/lids.
At the risk of starting a gender war this is how the boxes should be sorted.
The shop ladies would just chuck loose bits of cardboard in the wheelie bin which would end up with me climbing into the bin to box up the cardboard.
The bin men just have a van so keeping the boxes easy for them to transport is quite important.
If they get set on fire it's not going to spread , no one has bothered to set it on fire in the last 25 years.
Came in at £40 . Everything lined up and no cut fingers.
There's a first time for everything!
