rubble disposal

[redcrx]

Can anyone help here.

Ive just had a wall demolished. It was of brick construction. approx 15 ft long, 5ft high and 2ft deep.

The builder has invoiced for the disposal of the wall and is claiming it weighed 28 tonnes. I doubt that very much indeed for a start. He has then charged for its disposal at �22.50 per tonne, does this seem right at all? where do builders dispose of it?

Im also being charged �300 for the haulage of it but cannot query that until i get the weight issue sorted.

[4getmenot]

Have you seen council letters?

[redcrx]

no, this is a real joke, the council wont let me have copies because of data protection. But its regarding our flats! ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[beejay1124]

hi Red-just seen this --would agree with Chris-tho in my area the skip would be approx �170-and it would easily hold all the rubble(room too for neighbours' few items)---as for the man hours-ridiculous,2 blokes could have that wall cleared and into the skip by mid afternoon'even if the skip couldnt be left near the wall

[4getmenot]

I never even saw the blokes and I live there!

[redcrx]

according to the flat downstairs they only saw 2 builders too.

[4getmenot]

Really. I saw 2 builders put footings in for new wall but never saw any disposal, so they must have done it quite quick.

[dave2297]

red, I really think you're being shafted here.

If it were me I'd refuse to pay until some evidence could be produced that those costs were really incurred and that those figures were correct - if they can't then let a small claims court sort it out.

I thought Rachman had died?

[redcrx]

oh dont worry, we will refuse to pay the figure they want (�1786 for demolish and put footings in) and will let the freeholder take us to court if needs be.

Highways dept have called me back and can find nothing as yet of ever having written to him.

[dave2297]

Good for you!

[Disco Fever]

Sounds like the builder is trying to have your pants down....

Ask the question to 'Buildersmate'

[redcrx]

thanks Disco, have gone on a search for Buildersmate.

Found out earlier the wall needed some sort of planning permission and if any action is taken by planning department they will go for not just the freeholder but us flat owners too!

could this get any worse.

[buildersmate]

Hi Red
I thought you'd had a reasonable set of answers from Dave and Chris.
If anything, Dave's estimates on weight are a bit heavy (ha, ha). None of the Hanson Brick examples here weigh over your own estimate of 3Kg - most are around 2.5Kg.
http://www.hanson.co.uk/assets/documents/Sept% 2006%20Brick%20Technical%20Info.pdf
The skip - I agree that it would all fit in an 8 cubic yard skipo, which should cost about �150 as Chris says.
Some sort of confirmation of this here.
http://www.skiphiredirect.co.uk/skip-hire-pric es.html
(They are never going to put their best prices on the web).
Landfill tax - this shouldn't apply - ask where he got rid of it. As clean hardcore, what he should have done is take it to a recycling centre where it is ground down and resold as aggregate. Commercial people delivering to such sites do not normally have to pay anything - it's free delivery. So �150 should have covered the transport / disposal side.

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