Garage lock and soil?

Glaucus · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:41

Ok those two don't go together.

If I want to put a raised bed in 1m x1m by 15cm call it 17cm by the time I've stripped the grass back. How much soil do I need to fill it and cheapest way to do this. You can get big bags at B&Q for very cheap but it's pretty poor, mix that with other stuff. Bulk but top soild.
Obviously looking on Gumtree for top soil and going to get it for free is cheapest, but assuming I can't find that in the next week or two?

And how do I secure my garage door, landlords won't do anything. Ideally the entire garage as well other other parts of the house need tearing down and replacing. But hey ho, it's cheap.

Needs to unlock on the outside, and only protect against opatunistics.
Existing lock

Someone's crappy attempt

Nightglow · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:53

Also look or advertise on Freecycle, always soil available on my local one.

With regards to garage lock, fit a pair of heavys bolt on each side on bottom of door, with a steel reinforcing plate on the inside of the door, that drop into the concrete.

You can get long throw bolts (Brenton Bolts) which drops 3"- 4" into the concrete, or you could use a Lockable Surface Bolt, expensive, but it drop about 6" in to the concrete.

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p48380/?gclid=CIPGwNaewLUCFUvHtAodzgEAMA

http://www.kirbyandwells.co.uk/index.php?cPath=1021_1149_1281

FISHGUTS · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:58

1mtr x 1mtr x 17cm isn't going to take a huge ammount. I'd probably just buy 5-6 handy sized bags.
Most places do multibuy offers.
Getting a tonne bag from a builders merchants or garden centre would be overkill, although will probably cost you similar.

I'd be very wary of anyone giving away free top soil. If it's genuine top soil I doubt it would be free. Most likely sub soil or stuff that's full of random nastiness.

Glaucus · 18 Feb 2013 at 16:03

FISHGUTS said:
1mtr x 1mtr x 17cm isn't going to take a huge ammount. .

I found this but surly this can't be right
http://www.greenandeasy.co.uk/userfiles/file/Soil capacity table(1).pdf

150litres, that's not even two 60litre bags. At about £5 a bag for the chepest stuff that's nothing.

FISHGUTS · 18 Feb 2013 at 16:18

Glaucus said:
I found this but surly this can't be right
http://www.greenandeasy.co.uk/userfiles/file/Soil capacity table(1).pdf

150litres, that's not even two 60litre bags. At about £5 a bag for the chepest stuff that's nothing.

Yes that's probably about right, it's only around 1/5 of a mtr3
I was going off the b & q 35 ltr bags on their website.
At a guess I'd say it would be more like 3 of those 60 litre bags.

Nightglow · 18 Feb 2013 at 16:19

FISHGUTS said:
I'd be very wary of anyone giving away free top soil. If it's genuine top soil I doubt it would be free. Most likely sub soil or stuff that's full of random nastiness.

I got 12 tons of free quality top soil which came from a old apple orchard off freecycle.

arknor · 19 Feb 2013 at 14:03

some people put bolts on the outside of the garage door that bolt directly into a concrete floor obviously with chunky padlocks to stop someone just pulling the bolts out

You really need one on each side and one in the middle for it to be properly secure.

I know from experience you can easily bend a garage door up enough on either side for someone to be able to crawl in. , I've even saw garage doors bent in half before and it only takes 2-3 people

TheCrow · 19 Feb 2013 at 14:10

Have a look at Garage Defender's a lot of bikers use them. Guess depends on the surface just outside your garage door.

As mentioned get two not just one in the middle.