Best ways to wash a pile of gravel?
ShadowTek
for french drain filler, but it's very dirty and full of sediment. I
spent most of the afternoon trying to spray it clean with a garden hose,
but I wasted a massive amount of water, and I didn't get very far.
I eventually began raking out about a third of a wheelbarrow load at a
time and washing just that, which seemed to go faster than trying to
tackle large amounts at once, but it's still going to take a while at
this rate.
I think the best solution would be to build a washing frame out of 2x4s
and some fine wire mesh to hold the gravel while allowing the sediment
to be flushed out through the bottom, but I'm not really dealing with
such a large pile that it warrants taking the time to make a trip to the store, buy a
roll of mesh, and build the frame.
I've also read where some people used composter drums or concrete mixers
to roll and wash their gravel, but neiter of those are at my disposal.
Anybody know of faster way of getting it done?
aemeijers
blower? The fines should take flight before the gravel chunks do. It'll
take a little practice, like blowing leaves out of garden without
blowing out the mulch.
But a screen box and a wheelbarrow is the traditional way to do it.
Hardware cloth is what you are looking for- you may not even need a
frame, just a wheelbarrow. Bend it over the top, and hold in place with
bungee cords. Put a shovel on, shake, and then scrape the 'clean' gravel
off the other side. Once barrow is full of fines, take it out back and
dump it. If you can get the pile dry, you don't need to use water- it'll
separate clean enough.
Or just give it away on CL or freecycle, and have a short load of washed
gravel delivered. It ain't expensive. All depends on what your time is
worth.
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HeyBub
You're plan to clean the gravel of stuck-on dirt. Then bury it.
Am I missing something?
ShadowTek
>
> You're plan to clean the gravel of stuck-on dirt. Then bury it.
>
> Am I missing something?
I'll be wrapping the gravel in fabric, so it'll hopefully stay
clean/unclogged for a respectable length of time.
hal...@aol.com
i would just buy new gravel.
the cost in work and time to clean the old gravel likely makes it a
looser.
I tried that for my driveway many years ago.
Wasted endless hours:(
Steve Barker
spread it out on the driveway and buy a load of new clean gravel.
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Steve B
"HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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Apparently you have never made a French drain?
Steve
Steve B
"ShadowTek" <Shad...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Go ahead and build a screen. I made one, and it has come in handy on lots
of occasions. If you're going to spend the time to dig a French drain, do
it RIGHT the first time, and use clean gravel. If you're concerned about
getting the dirt out of it, it must be pretty dirty. Don't settle for 50%
runoff or a clogged French drain.
Steve
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HeyBub
>>
>> You're plan to clean the gravel of stuck-on dirt. Then bury it.
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>
> Apparently you have never made a French drain?
>
Your are correct. I hate all things French.
In fact, right after the first Gulf War, I found myself in line at the
market when a gong went off.
"Congratulations!" said the clerkette, "you've just won a free loaf of
Randall's famous French Bread!"
"I don't like the French," I said. May I have a loaf of San Francisco
Sourdough bread instead?"
"Er, no. I don't have any sourdough bread."
"Mexican cornbread, Greek Pita Loaf?"
"I've got this French bread right here," the clerkette said.
Fearing this episode would turn into a poor imitation of the Monty Python
Cheese Shop skit, I asked of the six or so people behind me: "Anyone want a
free loaf of perfidious French bread?" One chap meekly raised his hand.
"Give it to that guy" I instructed the clerk.
She set the bread aside, took a breath, and got back on message. "Would you
prefer paper or plastic?" she asked.
"I don't care," I said. "I'm bisacksual."
She lost it.
Jim Elbrecht
>Steve B wrote:
>>>
>>> You're plan to clean the gravel of stuck-on dirt. Then bury it.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something?
>>
>> Apparently you have never made a French drain?
>
>You are correct. I hate all things French.
Mr. French was a New Englander. [which may be just as distasteful to
you, but I just had to say it.<g>]
-snip-
>
>"I don't care," I said. "I'm bisacksual."
>
That may be the worst pun I have ever heard. [which makes it the best
pun I have ever heard]
Jim
Joe
>snip<
> She set the bread aside, took a breath, and got back on message. "Would you
> prefer paper or plastic?" she asked.
>
> "I don't care," I said. "I'm bisacksual."
>
> She lost it.
Now that's the best groaner I've heard for years...
Joe
HeyBub
>
>>
>> You are correct. I hate all things French.
>
> Mr. French was a New Englander. [which may be just as distasteful to
> you, but I just had to say it.<g>]
>
Right.
Robert Timothy French was from New York. The company he founded makes
MUSTARD. Be that as it my, he should have changed his name to "Huguenot."
Jim Elbrecht
wrote:
Mustard guys were from NY-- drain guy was from Massachusetts.
In 2003 they put out a news release telling folks they were not French
by nationality.
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2003/03/27/french030327.html
Jim
HeyBub
>>> Mr. French was a New Englander. [which may be just as distasteful
>>> to you, but I just had to say it.<g>]
>>>
>>
>> Right.
>>
>> Robert Timothy French was from New York. The company he founded makes
>> MUSTARD. Be that as it my, he should have changed his name to
>> "Huguenot."
>
> Mustard guys were from NY-- drain guy was from Massachusetts.
>
> In 2003 they put out a news release telling folks they were not French
> by nationality.
> http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2003/03/27/french030327.html
>
Again right. It was the mustard Frenchies who put out the press release. All
the more reason they should have changed their name to Huguenot. Without
trying to invoke a Godwin, what would YOU do if your surname was Hitler?
Kurt Ullman
"HeyBub" <hey...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> Again right. It was the mustard Frenchies who put out the press release. All
> the more reason they should have changed their name to Huguenot. Without
> trying to invoke a Godwin, what would YOU do if your surname was Hitler?
Go around invading my neighbors?
Jim Elbrecht
wrote:
We changed it to Elbrecht, mein freund.
Jim
bo bob
by the shovelful. if you need to retain a finer size stone, add the
appropriate sized wire mesh. when this gets tedious, pretend you're a
fireman on a locomotive.
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Tony Hwang
I don't know when I had to clean couple wheel barrowful, I filled them
in a drum with water rolled it around a few minutes tumbling. They came
out shiny clean.
EXT
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some wire mesh on it sized to the size of stone you want to keep. Set it up
at a 45 degree angle and shovel the gravel against it at the top. By the
time the gravel has rolled down the wire mesh, it will have lost enough of
the fines to make it clean enough to use in your French drain. Be sure to
clean up the fines that drop through the screen to keep them from plugging
the mesh at the bottom of the slope. This method can go real fast if two or
more are working. One to throw the gravel at the top of the mesh, one to
remove the fines, and one to claim the screened gravel that you want.
cl...@snyder.on.ca
need to wash it is when you are using it as aggregate in concrete and
the fines are organic - soil instead of pure sand.
We washed about half a yard in Burkina to make concrete for the base
of the water system - using the screaning method with a hose, 5 gallon
pail at a time. Kept the kids occupied (young teens at the time)
Bill in Palmyra
I used a cement mixer. Throw about 2 buckets of gravel in there, turn it on,
spray water in, shut off and pour off the dirty water, repeat about 3 times.
Did about a ton of gravel in an hour and a half.
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Lisa
I need to wash pebble rock, any ideas?
Uncle Monster
> replying to ShadowTek, Lisa wrote:
> I need to wash pebble rock, any ideas?
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Nil
alt.home.repair:
> On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 8:44:07 AM UTC-5, Lisa wrote:
>> replying to ShadowTek, Lisa wrote:
>> I need to wash pebble rock, any ideas?
> then wipe them off. Easy! ^_^
Pledge is good for making each pebble shine, plus they will smell
wonderful!
Uncle Monster
> On 26 Apr 2016, Uncle Monster <ro...@monster.com> wrote in
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Stormin Mormon
>
>> Pick up each pebble one at a time, spray them with Formula 409
>> then wipe them off. Easy! ^_^
>
> Q-Tips are also helpful for getting dirt out of the cracks, and Lemon
> Pledge is good for making each pebble shine, plus they will smell
> wonderful!
>
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Nil
alt.home.repair:
> On 4/26/2016 2:45 PM, Nil wrote:
>>
>> Q-Tips are also helpful for getting dirt out of the cracks, and
>> Lemon Pledge is good for making each pebble shine, plus they will
>> smell wonderful!
> A few at a time in a front loading washer?
bob haller
altough washing in a cement mixer is probably the easiest
Stormin Mormon
Tekkie®
would be better.
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GayAnn R.
I regraded my driveway by hand, sifted all the stone into 7 different sizes. I
have about 30 bags of screen size fines, I need to get the dirt out. I am
dropping the fines over the gravel I put back. I had to take out 12 inches
deep by 6 ft. by 20 ft. long, to get the grade to drop down away from house. I
don't want the dirt back in yet. I washed all the gravel.
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Ed Pawlowski
> replying to ShadowTek, GayAnn R. wrote:
> I regraded my driveway by hand, sifted all the stone into 7 different
> sizes. I
> have about 30 bags of screen size fines, I need to get the dirt out. I am
> dropping the fines over the gravel I put back. I had to take out 12 inches
> deep by 6 ft. by 20 ft. long, to get the grade to drop down away from
> house. I
> don't want the dirt back in yet. I washed all the gravel.
>
>
the best. Makes nice gifts too!
micky
>replying to ShadowTek, GayAnn R. wrote:
>I regraded my driveway by hand, sifted all the stone into 7 different sizes. I
>have about 30 bags of screen size fines, I need to get the dirt out. I am
>dropping the fines over the gravel I put back. I had to take out 12 inches
>deep by 6 ft. by 20 ft. long, to get the grade to drop down away from house. I
>don't want the dirt back in yet. I washed all the gravel.
washer and a clothes washer. If you use a dishwasher, be sure to use
the stuff that keeps the streaks off of it.
Ed Pawlowski
are not so hard.
Tekkie®
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Wally
I'm facing the same issue. Building a frame for mesh (1/2 in) with 2x4 is not
difficult. I suggest using 2-2x4's connected at the bottom of the frame to
keep it off whatever you've set it on. Buying the material and assembling
this should not take you more than a day. It will be easy to dump the gravel
out of the frame after washing it onto an area where you can let it dry.
Darryl G Crum
Thank you. This is what I have to do - about a ton and I do not want to use a
month's worth of city water to wash the stones. The rocks are filled with sand
and it seemed to me that a cement mixer ought to do the job. Thanks for
confirming that.
DYI Idiot
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Thomas
Marilyn Manson
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to an 11 year old post.
Who's the moron now?