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wooden-compost-bins

I have 2 plastic compost bins that I would like to replace with wooden ones. Could anyone advise me as to the best ones to buy please? Some have gaps (which I presume would be best for ventilation) but lots of others don't. Many that I see advertised look as if you would have to dismantle the sides to get the compost out! I really don't want to go back to buying plastic so any advice would be very gratefully appreciated.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,145

    I have wooden ones which I  like, however, if I'd seen these I'd have got them http://www.primrose.co.uk/easyload-wooden-compost-bin-small-449-litres-p-7528.html?cPath=38_7854&src=list_name .  With mine you can't remove the side to shovel the compost out, and since I hurt my back last year I have to get The Undergardener to do this.  If I'd got these I could've done it myself image


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  • JimbolenaJimbolena Posts: 114

    Hi, I have just built a double bin made from wood which I have calculated will hold 1600 ltrs, that's like 7 normal household black compost bins and it wasn't dear. It cost me £52 for the wood and £4.30 for some easy drive outdoor screws....click on this link to see a piccy....My Garden Blog

    I built this for a client so I added labour, the wood I got was from a saw mill, I just gave them a list of the lengths I needed, to be honest, it's cheaper just to get the lengths they already do, their standard lengths so there's no extra costs.

    For this double 1600 ltr bin I ordered the following

    • 12 boards @ 1.8m long x 150mm width x 19mm depth
    • 3 posts @ 1.2 m long x 100mm x 100mm
    • 6 battons @ 1.2 m long x 100mm x 44mm

    All this cost me £42 delivery was £10, screws were £4.30 for 100, easy drive.

     

    This bin has a slotted front to get the compost in and out a bit better, I only really did that for the client as she's not as tall as me, I would just shovel the stuff out.

    I was pushed to make myself after seeing the prices some folk were asking, a bin half that size was costing a lot more.

     

    Hope this helps.

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