Members Sylvia Posted July 5, 2012 Members Report Posted July 5, 2012 Most places would help you load it. They pay by the ton to dispose of it. My friend that has a shop will sit them outside with a free sign on them, they disapear quickly. I took a pile of scraps and we paved around another friends fire pit, looked pretty nice. Aaron That's exactly what I was thinking Aaron. A nice random stack with holes bored through might make a nice water feature too. Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members SandSquid Posted July 5, 2012 Members Report Posted July 5, 2012 A simple solution is to go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy two of their 12x12 concrete paving blocks and a 12x12 granite floor tile. Glue the Granite to one of the concrete blocks and stack the pair onto the other concrete block. Whole set-up should cost just under 10 dollars. Here at summer camp for the kiddies I'm using these 12" pavers faced with a 12" Vinyl Composition Tile. Works just swell. Quote -- V/R IS1 SandSquid - USN
Members BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted July 6, 2012 Members Report Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) There was a member that had a yard full of abandoned granite slabs that he was giving away. He was in SoCal IIRC. Lots of free out there, no need to spend $. Edited July 6, 2012 by BIGGUNDOCTOR Quote You laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at you because you are all the same.
Members THE MEXICAN Posted July 12, 2012 Author Members Report Posted July 12, 2012 I stopped by a little shop that does gravemarkers. I told the guy at the desk who I was, what I was looking for, and what I was gonna use it for. The man walk me out back and asked "will this do"(as he pointed to a piece of granite that was 15"x20"x4")? I told the nice man yes. He told me that I could take it off of his hands for $25. So I reach into my pocket for my cash and low and behold no $5 bill, so I asked him if $30 would be ok, and of course he said yes. Unfortunatley this little place has no parking lot and is on a busy road, so the closest place I could park was about 100 yards away. Lets just say that with carrying an 85lb piece of stone, that distance, I think I got my exercise for the week. That's ok, I needed it(the exercise and stone) and it was worth it. Thanks alot for the tip mogwild. Quote
Members ClintM Posted July 14, 2012 Members Report Posted July 14, 2012 I stopped by a local headstone co. and they had a stack of chipped and some with mistakes they said I could take all I wanted because someone from the city had gotten on them and they were cleaning the place up. I walked away with three good stones. (took my horse trailer to haul them off though,and flattened the tires on a two wheel dolly. Very heavy!) Quote ClintMwww.manningcustomworks.com
Members mogwild Posted July 14, 2012 Members Report Posted July 14, 2012 Yeah, they are heavy. They usually use a small picker or one of those in box crank cranes to install them! Quote
Members sherlockian100 Posted July 28, 2012 Members Report Posted July 28, 2012 There was a member that had a yard full of abandoned granite slabs that he was giving away. He was in SoCal IIRC. Lots of free out there, no need to spend $. Can anyone tell me who thde member in So Cal is that has Granite for free? I just bought a slab pretty cheap, but would like a little more, and I'm in So Cal, i'd gladly take some off his/her hands. There was a member that had a yard full of abandoned granite slabs that he was giving away. He was in SoCal IIRC. Lots of free out there, no need to spend $. Do you know the name of this member in So Cal? Quote Don't focus so hard on making a living, that you forget to make a life!
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