Shattered Glass on Gravel drive

[GAM]

A bit of advice needed, our green house took off in the high winds and shattered on our gravel drive, I’m not sure wether to scrape it all off, or just leave and cover with a thick layer of 20mm stone!
Any thoughts?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I’d give it a rough sweep then chuck some gravel on top

 

[Highland Mule]

I think I'd pick up the bigger parts, then roll it/ bash with a hammer (wear eye protection) until it goes to dust. Then cover with gravel.

 

[milkloss]

Are you going to have anyone walking about barefoot or dogs? I know it's supposed to be glass granules when it breaks but be careful there's not some sharp pieces.
if it was my house (2 dogs, toddlers) then it would be scrape up as best you can and re cover.

 

[David.]

Pick up the big and sweep the rest, or grainstore type vacuum the rest, gravel and all if needs be. If you don't I suspect dogs will be cutting their pads for years to come.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

If it were me, I’d pick up the biggest bits then scoop up all the rest, gravel and all, and bury it or use it to make concrete or blind a drain or something like that. Then I’d buy new gravel to replace.

 

[Kevm]

I think I would try and scrape up as much as you can, then fresh gravel on top.

 

[delilah]

If you put a load of glass bottles in to a concrete mixer with a couple of bricks, after a few hours you have decorative gravel. Have done it with colour separated bottles to make different coloured ornamental gravel.
So, if you wanted to rescue the gravel then scrape it all up and do the same ?

 

[cb387]

Local recycling company accidentally dropped 5t of glass in our yard when the driver pulled the wrong lever. We picked it up with the JCB and if fairness they sent a roadsweeper in to tidy up which appeared to have done a good job. They offered to supply stone to resurface it but it didnt seem necessary at the time.

With hindsight we should have scraped of the top 2" and resurfaced it straight away as glass kept coming out.

 

[Tomr10]

Sweep it up worst is costs you a few quid in new stuff

 

[Tomr10]

actually while your at it buy a few ton

 

[H200GT]

That doesn‘t look like toughened glass like cab glass, so it will leave small, but very sharp glass pieces and splinters of glass. Would be a hazard for children or pets.

For the sake of a tonne bag of gravel, I’d dig it up and replace it.

 

[devonboy]

Greenhouse glass isnt toughened glass . The shards are lethal , scrape it hard and replace the chippings.

 

[GAM]

That doesn‘t look like toughened glass like cab glass, so it will leave small, but very sharp glass pieces and splinters of glass. Would be a hazard for children or pets.

For the sake of a tonne bag of gravel, I’d dig it up and replace it.

It is toughened glass!

 

[GAM]

Greenhouse glass isnt toughened glass . The shards are lethal , scrape it hard and replace the chippings.

It is toughened glass!

 

[kill]

Hover it up with a Henry vacuum

 

[devonboy]

toughened glass shatters as in tractor cab glass, non toughened breaks into shards as in cheap greenhouse glass? correct me if im wrong!

 

[Highland Mule]

toughened glass shatters as in tractor cab glass, non toughened breaks into shards as in cheap greenhouse glass? correct me if im wrong!

Looks like shattered toughened glass to me - albeit some clumps of crystals have stuck together and still look a bit shard-like. If I’m right, they will go to dust/ small crystals whenever they're disturbed.

 

[GAM]

toughened glass shatters as in tractor cab glass, non toughened breaks into shards as in cheap greenhouse glass? correct me if im wrong!

Toughened glass

 

[RushesToo]

Toughened glass - it's fine no edges, shards and pretty colours when the sun shines with no sharp bits. Expensive greenhouse to lose glass from, turned out a wise investment.