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Shattered Glass on Gravel drive

GAM

Member
Mixed Farmer
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?
 

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cb387

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Arable Farmer
Location
Cotswolds
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.
 

GAM

Member
Mixed Farmer
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!
 

Highland Mule

Member
Livestock Farmer
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.
 

RushesToo

Member
Location
Fingringhoe
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.
 

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