One of the great barriers to solving anything is a lack of information.
How many of us encounter a problem every day of our lives but without the proper advice or knowledge we do not always get the right fix and possibly in frustration pay someone else over the odds to sort it out.
In the Landscaping, Gardening and Ground care business we are not immune from being stumped by a problem or issue that we might not know the answer to so we turn to the web.
Googling is probably the quickest route to the topic you are after and on occasions we might be lucky and pull the proverbial rabbit from the hat.
Sometimes though it is more helpful to go to a known website where you will find a collection of industry professional willing and eager to share their knowledge and experience.
One such site which I think is worth a bookmark is Pitchcare. I noticed just after joining that they have a registered membership of over 22,000. That is a cracking following and it is also a huge amount of experience in man hours.
Take this very sensible question about transporting and storing petrol.
We currently have 4 plastic (5 litre ) petrol containers which we store in a secure garage, these should be in a yellow flammable liquids cabinet but are just on the floor at the moment. If I buy 2 new 10 litre metal containers do I still need to buy the metal cabinet?The metal cans will also be better/safer for taking out around our various sites.
2 metal cans will cost me around £40 with labels, where as a cabinet is about £200, I've asked a couple of suppliers but they weren't sure
Any advice welcome.
There is the inevitable conjecture and guessing and general banter in the responses and ironically the question poser then finds the answer for himself by calling the fire brigade.
The answer was:
"I rang the fire brigade, as suggested.
As long as we have below the licensing limit it is stored in a maximum of 10 litre containers, then the cabinet would be recommended but is not a legal requirement. He said a yellow line painted on the floor as a designated area away from electrics etc. is sufficient. Then common sense things about decanting outside etc.
On the transporting side, it should be secured in the back of a pick up or similar. You can legally carry up to 275 litres in 10 litre cans, but then restrictions on storage come into play depending on the distance away from other buildings, if you are nearer than 6m from a building, footpath etc. then the limit is 2 x 10 litres.
We are breaking a few rules here, we need buy some new labels as the old ones have fallen off and a tin of yellow paint
Thanks for the responses.In this day and age with the information superhighway there is very little need to pay for information and that goes for the amateur or hobbyist as well as the pros.
There is a downloadable poster on storing petroleum for display in the workplace - Bucks County Council Website.
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