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| Author: | cakeezer [ May 11th, '15, 12:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Anyone used broken up bricks as media? |
Trying to pinch penny's. I have a ton of bricks that were reclaimed off an old building. I was thinking of breaking them up and using them to fill the large section of my barrel GB. Then cover with a bag or two of pea gravel. Any thoughts? |
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| Author: | Yavimaya [ May 11th, '15, 12:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone used broken up bricks as media? |
it will work as long as you remove the mortar. however submerged bricks break down pretty quickly, they may start crumbling after a couple of years in water, however if you dont touch them too much / roughly then they shouldnt break too much. |
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| Author: | Charlie [ May 11th, '15, 13:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone used broken up bricks as media? |
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=22277&hilit=brick |
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| Author: | cakeezer [ May 11th, '15, 18:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone used broken up bricks as media? |
Thanks for the link Charlie.. I did a quick search, but obviously did not look close enough. I will be using it as a base rock. I have a bunch of large River Rock witch will go on the very bottom where there will be standing water. Then a layer of crushed brick and finally a layer of pea gravel. Sounds like as long as I get the mortar out of the way, I should be fine with PH. |
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| Author: | Jacko [ Jul 16th, '15, 22:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone used broken up bricks as media? |
I found Pea gravel on gumtree is very cheap. I paid a guy $30 to fill my 300l GB. Won't go through all that effort to break up bricks and to have additional rocks at the bottom of the GB. |
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