Misc What can I do with excess sand?

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PrairieMoon

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We are adding to our cabin. A basement has been dug and I have 3 very large piles of basically...sand.

I've thought of getting sand bags and leaving (relocating) a medium pile on the property for potential flooding (not likely) or questionable other use.

Any thoughts of what I can do with it?
 
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summerthyme

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Sandbags could be lifesaving to improve wall thickness in the event of a radiation event. I'd probably put it into a big pile out of the way, cover it with a tarp and ensure I had sufficient empty bags to fill in a hurry. I've actually done part of that... I have a bundle of around 100, 50# feed sacks stashed, to fill and add around the above ground part of DS's basement foundation... just in case. Ours would be filled with the local soil, which is 90% sand in places.

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Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

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How clean and/or fine is the sand? If you are talking about mortar sand I would suggest using it as the drainage level in plant beds. You can mix it with dirt and gravel to fix areas of your road. We've had a lot of masonry projects at the BOL recently. We've used some to make pathways and to with with some clay pan in our road to ease some drainage programs in sections. We also used it as part o four road grading where some large trucks/tractors created deep ruts at the dog legs of our road by driving over the dirt while it was wet.

One particular pile that was find masonry sand that had gotten "dirty" because the young slobs the brick layer hired didn't keep it covered. It wasn't worth saving or messing with so what hubby did was take the tractor bucket and pull it out and level it off. We don't have a "yard" per se yet but the white sand still stands out. We're hoping that in a year it will be worth planting grass seed in because right now it is about like what we call sugar sand.

ETA: you might want to use it to cover that foundation level next to your addition to keep erosion down.
 
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spinner

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If it is clean sand you can use it to store root vegetables in the fall. I have buried carrots, rutabagas and beets in sand and they kept very well. I stored the containers in a cool spot on my basement steps.
 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

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summerthyme said:
Sandbags could be lifesaving to improve wall thickness in the event of a radiation event. I'd probably put it into a big pile out of the way, cover it with a tarp and ensure I had sufficient empty bags to fill in a hurry. I've actually done part of that... I have a bundle of around 100, 50# feed sacks stashed, to fill and add around the above ground part of DS's basement foundation... just in case. Ours would be filled with the local soil, which is 90% sand in places.

Summerthyme
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you also need to think about overhead protection of a basement nuke radiation retreat - the 1st floor needs to be reinforced in most cases for the added weight - you can then sandbag it or just block off the doors and shovel in the added inches of radiation blocking materials ....
 
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