Untrashy Approach to Garbage
We passed by this garbage can container on Lafayette Dekalb Avenue recently and thought it was an interesting twist on the traditional shed that one usually sees. Quite an elegant solution. Any other interesting approaches people have taken to garbage can concealment?
We passed by this garbage can container on Lafayette Dekalb Avenue recently and thought it was an interesting twist on the traditional shed that one usually sees. Quite an elegant solution. Any other interesting approaches people have taken to garbage can concealment?
With the amount of light and open space, that container isn’t any differnt that the rat running up to an unconcealed garbage can. It just looks neater.
You get rats when you don’t keep your trash cans closed and they are able to get to the garbage, not from putting your closed cans in a wood container. If you have open trash cans in a container, or anywhere, then rats are likely…
I’m not sure how much it would cost to build one of these, but it would be an easy job to construct for anyone with basic capentry skills (though I’m sure a contractor would charge you a fair bit if you had them do it for you…)
yes, how much and can we get the name of the handyman? looks great!
How MUCH??? Somebody!
You probably have rat issues BECAUSE they are built “more solidly”. Rats like concealment and dark garbage filled boxes fit the bill. I read somewhere that rats can squeeze thru 1/2″ openings. Shiver.
The place posted doesn’t have rats – I live nearby. This open design keeps the place tidy looking and easy to keep clean.
it will definitely become a rat haven. we have several of these built much more solidly and always have issues with rats.
These containers do not lead to rats. You place your trash cans, with lids, in them. It is an aesthetic decision. You don’t toss bags of trash into the box or loose garbage into the box, it goes into the trash cans and lids stay on top (unless you’re not too bright…;-) )
Looks nice to me and will look even better to rats – if it isnt 100% solid it will most likely become a rat haven.
“the owner can have someone live in it for rent. $500 a month sounds resonable”
LOL–when I lived in a three-family house in the South Slope the owner was seriously talking about renting the space under the stoop for someone to sleep in. I talked him out of it by reminding him that the storage space there was actually part of my apartment.