How not to kill the grass?

 I need to leave something on the lawn for a few days, and I wonder if
there is a way to avoid damaging the grass.  And how long it takes to
start killing the grass.  And what the best time of year is for this.

The easiest way to remove my small deck, 4' x 8' that is falling
apart, seems to be to get a bagster  www.thebagster.com   and put the
wood from my deck in it.  30 for the bag and iirc 130 to have it
removed. (Not the cheapest but the easiest.)  4'wide x 8'long x 2.5'
high, the entire top is open, and it will hold 3300 pounds, they say,
but the 350 or 500 feet equivalent of 2x4 won't weigh anywhere near
that much.  How much does a 2x4 weigh per pound?  Half are pressure
treated and half aren't.  (It will hold 180 8-foot 2x4s and I don't
have more than 70's worth.)

But they don't want the thing on the street, even in the parking lane,
only in the yard or driveway and I have no driveway.  I had surgery a
couple months ago and it will take me say 2 days to put all the wood
in it, and it will take them 1 to 3 days to pick it up, they say.  So
3 to 5 days total.

The bag is I think polypropylene, not a tight weave, so air will get
through.  The end of the first day the bag will be only half full.

Is there something I could put under the bag that would help the grass
underneath?

How long before the grass starts to die?

Does it matter what time of year, how cold out it is?   I have more
surgery at the end of January so December/January would be good for
me.  If not then it may have to wait until June.

 mm wrote:

Is this real. A week will not kill the grass. Discolored yes, but it will
bounce back up. I guess that you are in a highly urban neighbourhood
otherwise give the wood to folk who can use it either as mulch or for
heating. You didn't mention whether it had been sprayed with toxins.

 Clot wrote:

Bad netiquette, I know. I've just read your comment on HOAs and appreciate
that you are saying this for real.

 wrote:


I did say that about half is pressure treated and half is not.  I'd be
glad to give the wood away.  I don't like to waste anything, and I
rarely do.  It's 30 y.o. (covered in latex stain, but just two thin
coats) and I didn't think anyone would want it. Where do I find people
who would?


I'm not positive how much is treated.  I presume the floor boards are
because they have always beem natural color, and are still not rotting
(although half are warped and certainly none are good enough for most
construction)

The 2 foot 4x4's that hold the deck up, but have always been separated
from the ground, are in pretty good shape too. Treated?  

The 2x6's running crosswise under the deck are rotteing at the ends,
so I suppose they're not treated.

What have been falling

 

Sort of depends on where you live, but I'd suggest Craigslist. In my
(prosperous) town, you'd be hard pressed to give away a gold brick if it
had a little tarnish on it. OTOH, in my g.f.'s (not so prosperous) town,
if some piece of junk is too big for the trash can, just set it out by
the curb with a FREE sign and it'll be gone in a half hour.