# What can I do with a bunch of concrete chunks?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 22, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-bunch-of-concrete-chunks/276039 "2004-11-22T03:37:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-bunch-of-concrete-chunks/276039/1 "2004-11-22T03:37:16Z")

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We have about 30 pieces of a broken-up 4" concrete slab. The pieces are roughly 3 s/f of surface area broken into irregular shapes. I am thinking of using them as walkway pavers but maybe someone has a more clever idea.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-bunch-of-concrete-chunks/276039/2 "2004-11-22T03:42:13Z")

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Perhaps some artistic endeavor?

Or build a fence?

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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-bunch-of-concrete-chunks/276039/3 "2004-11-22T04:55:48Z")

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I used broken chunks of concrete to lay a floor for a chicken house one time.  
I just mortered them in like laying bricks except the space between was never the same.  
Raised a lot of chickens on that floor.  
Now we just use it as a storage shed.  
It was pretty hard to get it level though. The chicks didn’t mind though.

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-a-bunch-of-concrete-chunks/276039/4 "2004-11-22T06:21:39Z")

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-Give out paperweights and doorstops for christmas.

-Hand the pieces out at rock concerts.

-Build a trebuchet; use the chunks as ammo.

-Give them to a strong and patient friend who likes doing jigsaw puzzles.

Seriously, I’d throw them out. Three square feet of a four inch slab is a cubic foot of concrete. Two 80-pound bags of ready mix costs less than fifteen bucks and will make up about the same volume.

That said, some friends did make a garden wall out of broken up concrete for their cactus garden. It looks good.