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Kerosene on lawn

LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
in Problem solving
I've just realised that when the builder took away the old oil boiler last week, he managed to trail kerosene across the lawn.  It's just a line of oil, not a puddle.  Can I do anything to neutralise it?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.

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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    edited August 2020
    Think you are probably too late. 
    I presume you have tried  watering . 
    The grass will bracken and die off but will recover over winter. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We had a similar thing happen when we had some fencing done ... we ended up lifting and replacing turves with whatever we could get in the middle of Lockdown ... not very happy about it 🙄 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Thank you, @K67 and @Dovefromabove - it was raining when the builder was here, so hopefully that might have washed some of the oil off.  Hubby mowed the lawn today, which was when we noticed it... might just have to re-turf some bits, I guess.  Will wait and see.  Sorry to hear of your experience, Dove - did you get any redress from the fencer?
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I knocked something off my payment ... he’s said nothing so far, and that was early March. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
     Good.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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