EPS Delivery

[LA3222]

Bit of an unusual topic but I'm trying to get a fall for the scale of the EPS Delivery for my slab.

 

I intend to order from Kore and my slab is approx 180m2.  How big a delivery am I looking at? I have visions of a fully loaded attic in my minds eye - I can find space on site but no way an artic is getting down my lane.  Am I going to have to handball a shed load of polystyrene jigsaw pieces 100m down my lane?

 

Does a gone have any pics of what came for their slab so I can anticipate the scale of my task?

 

TIA

[MikeSharp01]

Our system was not from Kore but very similar. Our slab is 100m2 and it was 3/4 of a cirtain sider artic but weighs nothing except the outer sections with, in our case, the render on.

[LA3222]

Cheers @MikeSharp01 that gives me a steer, I expect it will be a full artic then.  I assume it was all shrink wrapped onto pallets?  How heavy would you estimate a pallet at? Too heavy to man handle so requiring forks? 

[Miek]

Find a local farmer with a tele handler? 

[MikeSharp01]

It was basically loose in the lorry but packed tight. Three of us hand balled it off as packs of 5x100x2400x1200 EPS or 10x50mm and then the edge pieces one at a time all of which weight nothing and could be carried by a child privided they could get a grip of the packs / pieces. It took about 20 minutes. I piled it all up and then sheeted it over and tied it down as the one thing it does really well is blow away at the slightest breeze if left unrestrained and it does get attacked by UV if left exposed for an extended period.

[Onoff]

3 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said:

It was basically loose in the lorry but packed tight. Three of us hand balled it off as packs of 5x100x2400x1200 EPS or 10x50mm and then the edge pieces one at a time all of which weight nothing and could be carried by a child privided they could get a grip of the packs / pieces. It took about 20 minutes. I piled it all up and then sheeted it over and tied it down as the one thing it does really well is blow away at the slightest breeze if left unrestrained and it does get attacked by UV if left exposed for an extended period.

 

So is your insulation under the slab 300mm total depth, made up of 3x100mm?

[LA3222]

Thanks @MikeSharp01, the pics help a lot - I've a good idea of what to expect now ?

[jack]

5 minutes ago, LA3222 said:

Thanks @MikeSharp01, the pics help a lot - I've a good idea of what to expect now ?

 

As another data point, ours came packed in exactly the same way. My wife and I unloaded the truck with one MBC guy and the truck driver within about 15 mins, from memory.

[Jeremy Harris]

Same here, the stuff came in an artic curtainsider, looks to be the standard way the stuff is delivered, perhaps.

[LA3222]

Thanks @jack & @JSHarris - looks like I have an answer.  Now need to add tarp to my list as per @MikeSharp01 comment regarding UV exposure. 

[MikeSharp01]

9 hours ago, Onoff said:

So is your insulation under the slab 300mm total depth, made up of 3x100mm?

No, in our case we have 250mm (2x100mm = 1x50mm) this was because the slab designer was worried about some of loads in the middle of the slab and after they did the sums they chose 250 rather than pockets down to 100 in all places where the loads were.

[Triassic]

Our DIY insulated slab came in 1 articulated lorry, plus a smaller load the next day. It took my wife and I a whole day to carry it all up onto site.

 

This is the first load on site.

 

 

It it doesn’t look a lot, but the stack was around 3 metres tall.

 

The pieces of wood on top were place there first, then weld mash placed on top to stop it blowing away.

Edited September 7, 2019 by Triassic

[Gone West]

Just to add to the pictures.

 

[SteamyTea]

I get quite excited when I see loads of insulation.

Am I odd?

[Ed Davies]

Yes, but not in that way.

[Triassic]

I was reading an article “Ten ways to improve your home”. Insulation was down at number ten!

[Pocster]

Truck with Moffat ??

[Russell griffiths]

The only thing I can add @LA3222 is check with the delivery co if you have a maximum time to unload, I recently had an artic delivery and it was stated very clearly that the truck would not stay longer than two hours on site without additional costs, we had 4 lads unloading and a forklift and it still took 1 hour 45mins, so just have a check to see that you don’t get an additional bill. 

[Bitpipe]

This was my under slab delivery - EPS 200 in 1200 x 2400 x 300 blocks which were relatively heavy - about 30kg each due to their density.

 

The EPS 70 which was 200mm thick was easy by comparison.

[ProDave]

That's a big hole in the ground.

[Bitpipe]

12 hours ago, ProDave said:

That's a big hole in the ground.

Sure was - 12 m x 11m x 3.5m before we started filling it back in with house  

 

 

[Onoff]

12 hours ago, ProDave said:

That's a big hole in the ground.

 

Big? I think at the time you could book a tour:

 

 

 

[LA3222]

@SuperJohnG a bit of thread revival I know! Not sure if you've had your Kore delivery yet but there's some useful pics on here to give an idea of what the delivery will be like.

 

My own to add to the thread:

 

175m2 slab, the artic was full top to bottom all the way. 

[SuperJohnG]

@LA3222 perfect timing. I was wondering how long it would take to unload as I can't get an artic to reverse into my access as the gate isn't quite wide enough to get the turning circle. Now I know it's a 30 min job! Its only a B road.....everyone can wait. 

 

Much appreciated for all your tags in this stuff, it is all helping me out very much.