6mm pea shingle for 110mm pipe bedding - WTF?

[BotusBuild]

Please tell me I'm not going mad.

My groundworker wants me to order 6mm rounded pea shingle/gravel to bed the 110mm foul drainage pipes!!

 

I've alway felt that 10mm gravel like one of these options is what you use:-

https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/bulk-bags-sand-and-aggregates/travis-perkins-gravel-and-shingle-bulk-bag-10mm/p/938182

or

https://www.diy.com/departments/10mm-gravel-bulk-bag/35699_BQ.prd

which I am inclined to order and tell the groundworker to use.

Yes or No?

[Mr Punter]

Yes.  10mm is probably the largest size through the sieve, so it will be the same.  Check with the groundworker so he does not have a strop.  If you are getting a lot it may be cheaper to have it tipped loose.

[PeterW]

10mm is fine - bulk is even better if you can get it by the lorry load. 

[Conor]

We used "0-32mm" stone... in reality it's dust. You can use sand as well.

[BotusBuild]

Thank you all - you have confirmed I am not going mad.

 

In this case, I will have to go 'by the bag" due to current space limitations (also only need equivalent of 5 bags)

[epsilonGreedy]

1 hour ago, BotusBuild said:

Thank you all - you have confirmed I am not going mad.

 

 

I have discovered tradesmen don't know the sizes of the materials they use. At the BM trade counter they must say "and two bags of the usual clouts Bill". My floor guy got irritated when I asked him what length of clout nails I should buy, in the end he guessed wrong.

[Oz07]

Should think he gave you a clout for suggesting using them for flooring

[epsilonGreedy]

On 16/11/2020 at 19:09, Oz07 said:

Should think he gave you a clout for suggesting using them for flooring

 

No. He wanted me to buy the clout nails before he arrived for the job. The clouts were for the metal Z clips.