February 26, 20179 yr So on the back of the comments made by @recoveringacademic about his Austro-Germanic house, I've gone the other way and found its surprisingly cheaper to buy local on some stuff..! I was chatting to the local muck away contractor on Friday (he's £125 for 14 tonnes away...) about the cost of concrete. My quotes for Gen1 so far had been AI (£103), MKM (£86) and Travis Perkins (£76) for 28 cubic metres. He asked if I had tried the local concrete plant and I gave them a call..... 28 cubic metres of Gen1 sir..? £71 a cube... Followed it up with a conversation about flowcrete/self compacting and I've got a best price of £141 including fibre for 8 cube... his price is £115 as I'm only 10 mins up the road and apparently its like transporting water ! Rang the quarry that the concrete place recommended and I've got my MOT1 at £4 a tonne cheaper than the best loose price from any of the merchants and apparently they supply both... Next stop is the timber merchant up the road - apparently he's got 3,000 ft of C24 joists he needs to get rid of....
February 26, 20179 yr Author 3 minutes ago, dogman said: Still shopping around for my type1 best i have is £19 tonne for 80 t Excluding VAT...?? Think I'm at £15.50 and thats only for 20 tonne
February 26, 20179 yr Oh I can beat that, £24/t for type 1. Only two options for concrete- a readymix lorry and a volumetric. The latter is cheaper per cube right up until you need a full load.
February 26, 20179 yr I'm sure that some of the type 1 we used to line the basement excavation before putting down the EPS was made from our house rubble that we had carted away a week or so earlier. I recognised some of the parquet flooring... I'd just be wary as to how much junk is in the type 1 - ours had taps, light fittings, wood, rope etc..
February 27, 20179 yr Author Quarry just came back to me ... £11.95 per tonne for 20 tonnes delivered .... quarry is 10 miles up the road ..!
February 27, 20179 yr @peterW is that new or recycled. My quarry is only 16 miles away. Where are you? Are you able to name them maybe they will have somewhere local to me Edited February 27, 20179 yr by dogman .
February 28, 20179 yr http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39051964 Puff piece on Ebac, would make me give Ebac a preference if I was in the market for their type of products
February 28, 20179 yr Author On 27/02/2017 at 11:07, dogman said: @peterW is that new or recycled. My quarry is only 16 miles away. Where are you? Are you able to name them maybe they will have somewhere local to me Thats new MoT1 - quarry is Maltby and the haulier is John Owen Aggregates
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