PeterW Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogman Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Still shopping around for my type1 best i have is £19 tonne for 80 t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogman Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 £19.95 +vat Tried all the locals Muck away is 13 per ton in 20t loads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitpipe Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogman Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Mine is for new non recycled it makes it more expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Quarry just came back to me ... £11.95 per tonne for 20 tonnes delivered .... quarry is 10 miles up the road ..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogman Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) @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, 2017 by dogman . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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