Hardcore

[RichS]

I;ve just got a quote from Network Rail for recycled 20/40 granite for my base. 60 tons came in at just short of £6000.00 + VAT, so as good as £100 per ton.

Perhaps I'll have to pass on that one.

To be fair it was going to be a round trip of approx 250 miles from the nearest depot to me that has any so I'd imagine most of that cost was in transport.

So if anyone knows a sensible supplier in the Yorkshire area I'm all ears.

[Triassic]

Might be worth reading this post where a range of current prices are discussed.

 

Edited September 7, 2017 by Triassic

[Oz07]

That's a "get lost" quote. Ring a local aggregate supplier

[reddal]

I just bought loads of that - for £18/ton delivered. They were only coming from about 20 minutes down the road however.

 

The key thing is to find someone nearby.

[joe90]

I wanted ex train line stone but there is no longer a railway near Bude ?

[Onoff]

Seem to be a few about:

 

 

 

[bassanclan]

Demolition and recycling places are a good bet. I use KSD Coleshill, £20 for as much as I can get on my truck

[RichS]

So i sent Network Rail an email politely refusing their quote and stating that it was far too high.

I received a reply today saying that yes, they thought it seemed high as well so they had re-calculated it.

The new price came in, delivered, at £32.45 + VAT per ton, so my new quote for 60 tons was £3926.45 + VAT (sic)

It really makes you wonder doesn't it.

[jack]

Make sure it's cleaned recycled stone. Ours turned up unwashed and is pretty unpleasant. Unfortunately I wasn't here, and it had been accepted, laid and whacked (fnarr fnarr) before I got home.

[curlewhouse]

I was pleasantly surprised during our SIPs construction when we got heavy rain (that's not the bit I was pleasantly surprised about) and had to get something to firm the place up - road planings at £8 per tonne delivered from a local farmer who has a side business in this sort of thing, so just £80 for 10 tonne. I've found water drains completely freely through them despite the telehandler etc. running back and forth and compacting them a bit. Going to get some more as a sub base before final site leveling.

Edited September 9, 2017 by curlewhouse

[joe90]

Yes I posted elsewhere that I had road planings, 150 tons at 4£ per ton ( delivered direct from the roadworks so no middleman) brilliant stuff and binds well.

[dpmiller]

The lane to our site is made and maintained with blinding, I'm seriously considering recommending planings the next time there's mutterings about maintenance.

[PeterW]

10 hours ago, dpmiller said:

The lane to our site is made and maintained with blinding, I'm seriously considering recommending planings the next time there's mutterings about maintenance.

 

We have similar - council have a duty to maintain it as it's a byway but we have right of access as it's also a private road. They had some money left over last year so resurfaced it with about 75mm of 10 to dust and it's lasted about 4 months before the holes have reappeared. The bit they did over the planings we put down is still solid ..!

[richi]

@Coopers are you following this? I think @PeterW is saying to roll "10 to dust" self-binding gravel over planings. Worth a thought once this is all over...