The Last of the Demolition

[Gone West]

After we dismantled the bungalow we were left with 45 to 50 tonnes of mixed concrete, bricks and blocks along with around 10 tonnes of footings that needed digging out and removing from site. We finally found a groundworks company that would bring a concrete crusher to site and crush the mixed rubble from 50mm down to dust and dig out the footings and remove. We asked three companies for quotes which came in at £4320, £2154 and £1390. The only one that would crush on site to the size we wanted, rather than remove everything and bring in crushed concrete, was the cheapest so we went with them. We have seen what some suppliers bring in as crushed concrete and it’s crap. It took a day to crush around 35 tonnes of the best of the rubble and another to break out the footings and remove along with the remainder of the rubble. They were a company we would definitely recommend which was nice to be able to say.

 

[RandAbuild]

I bet that thing made some noise, Peter!

[Gone West]

43 minutes ago, RandAbuild said:

I bet that thing made some noise, Peter!

You're not wrong there , although worth it for the savings.

[Russell griffiths]

That’s bloody cheap. ??

[Onoff]

1 hour ago, RandAbuild said:

I bet that thing made some noise, Peter!

 

Wouldn't have been many names on a neighbour's petition!

[MikeSharp01]

That is spanking small crushing Peter.

[Square Feet]

I see the crusher seems to be available to hire - would that have been a cheaper option?  I guess you would have had to load it by hand that way, but it would depend on what sort of saving could be made as to whether it was worth it.

[Gone West]

10 hours ago, Square Feet said:

I see the crusher seems to be available to hire - would that have been a cheaper option?  I guess you would have had to load it by hand that way, but it would depend on what sort of saving could be made as to whether it was worth it.

There was a substantial saving by having it crushed on site rather than having it all removed and new recycled type1 brought in. It would have taken several days to load it by hand and a broken back!

[Square Feet]

Ah, fair enough!

[Onoff]

@PeterStarck, am I correct in thinking you hired a concrete crusher yourself after the above where you had someone in?

 

Thinking of one of these for a weekend:

 

https://www.micromachinehire.co.uk/machines/purple-pulveriser-4000-series

 

 

[Gone West]

2 hours ago, Onoff said:

@PeterStarck, am I correct in thinking you hired a concrete crusher yourself after the above where you had someone in?

 

Thinking of one of these for a weekend:

 

https://www.micromachinehire.co.uk/machines/purple-pulveriser-4000-series

 

 

We only had the concrete crushed once which was with a 5000 series machine. They set the jaws at more than 50mm so we had to manually grade the crushed material through a 50mm mesh. If it doesn't pack up on you and there are enough of you to keep it fed then you can get a reasonable amount done. It depends how big the lumps are to start with and how small you want the final material. It is quicker to pass it through the crusher twice with large lumps than to try to get the size you want in one pass unless the lumps are small to start with.

 

[Ferdinand]

Why not name here if you recommend?

[Gone West]

15 minutes ago, Ferdinand said:

Why not name here if you recommend?

It's on the side of the crusher in the picture. They're a Thanet based builders.