Aggregate Supplies
We stock a wide range of aggregates available for delivery loose tipped or in 1 tonne bulk bags delivered throughout East Anglia. From 1 tonne bulk bags to 30 tonne loose tipped loads-subject to your access restrictions.
By prior arrangement we can also supply handy and more manageable 25-30 kg bags.
See below for our usual stock list, if you do not see what you need- please give us a call.. we have too much to list!
Length (m) x Width (m) x Depth (mm's) = cubic metres (M3) x 1.8 = Tonnage
Example 10m x 8m x 0.200mm = 16m3 x 1.8 = 28.8 tonnes required
Tonnage Equation
Soft Washed Building Sand (0-2 mm)
Commonly used for brick laying, pointing, slab laying and to mix with sharp sand to form plastering sand.
Sharp Sand (2-6 mm)
Commonly used for block paving bedding, slab laying, kerb laying, screeds and pipe bedding.
Mixed Ballast (30 mm down)
Commonly mixed with cement powder to form concrete.
Washed Pea Gravel (5-10 mm)
Commonly used on gravel paths, as pipe bedding and around as a decorative stone topping.
Washed Gravel (10-20 mm)
Commonly used on gravel drive ways and access roads, also used
as a decorative stone topping.
Crushed Limestone with or without fines (20, 40, 50, 75, 100 & 150 mm)
Commonly used as sub base for roads, drive ways, car parks and any other hard standing. Subject to availability we can supply many of the grades with or without fines. 20 mm clean is also commonly used a decorative stone topping, and the 150 mm clean for gabian basket filling.
MOT Type 1 Granite
Commonly used to form a hard base beneath tarmac, concrete and gravel driveways, the granite is frost resistant.
Screened Road Planings
Commonly used to create a clean finish over hard standings and haul roads, building sub-bases, path/road/highway/driveway/patio sub-bases and farm tracks.
Screened Recycled Topsoil (10 mm down)
Commonly used under new lawns laid with turf and in landscaped areas. The material benefits from small stone to help with drainage, and once compacted offers stability.
Screened Black Fen Topsoil (10 mm down)
Commonly over existing under lawns to fill in cracks or hollows, in flower beds and green houses, flower pots and hanging baskets. Very high in nutrient, this material comes with a BS3882 certificate.
Compost
Commonly used in vegetable gardens and flower pots. Our well rotted compost is full of nutrients and delivered warm!
Recycled Crushed Hardcore (75mm down)
A recycled material commonly used to raise levels and to provide a firm base to carry construction traffic, larger vehicles or as a sub base beneath a blinding layer. This material will contain small contaminants such as glass, plastic, wood or tarmac. It is recycled from demolition projects and not suitable for small applications such as home driveways where you will be driving straight over it without a blinding or capping layer. By request we can also produce different sizes and grades of this material.
Woodchip
Commonly used in garden boarders, plant pot topping or as a capping layer to a foot path.
Cement Bags and other packed products (25kg)
Multi purpose cement commonly used as a binder in concrete bases, mortar for laying bricks, slab laying etc. We also stock Postcrete, Kiln Dried Sand for block paving jointing, Cold Tar repair and White Cement.
All of our products are made by Hanson.
Sleepers (Various Grades)
Commonly used to create garden boarders and retainers. We stock grade a reclaimed railway sleepers which are approximately 2.5 m long by 220 mm wide and 130 mm thick.These are our best seller!
By request we can also supply oak and softwood sleepers.
Please call 01353 779754 option 1 to order or discuss your exact requirements. Credit and Debit card payments can be taken.