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If you want bagged gravel, try bee and koo or hoombase.
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You're brave, posting up concrete based questions! I assume this is for somewhere away from the house! Do Wickes sell Ballast? I'd be surprised if they don't. This is sand and gravel already mixed - just add cement and water. Easiest way if you're only doing a small area. If you're doing a larger area it will be much cheaper to get tonne bags delivered, 25kg bags is an expensive way of doing it.
its to put down over my 500 year old floor boards on the first floor of my cottage , they are big wide things and look really wonky so i figure if i concrete over them then throw some self levelling screed over that i can put down some nice laminate flooring in their place. will i need a dpc if its on the first floor?
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robgil said:
No, you're OK, you don't need the DPC. Just get some of the Thompson's Water Seal stuff and slosh it all over the outside of the house, that'll keep it dry.
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robgil said:oh , i also need to build a slab in the garden for my gas tank to sit on.
ive just looked at wicks delivery charges so i am off to the local builders merchants to pick it all up in 25kg bags.
Ask the builders merchants about delivery - from some it's free.
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Actually, why not put chipboard over your grotty old floorboards? Less effort than all that concrete mixing. :wink:
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Bet you can't break gravel! :wink:robgil said:those are bad words in my hoose Penners old chap.
Feltwell said:
jury's still out on what to do with the floor boards , or whats left of them. i keep telling my self that one day i will be able to afford to have David from wideboards.com to come and restore them , one day.
but for now i will just pour concrete over them.
Ridgeons are doing free delivery at the moment and they have a number of branches across Suffolk and Norfolk. Usually pretty competitive price wise.
Even if you don't want delivery, I would call them for a quote (delivered) and then ask "How much discount if I collect myself?"
Even if you don't want delivery, I would call them for a quote (delivered) and then ask "How much discount if I collect myself?"
Our local "Halls" have saved me time and effort and have even rushed small qualities of things I couldn't fit in the car. I've never had any problem getting local builders merchants to deliver 'for free'. Given the flexibility in pricing of everything I doubt it hurts them any but I've had a single sheet of board all the way up to tonnes of sand sent over. My experience was either order enough that it makes a single trip worth while or be flexible about delivery so that they can drop it off on the way to/from a bigger job. I'd emphasise the 'local' in builders merchant - it's worth going in in person (in your building clothes) and getting your face known & talking about your project. It's probably worth talking about an account if you're doing a job as big as yours robgil.
EDIT it's also worth knowing that Wickes are part of Travis Perkins who don't (usually) expect you to collect heavy or bulky items and when I compared prices were generally cheaper than Wickes.
EDIT it's also worth knowing that Wickes are part of Travis Perkins who don't (usually) expect you to collect heavy or bulky items and when I compared prices were generally cheaper than Wickes.
thanks guys , just got back from the local merchants , 44 quid for 15 bags of ballast and 3 bags of cement. not too bad price wise , about the same as wicks.
the ballast came to exactly the same price as it would have had i bought it separately and mixed it my self.
the ballast came to exactly the same price as it would have had i bought it separately and mixed it my self.
