Concrete price

[Steevo]

Been pricing up a small batch of concrete today - only about 2 cube or so.

Not a bit fan of them normally but thought volumetric mix might be more cost effective in this instance as you end up paying for empty space on the drum lorry otherwise.

Quote 1: £410 + VAT
Quote 2: £309 + VAT

Almost cheaper to buy a whole lorry load and dump half!

 

[Greenbeast]

I bought 3 cube off a volumetric last year after initially requesting 4 cube. Was cheaper to start with than readymix and definitely beneficial given we used 75%

Would do again

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Been pricing up a small batch of concrete today - only about 2 cube or so.

Not a bit fan of them normally but thought volumetric mix might be more cost effective in this instance as you end up paying for empty space on the drum lorry otherwise.

Quote 1: £410 + VAT
Quote 2: £309 + VAT

Almost cheaper to buy a whole lorry load and dump half!

They sting you for part loads, your almost better off saving the jobs up and getting a full 6 or 8 cube from them.

Maybe go into a sideline of concrete tractor weights or gate entrance blocks

 

[Andrew1983]

You can at our local ready mix place drive in and pick up. Think it was £45/half cube the last time we did. Guess it depends how far away you are and how quick you need the stuff in. Could go with a tractor trailer but I remember a friend telling me he collected 4 cube in a grain trailer, by the time he got it home it had bounced a fair bit an settled out, he had to remix it the hard way before using it!

 

[bert]

You can at our local ready mix place drive in and pick up. Think it was £45/half cube the last time we did. Guess it depends how far away you are and how quick you need the stuff in. Could go with a tractor trailer but I remember a friend telling me he collected 4 cube in a grain trailer, by the time he got it home it had bounced a fair bit an settled out, he had to remix it the hard way before using it!

Picking up concrete in a grain trailer.... that just sounds like a nightmare from start to finish

 

[Jack Russell]

I think for a c35/40 type mix it was £75 is per cube. We collect it regularly,up to 1.4 cube in the Ifor Williams. Always get it dry and then mix up at home. Really works well when filling block work. Will be in tomorrow hopefully to collect some for bedding kerbing in on (what ever mix that is).

 

[phillipe]

Wanted 2 cube the other day volumetric wanted 200 per cube + vat

 

[Forever Fendt]

A bit of topic but had a price for tubs of premixed mortar it was £36+vat for a yellow tub full collected i though this was quite reasonable

 

[Doing it for the kids]

I pay about £90/m3. They usually charge 50 Del but never have for me.

I question how well it's mixed but usedmthem for over 100 m3 so time will tell!

 

[mixed breed]

£276 for 3 cube delivered a month ago
Rc 45 @ £82cube + £10 part load surcharge.

 

[David.]

I have collected concrete in grain trailer from Banbury batcher in the distant past, only a couple of m3; by the time it had travelled 3 miles home the bottom half of the load was like dry mix and meant the whole lot needed mixing again.

 

[Tarw Coch]

£276 for 3 cube delivered a month ago
Rc 45 @ £82cube + £10 part load surcharge.

Who was that off if you don't mind me asking?

 

[mixed breed]

Eco readymix delivered it, but ordered with the lime chap who shares your surname

 

[S J H]

A bit of topic but had a price for tubs of premixed mortar it was £36+vat for a yellow tub full collected i though this was quite reasonable

I remember a few sites in London, would have mortar tipped in tubs, wrapped in cling film and I think they kept for 2-3 days, but it was slower going off,

Our local volumetric is very good, I think it's around £140 for the first cube.

 

[Surgery]

I pay about £90/m3. They usually charge 50 Del but never have for me.

I question how well it's mixed but usedmthem for over 100 m3 so time will tell!

What mix was that ? Hansons ?

 

[Surgery]

£276 for 3 cube delivered a month ago
Rc 45 @ £82cube + £10 part load surcharge.

Very keen price

 

[Tarw Coch]

Eco readymix delivered it, but ordered with the lime chap who shares your surname

Now you have got me at a disadvantage, I don't know who you are

Do you go to long Johns for a coffee on a Wednesday? What do you reckon to his new calendar?

 

[nick...]

@RWG Contracts if he is still about
Nick...

 

[Sussex Martin]

@RWG Contracts if he is still about
Nick...

No Nick, he is another of the ‘disappeared’.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

What mix was that ? Hansons ?

There are two local firms, one is called manor mix, forget the other now. Where are you based? It's only a few £ difference between the different mixes

No Nick, he is another of the ‘disappeared’.

That's sad, wondered why he was quiet. Do we know what happened?