DIY Concrete Costs

[Pan mixer]

Having not done any concreting since November due to being too busy playing with animals I was shocked when I ordered some cement and ballast today.

Cement (2 pallets of 56) £4.00 per bag up almost £1 on the last lot.

Ballast - £19.80/t - up nearly £2 on the last lot

 

[upnortheast]

Seems to be the house building boom pushing all building materials upwards, - or maybe Brexit

 

[David.]

C40 about same as last year here, £97 m3.
Cant see worthwhile saving home mixing it tbh.

 

[davidroberts30]

C40 about same as last year here, £97 m3.
Cant see worthwhile saving home mixing it tbh.

C45 plus fibers is 85 here

 

[milkloss]

Having not done any concreting since November due to being too busy playing with animals I was shocked when I ordered some cement and ballast today.

Cement (2 pallets of 56) £4.00 per bag up almost £1 on the last lot.

Ballast - £19.80/t - up nearly £2 on the last lot

I’m too lazy (incompetent!) to do the maths but what would your home mix cost as compared to a full load of ready mix.

I appreciate you home mix probably because you want to be able to do smaller batches

 

[David.]

Ah, but it is construction central here.

 

[Pan mixer]

I reckon that it will make my home mix about 80 per cube.

I haven't priced ready mix here but with literally thousands of houses being built in Essex all building materials are at a premium here, the last trucks that I had with R40 in them were 80 per cube if I took 7.5m and more than one load - this was 2 years ago, someone said that it was over 100 now.

 

[FIL46]

Not worth my time and hassle mixing concrete as I am only 2 miles from leiths concrete plant, collect with a well sealed trailer if only needing a 1/2 cube or 2, or as most will say get the lorry in if you need a load you will never match there price or mix quailty

 

[Deutzdx3]

Having not done any concreting since November due to being too busy playing with animals I was shocked when I ordered some cement and ballast today.

Cement (2 pallets of 56) £4.00 per bag up almost £1 on the last lot.

Ballast - £19.80/t - up nearly £2 on the last lot

Wicks cement £3 per bag if you buy 10 or more.

Guessing that ballast is loose? Bagged is £30 some thing per tonne which isn’t a tonne.

 

[Pan mixer]

Wicks cement £3 per bag if you buy 10 or more.

Guessing that ballast is loose? Bagged is £30 some thing per tonne which isn’t a tonne.

I have tried cheap cement before - didn't like the black scum that floated on top of the slab when floated.

 

[Deutzdx3]

I have tried cheap cement before - didn't like the black scum that floated on top of the slab when floated.

Its rugby Portland cement.

 

[Pan mixer]

I presumed it was the Irish, might give wicks a ring then.

 

[ffukedfarmer]

I presumed it was the Irish, might give wicks a ring then.

You can get a further 10% off if you can convince them you are in the trade and sign up for their tradepro card

 

[carpenter1]

Jewsons had blue circle at under £4 last week when I got 20

 

[Forever Fendt]

When pricing cement you need to check the N value because they differ from each brand and this is the ultimate strength so cheap is not always best

 

[H200GT]

I have tried cheap cement before - didn't like the black scum that floated on top of the slab when floated.

Black scum? Was it spotty? If so more likely to be lignite in the aggregate

 

[Pan mixer]

Black scum? Was it spotty? If so more likely to be lignite in the aggregate

It came out of the cement, ballast was the same as the mix before I used the cheap stuff.

 

[Baz65]

Hanson plant 3mile up the road from us £72 for 1/2 a cubic meter collected in Manitou bucket, minimum delivery was 1 cube at £144 + part load charge = £440

 

[jamesy]

Aggregate £12.50/t + delivery here
Cement £3.65/bag (pallet price) + delivery

 

[robbie]

Aggregate here is £21 /t collected from 4 miles up the road. Cement £2.75/ bag collected from 3 miles up the road.
Price for cement is via buying group and it doesn't matter if you have one bag or 100. Another company was cheaper at 2.50 bag on 30cwt pallets but they've now pit a hefty delivery charge on and there 20 miles away making it a pain collecting.

How much ballast goes into a 0.8 cube pan mixer????