Services   |    Materials - quarried aggregates > recycled aggregates  
  To complement our stocks of re-cycled
aggregates, we also supply quarried materials.
 

These products are also available on a delivery or collection basis.

Should you require sand or ballast in conjunction with an empty skip, our driver will be happy to tip the materials into a specified area before we drop the skip off.

Reject Sand

  • A soft recycled sand. Can also be an ‘As Raised Sand' (unprocessed quarry sand).
  • Used for bedding around pipes and cables in trenches or ‘blinding' off a site.

DOT Type 1 Granite Granular Sub Base DTP SHW803

  • Made from Rock usually Granite (as shown) or Limestone (which is pink in colour)
  • Used as a Sub Base to Roads, Drives and Footpaths.
  • Imported from quarries in the UK or from outside the UK by sea to wharves.
  • Now mainly used for main adopted roads and back filling to road repairs. Our DOT Type 1 crushed concrete now often used as a cheaper alternative.

  Sharp Washed Sand

  • Used for bedding to paving or making concrete floor screed
  • Imported from quarries and wharves from sea dredging

20mm Ballast 

  • Also known as All in Ballast, it is a 50/50 blend of Sharp Sand and 4-20mm Gravel
  • Used to make Concrete
  • Imported from quarries or wharves from sea dredging

4-10mm Shingle

  • Also known as 10mm Shingle, 10mm Gravel or Pea Shingle.
  • Used for Pipe Bedding, or a finish to Drives and Flower Beds.
  • Imported from quarries or wharves from sea dredging.

Building Sand

  • Also known as ‘Soft Sand' or ‘Pit Sand'.
  • Used for making mortar for brick laying.