Black volcanic sand - specialist aggregates

[blockpaving73]

Hi, having had charcoal coloured blocks laid, i agreed with my contractor to pay the extra cost of volcanic black sand. In the suppliers website they say it has been used successfully as a replacement for kiln dried sand.

it is much more expensive, like 5 times the price (£30 for 20kg) reducing to £15 for 20kg if bought in bulk.

Anyone here have en experince of using it?

Cheers
B

[cookiewales]

Hi, having had charcoal coloured blocks laid, i agreed with my contractor to pay the extra cost of volcanic black sand. In the suppliers website they say it has been used successfully as a replacement for kiln dried sand.

it is much more expensive, like 5 times the price (£30 for 20kg) reducing to £15 for 20kg if bought in bulk.

Anyone here have en experince of using it?

Cheers
B

why are you using this ground basalt would be cheaper

[blockpaving73]

Curse of the uneducated I guess....Like I said in my other post I wish i'd found this place sooner. Anyway, now I've had the drive done my questions are going to be retrospective so lets hope i find no horrors.

Will this stuff be OK do you think? - btw, heres the link and of course heres hoping you'll tell me i'll be fine!:

http://www.specialistaggregates.com/sand-vo....14.html

[lutonlagerlout]

i think i would use normal sand for the first pass of the brush,then top up with the mega bucks black sand
BTW you only get about 7M per 25kg bag
20m??? LOL
LLL

[blockpaving73]

i think i would use normal sand for the first pass of the brush,then top up with the mega bucks black sand
BTW you only get about 7M per 25kg bag
20m??? LOL
LLL

Is that purely for cost reasons LLL? yep I thought that about 20 sqm, I did ring him and hr acknowledged the mistake, he obviously hasn't fixed it yet.

[lutonlagerlout]

yes of course,if the top 20mm is black sand ,thats what you will see
with such a massive difference in price you would be pouring money away
LLL

[Pablo]

that price is crazy i can get that stuff loose for £5 a ton.

[blockpaving73]

that price is crazy i can get that stuff loose for £5 a ton.

Wow, looks like I got well and truly shafted then. Having read all the posts on edging concrete looks like the sand is not the only place I've been done. Will post photos on that for advice later. Ta

[rab1]

dont fell like you have been shafted mate, these lads are pro`s who buy stuff like this everyday. that's how the construction market works.