Marshalls washed grit sand

ambient · Post: # 96778Post **ambient** Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:32 pm

anybody know why marshalls have stopped doing washed grit sand tried to order some and they have stopped doing it

mickg · Post: # 96791Post **mickg** Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:57 pm

not sure if this is the reason but I know they sold off 4 of their quarries last year for Â£19 million

Marshalls plc agrees quarries sale

mind you Astley Moss quarry was shite sand anyway and did not compact when using the vibrating plate

ambient · Post: # 96797Post **ambient** Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:36 pm

looking for a new supplier for 20 ton loads just got one off travis perkins its come from brinscall according to ticket and is absolute crap

ambient · Post: # 96798Post **ambient** Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:37 pm

looking for a new supplier for 20 ton loads just got one off travis perkins its come from brinscall according to ticket and is absolute cr@p

mickg · Post: # 96800Post **mickg** Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:42 pm

dear oh dear I was taking to a guy only this morning and he mentioned the quarry at Brinscall and that the sand is OK and his exact words were "everyone is using it" well it turned out bar me that is

since 2007 its been on a downward spiral with quality, I have not got a clue why they now feel the need to wash grit sand as it was never any issue prior to this for the first 25 years I spent laying paving

ambient · Post: # 96803Post **ambient** Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:55 pm

washing the clay out mick

Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:08 am

down here they call it riverwash, IMHO it is pretty good round here been consistent for 25 years
LLL

ambient · Post: # 96840Post **ambient** Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:01 pm

any recommendations for 20 ton loads in the north west

DNgroundworks · Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:23 pm

We get ours from Waddington fell quarry its good stuff.

Post: # 96940Post **Tony McC** Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:33 am

Stan Stock at Coppull - 01257 272724

Didn't George at what was Santime in Horwich sell grit sand?

mickg · Post: # 96943Post **mickg** Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:02 pm

I found it is too expensive at Stan Stock and Santime closed years ago, it's now owned by Armstrong's waste disposal as a tip but they have got planning approval to start blasting again at the side of the old quarry

try phoning Benchmark to see if they will do a direct from their supplier, we use the sand out of their yard on a regular basis and its good stuff