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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:56 pm
by 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
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:20 pm
by cookiewales
blockpaving73 wrote: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
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:15 pm
by 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
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:44 pm
by 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
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:50 pm
by blockpaving73
lutonlagerlout wrote: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.
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:20 pm
by 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
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:14 pm
by Pablo
that price is crazy i can get that stuff loose for £5 a ton.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:23 am
by blockpaving73
Pablo wrote: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
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:50 pm
by 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.