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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:10 pm
by henspeed
Has anyone have any experience of Quinn cement, I normally use blue circle but my local Rembrand timber is sellign 25kg bags of this Quinn stuff at £3.50 +vat as oposed to £4.21+VAT for blue circle, as I need roughly 30 bags then tis is a saving worth making if the Quinn stuff is any good.

Cheers

Andrew

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:18 pm
by henspeed
Scrap that question
another local supplier will do me blue circle for £3.25+vat
happy days!!

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:55 pm
by carlbeardsmore
I use Quinn cement in concrete footings as it tends to make a very dark grey mortar if used for brickwork.

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:06 pm
by mickg
B & Q warehouse do an offer on blue circle cement if you buy 5 or more which varying on what offer is on that week can be as low as £ 3.25 fully inclusive

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:40 pm
by darrenba
B&Q Tradepoint are doing Blue Circle cement for £2.63+vat if you're buying more than 11 bags

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:51 pm
by Injured
I use quinn cement in my laying mixes but use Castle for any brickwork.

Not had any problems with it

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:20 pm
by Pablo
Over here quinns can be a nightmare for efflorence so only use it for kerbing etc. Never really get it with Blue circle.

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:05 pm
by rab1
in scotland quinns is mainly used by screeders

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:11 pm
by henspeed
my nearest B&Q is 120 miles away so the local place is best
I can get the VAT back anyhow

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:24 am
by jwill
Dragging this up as can get Quinn here for mid 2's plus vat. Every other make well north of 3 quid. Why is this? Surely it's all made to same British standard?

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:54 am
by Tony McC
Yes, but.....the BS is reasonably generous, and then there are different tax breaks and govt supprt available to manufacturers based in RoI, all of which can help with retail costs.