Top soil - Price of

[Stewart Towes]

Hi all.
Not too sure if this post is in the right place,but here goes.
Has anybody got any ideas about the price of top soil,either bagged or loose(bagged preferably).I think that I need about ton and a half to fill up a flower bed(18ft x 3ft x 6ins deep) and,this is the quantity Im not sure of,enough to fill an area thats approx 46 sq yards x 4ins deep.This area is going to be turfed.
Any info would be much appreciated.
Stewart.

[Artisan]

Hi Stewart

By my sometimes dodgy calculations, your flower bed is just over 0.7m3, which would be about a ton of topsoil.

Your turfed area is about 3.8m3 and would need about 5.3 tons.

So you will need about 7 tons on order.

We pay almost £30 per ton for good quality top soil, delivered loose, and up to close on £40 for dumpy bags. Am sure most areas of the country are a bit cheaper than deepest Somerset ???

Try Tony's page for volumes of bulk materials

http://www.pavingexpert.com/aggs01.html

[Dave_L]

Ha! Whereabouts in Somerset are you, Art?

[Artisan]

Weston-super-Mud Dave :p

[Stuarty]

I can get 'topsoil' for about £9/tonne collected. But thats from a waste management company that screen it themselves - no guarantee its not contaminated with various nasties though.

[lutonlagerlout]

10 TONNE FOR £200 HERE IN BEDS
LLL

[Rich H]

13t for £230 here, but it's screened recyc., ideal for turfing and seeding. Clean Norfolk loam is much more at around £50 for the planting beds of the more discerning gardener.

[Stewart Towes]

Thanks for the reply people,especially Artisan.Didnt realise that Id need so much,obviously before ordering any Id double check my measures.After a bit of checking around,the average price for screened top soil is about £30 a tonne(bagged)

[stapleme]

If anyone can tell me where in London i can get top soil delivered good enough for turf and bedding let me know !!
Bloody expensive here looking at £70 per tonne +
oi choi oi

[lutonlagerlout]

look at the aggregate suppliers on the fringes of london
H.loveday of chesham will do a better price than that but it depends on m3 and distance from their yard
LLL

[stapleme]

Thanks LLL
yeah i am in Sw london in the splendour of Wimbledon...
Do struggle to get small quantities at a good price i last got 4 m3 for 260 quid... and there wasnt 4m3 there more like 4 tonnes... but am learning the process here...
Cheers mate and thanks for ya info...
Stapleme