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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:48 am
by Noony
has anyone out there any contacts for the supply of fly ash, i aware that it comes from the power stations, but was wondering if anyone had any contacts before i go looking elsewhere??
many thanks
noony
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:57 am
by Tony McC
Not a contact as such, but you can get it from Fiddlers Ferry between Widnes and Warrington, Noony.
When it was the old CEGB, we used to collect it from there occasionally, but now it's all owned by some forrin company, I wouldn't know who to speak to.
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:56 pm
by ken
what would fly ash be used for?
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:12 pm
by cookiewales
ken wrote:what would fly ash be used for?
laying of duck eggs ie river cobbles ??? 
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:27 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i have a feeling they used to use it for mortar ,all the mortar and plaster in my house is black and well flaky,its basically like ash and sand 
1922 and all that
LLL
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:33 pm
by rab1
Bison before they went under used ash in their concrete, lot of precast concrete has ash in it.
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:16 pm
by Noony
CHEERS TONY, YEAH BE FOR LAYING THE DUCK EGG COBBLES. THANKS FOR THE REPLIES!!
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:47 am
by Tony McC
What sort of mix are you planning to use for the cobbles? I always used a relatively weak mix, summat around 8:1 as the PFA acts as a cement.
We did a job in Southport once using PFA, lime and silver sand to form the bed mortar.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:39 pm
by Noony
yeah were planning on the ash being the 'cement' if you like, as the traditional way is looking like the preference