Delivery of sand

randomname2005

Im starting to put down a patio (This is a long term project and have just started digging) and need to get a ton(ne?) of sand delivered.
Just wondering if anyone has ordered sand recently or where the best place to get it from is.
Thanks,
R

Beta2

Try your local builder providers

Its been a while but last time They delivered it to me loose.

They also sell it in bags, but its much more expensive.

gregos

A ton of sand won't go very far. Where do you live?

randomname2005

Live in dundrum area. Its not a huge patio, maybe 3m x 4m so I dont want to order too much - if i have to get a few bags at the end so be it, or do you think I would need >> 1 ton?

If someone has done this before and wants to offer some practical advice that would be very much appreciated!

Thanks,
R

gregos

Right. I don't know much about the Dublin area any more, but I can tell you something about the economics of getting this stuff. If I go to my local dealer to get gravel, for instance, he'll charge me 20 euros a ton just to put it in my trailer. He'll charge me a pile of money extra to deliver it If I drive an extra five miles, to the quarry, they'll charge me 7 euros a ton for the same stuff. So it definitely makes sense, if you can manage it at all, to get yourself a trailer. Apart from anything else, once you start on this kind of work, you're going to be constantly coming and going collecting stuff or getting it delivered.

Presumably, having dug out the soil, you're going to make it back up with hardcore to form a base to work from. The best thing to use there is a material known as "804", which sets like concrete after you wet it and whack it. Basically, it's just crushed stone. (It's called 804 because that's the number of the clause in the road-building specification where its grading is defined). I buy this for 7 euros a ton from the quarry. Then you're going to set out your layer of sand on which to place the paviors. Or perhaps you have a different scheme. ANyway, you won't go ytoo far wrong if you base your estimate on about 2 tonnes for every cubic metre of material required.

As regards sand, does anybody have a view on using quarry dust instead for some applications, given the recent sharp increases in cost for sand? I used it very successfully recently, instead of sand, to build a patio using limestone flags.

randomname2005

Thanks gregos, but there is no way i can get access to a trailer so it will have to be a delivery and several phone calls on saturday to get the best price!

Although if this weather keeps up it will be a while before anything gets done!!!
Thanks again,
R

pdunno

not from dublin but recently had sand delivered for patio. like gregos said you'll need about 2 tonnes per cubic metre, 3mx4mx100mm deep = 1.2 m3. I just ordered it from a sand & gravel specialist and they delivered to front door,about €20 per tonne.

I don't think you need to lay a sub-base for this size of patio - check out http://www.pavingexpert.com - this link was given to me when I posted in this forum for advice. I''d say that just about anything you want to know about paving is on the site.

randomname2005

Thanks pdunno will check it out.
R