Where to get ready made concrete

mafiaboy

hi peps im in kildare and im looking to get some ready made concrete the sort that comes in them big bag looking to cover 12 ft by 5ft 6inc high how much would i need,,,

Prenderb

well, based on your dimensions you need 12 x 5 x 0.5 = 30 cubic feet...which is about 0.85 cubic metres of concrete. I don't know if a readymix supplier will bring you a cubic metre, (usually a drop off after a 4 or 5 cubic metre delivery somewhere else local...) but you'll only find out if you ring them. Check with your local readymix suppliers!

Don't know what you mean by a big bag, though. I've not heard of readymix concrete coming in bags before.

mafiaboy

Prenderb wrote: »

well, based on your dimensions you need 12 x 5 x 0.5 = 30 cubic feet...which is about 0.85 cubic metres of concrete. I don't know if a readymix supplier will bring you a cubic metre, (usually a drop off after a 4 or 5 cubic metre delivery somewhere else local...) but you'll only find out if you ring them. Check with your local readymix suppliers!

Don't know what you mean by a big bag, though. I've not heard of readymix concrete coming in bags before.

@Prenderb thanks mate you just did the maths for me at lest i know what to ask just one more thing if i got the bags myself ie sand and cement how many would i need

Davy

2m is the minimum order with roadstone anyway.

I dont get the ready made and bags part? do you mean gravel and cement dry mix in a bag, and you add the water? or just want normal order from roadstone etc in a truck ready to pour?

mafiaboy

Davy wrote: »

2m is the minimum order with roadstone anyway.

I dont get the ready made and bags part? do you mean gravel and cement dry mix in a bag, and you add the water? or just want normal order from roadstone etc in a truck ready to pour?

yeah gravel and cement dry mix in a bag how many would i need

Davy

mafiaboy wrote: »

yeah gravel and cement dry mix in a bag how many would i need

Never heard of it being sold this way. You could get a ton bag of gravel, few bags of cement and a mixer, and got at it yourself, but their is companies that will do smaller amounts. Wee-mix being one

mafiaboy

Davy wrote: »

Never heard of it being sold this way. You could get a ton bag of gravel, few bags of cement and a mixer, and got at it yourself, but their is companies that will do smaller amounts. Wee-mix being one

sorry meant a bag of cement and bags of gravel how many would i need ps thanks for the reply's,,,

10-10-20

Google:
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=p9u&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=calculate+cement+mix+weight&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Link:
http://www.benchmarkbuildingsupplies.co.uk/calculator.htm

Remember:
Weights in link are metric. Measurements supplied are imperial.

bugsntinas

at our local merchants they do actually sell ready mix concrete in 25 kg bags.basically gravel with a small bag of cement included.

byte

I'm nearly sure B&Q sell it too.

antoinolachtnai

I got a cubic meter of readymix a few months ago. I am not sure where from, it might have been CPI.

Martron

you can get as little concrete as you want from suppliers but they will charge you a minimum. it would not be recommended to get a small amount as the concrete will start to go off before it leaves the batching plant. you would be better of mixing it yourself.

.85m of concrete will have an approximate weight of 2 tonnes.

so you will be talkin about 80 bags of your dry ready mixed stuff.

or alternatively
with a mix ratio of
1 cement : 2 sand : 3 gravel

13 bags of cement : 600kg of sand : 1000kg of gravel

for the sake of a few euro you could bump up the cement content for extra strength.

not sure the price of the readymixed bags but i dounbt it could be cheaper than the hand mixed stuff. and you know exactly the mix too.

Martron

antoinolachtnai wrote: »

I got a cubic meter of readymix a few months ago. I am not sure where from, it might have been CPI.

CPI definately do smaller batches

wildlifeboy

if i bought a 25 kg bag of premix mortar from kilsaran. do you know roughly how many lines of bricks would it work for??

Dante79

You could also try any precast concrete manufacturers in the area, if you could borrow a trailer and call to their yard im sure
you could get a cubic metre of concrete at a good price.