Aggregate Supply

Also known as gravel or stone, shingle is available in a range of sizes from 6mm – 40mm. Most commonly used is 4/10mm and 10/20mm shingle, for drainage purposes. Shingles are suitable for many different construction applications making it an extremely useful and versatile material.

USES

• Ideal for drainage, surface dressing and pipe bedding

• Part of a concrete mix

Also known as grit sand, river washed sand and builders sand, sharp sand is a versatile, gritty and angular material, usually used for screeding or block paving. Sharp sand is comprised of material 0-4mm in size.

USES

• Ideal for landscaping and building projects

• Use in screeding, block paving and bedding projects

• As an amendment to loosen clay soil

• To help with drainage problems

• Part of a concrete mix

Building Sand is a general-purpose sand, used mostly for bricklaying. It is a soft sand, usually with particles no larger than 2mm. Building sand is available as soft washed and dry screened, it comes in a variety of colours (usually red or yellow) with preferences usually based on region.

USES

• Multipurpose use in various building applications such as brickwork, ducting and bedding

• Pointing

• Paving

• Brick laying

10mm ballast is a mixture of Sharp Sand and 4/10mm shingle used in concrete production making levels and bedding.

USES

• Used in concrete production

• Bedding

A mixture of sharp sand and rough shingle 4/20mm. Not suitable for drainage due to high fines content. Widely used in industrial building but also in domestic applications such as fence posting and concrete paths.

USES

• To add cement with to make a concrete mix 

• Fence posting 

• Concrete paths

This Network Rail approved rail ballast is a specialist bedding stone made from natural stone used for laying below railway sleepers.

Rail track ballast serves as a bed for rail tracks and provides drainage and strength for heavy loads carried by trains. Ballast is spread beneath the rail track. The track ballast forms the track bed that supports the rail track load and provides water drainage. 

Rail ballast aggregate is typically 30-50mm aggregate. Hard and tough stone is required for rail ballast. Resists the severe attrition in a railway trackbed environment. Track ballast is typically granite as its strength delivers natural durability although other aggregate types can satisfy the requirements for trackbed ballast.

To ensure safety and performance materials are quailty tested. Our rail ballast complies to Network Rail standards for resistance to fragmentation, attrition and wear, cleanliness, durability against freeze-thaw, resistance to freeze-thawing and durability including resistance to freeze thaw and is a CE marked product.

This material can be delivered bagged or by loose loads (tipper & grab lorries). 

We supply a range of aggregates to suit other projects on the railway, click here to see a list of our materials. 

USES

• Commonly Rail Track Ballast is a product specially used for rail track sub bases.

This multi purpose topsoil is screened to 10mm making it easy to handle and ensuring it rakes out to a smooth, even tilth. Our soil is a nutrient-rich, highly fertile, organic loam, ideal for planting or for use under turf. As a general rule, each bulk bag can cover an area of 30m2 to around 1” deep. Please note this natural product is not sterilised. Certified to British Standard BS3882:2015.

USES

• Filling flower beds and large planters

Formally known as 6F2, this recycled material is screened 75mm down to dust. 6F5 is a recycled aggregate that is made up of crushed hardcore materials including crushed concrete. 

Produced from construction and demolition waste, this product offers a number of environmental benefits, making it a sustainable material.

Typically used for capping sub formations prior to laying Type 1 or Type 2 sub-base. 

USES

• Ideal for embankments 

• fill materials 

• capping 

• sub-base.

This Shingle is a by-product from demolition projects. It is a sustainable alternative for Primary 10/20mm Shingle and is often used for drainage purposes. 

USES

• Ideal for drainage, surface dressing and pipe bedding

• Part of a concrete mix

A sustainable and cheaper solution to Primary Sharp Sand. Sharp Sand is a versatile, gritty and angular material, usually used for screeding or block paving. Sharp sand is comprised of material 0-4mm in size.

USES

• Ideal for landscaping and building projects

• Use in screeding, block paving and bedding projects

• To help with drainage problems

• Part of a concrete mix

Known as fill sand or as dug sand. Unwashed sand with clay and some small aggregate content. Reject Sand is screened to 0/5mm. Reject sand is a cost-effective fill for covering pipes and electric cables. 

USES

• used for paving solutions 

• for laying cable and ducting.

• Covering pipes / electric cables

• Sub-soil

A sustainable and cheap alternative to Primary Ballast. A mixture of recycled sharp sand and recycled shingle. Not suitable for drainage due to high fines content. 

USES

• To add cement with to make a concrete mix 

• Fence posting 

• Concrete paths

This recycled topsoil is screened 0/10mm. It is suitable for backfill, landscaping and turfing; most commonly used for land reinstatement, civil engineering and utilities maintenance.

USES

• Backfill

• Land reinstatement 

• Landscaping

Road planings - otherwise known as tarmac planings, road scalpings or tarmac scalpings - are a by-product of road and path resurfacing, where a cold milling machine removes asphalt from the surface sub-base, ready to be recycled. Once removed and cooled, these tarmac planings are a hard-wearing and weather resistant recycled aggregate. 

An inexpensive and environmentally sound way to resurface hardstandings, including car parks, footpaths, farm tracks, yards and haul roads. Can also be used as a sub-base or void filling material however has a higher content of fines compared to Type 1.

USES

• Hard-wearing and weather resident, ideal for high traffic areas.

• Use our road scalpings to resurface car parks, footpaths, farm tracks, yards and haul roads.

• Not an attractive finish so not typically suited to use in domestic gardens or driveways, except as a sub-base.