Quarry Products and Their Applications

Many Quarry Products are versatile and with our Good Advice you can $ave by mixing and matching.

Road base

While we can obtain any type of Road Base, from the rough Cliff Top (which contains large stones) through other high grades (often chosen for colour), the standard Road Base we stock is a brown 20mm to dust Metal Road Base. This should be spread, compacted, wet to run off and left to set. It can be stabilised with cement for an even more solid surface.
It's uses apart from the obvious, include repairing and pre-finishing driveways (very useful for Rural properties with long Driveways), for use under a gravel pathway or area (cost saving at about half the cost of filling the area solely with gravel) and as fence post sand & gravel mixed with cement.

Oversize Gravel

This product is a 30 -17mm gravel suitable for Agricultural and Rubble Drains and often used to tidy up small passageways along the sides of houses. It is either blue or brown or a mix of these colours.

10mm Blue Metal

This is suitable for sewer pipe laying as well as for concreting. Some prefer it to 30mm gravel for drains.

Handyman or Builder's Mix

This is a mix of gravel and washed beach sand. It can be mixed to your requirements and will suit most purposes.

Packing Sand or Quarter Minus

This is a blue metal 6mm to dust product which can be compacted, shaped or screeded. Its’ uses include under paving and under concrete slabs and cavity filling in segmental walls. It also makes a very good pathway and low traffic driveway. If this product becomes mixed into a lawn the grass will run through it with no ill effects.

Brickies Sand

This is high quality yellow fatty sand for achieving from cream to black mortar with the addition of appropriate oxides.

Washed Beach Sand

A white fine sand suitable for concreting, bricklaying (when used with fire clay to make it fatty), bagging as well as for children's sandpits, aviaries and novelties. This product contains no salt.

Ash

Bottom Ash is a granular powdery byproduct of the Power Industry. It's uses are many but to the Small Business or Home Owner the most popular are:- under concrete slabs or driveways as packing or fill, Lawn leveling and draining leaving a firm surface without boggy holes. It is very light weight and extremely free draining. This makes it easy for anyone to handle.

Drainage Ash

Drainage Ash is a more granular form of ash. It is less suitable for slabs but is an excellent fill for behind Retaining Walls or where drainage is a problem for pedestrian traffic.

Decorative River Pebble

This 10-14mm rounded pebble is good for pathways, difficult to manage areas such as the side of the house (where weeds can grow annoyingly) as well as for garden mulches. If used as a mulch it is best to lay weed mat first to stop it mixing into the garden soil. It has a natural mix of browns, whites, creams, pinks and other earth colours.

White Gold Scoria

The color effect of this decorative rock is white with a gold fleck for interest. It is extremely decorative and is great for driveways, pathways and decorative features around the garden.

Cement Products

For the Builder, Tradesman or Home Handyman our range of cement products and additives will solve all your problems. These include: -