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[geoffr70]

Hello peeps, does anyone know roughly what the price of ready mix concrete is? looked on websites but it appears it is POA and most places closed. Thanks

[aaronjb]

Depends on the mix (and if you want fibre reinforced or not) but I got prices of between £80 and £120 per cubic metre for C20. I imagine C7.5 will be less..

[geoffr70]

Ah that's a bit steep! I usually mix it myself, it's cheap and I enjoy the workout but for practical reasons I need ready mix. Sod it I've got the time I'll just mix it myself. I'll juts have to block the road off for a bit! (my road hahaha)

Thanks Aaron

[aaronjb]

No worries - could be cheaper oop norf, I suppose

I mixed ~3.5t of the stuff to backfill the pit in the garage - that was truly backbreaking! Wish I could have just bought readymix, really 

[geoffr70]

I love concrete

[albitz]

Having spent 20 years working with the stuff - I hate it with a passion.

[geoffr70]

Someone at work got very serious chemical burns when mixing up his own concrete recently. Dropped some cement down his rigger style boots, then a few sweaty hours later ended up needing skin grafts on his feet. ouch.

I think it's great though, mixing it, pouring it, levelling it, and it looks like giant rice crispy cake mix.

[Varche]

Someone at work got very serious chemical burns when mixing up his own concrete recently. Dropped some cement down his rigger style boots, then a few sweaty hours later ended up needing skin grafts on his feet. ouch.

I think it's great though, mixing it, pouring it, levelling it, and it looks like giant rice crispy cake mix.

Have you thought of moving to Spain? As far as I can make out the whole country (including the mountains) is made out of concrete of one sort or another. It will be a nice place when it is finished.

In fact I could do with a resident concreter. Got two cu m of lightweight concrete to lay next week but plenty of standard concreting to do. Applicant must be fit and prepared to work tirelessly in temperatures over 36 Deg C. Is that really you Geoff?

[aaronjb]

Someone at work got very serious chemical burns when mixing up his own concrete recently. Dropped some cement down his rigger style boots, then a few sweaty hours later ended up needing skin grafts on his feet. ouch

It's pretty caustic stuff (well, cement is) .. then again I was scooping it onto the shovel with my bare hands when I was doing it 

I've definitely seen enough to last me a lifetime, though!

[edit] Having said that, I love it as a building material - I have a strange soft spot for architecture consisting largely of concrete (e.g. a lot of brutalist architecture). Though it invariably ends up looking dingy and dirty in the UK.

[Richie London]

wish i did ready mix when i did that driveway last year, back breaking and nearly 80 bags of cement on top of god knows how amny ballast. my scrotums replaced my tonsils i had removed 

[Varche]

wish i did ready mix when i did that driveway last year, back breaking and nearly 80 bags of cement on top of god knows how amny ballast. my scrotums replaced my tonsils i had removed 

You got a lot of balls saying that 

[mantahatch]

No worries - could be cheaper oop norf, I suppose

I mixed ~3.5t of the stuff to backfill the pit in the garage - that was truly backbreaking! Wish I could have just bought readymix, really 

Sorry to sound stupid here but did you fill the entire hole with concrete ?

I would of filled with hardcore and then put about 4 to 6 inches of concrete on the top.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Someone at work got very serious chemical burns when mixing up his own concrete recently. Dropped some cement down his rigger style boots, then a few sweaty hours later ended up needing skin grafts on his feet. ouch

It's pretty caustic stuff (well, cement is) .. then again I was scooping it onto the shovel with my bare hands when I was doing it 

I've definitely seen enough to last me a lifetime, though!

[edit] Having said that, I love it as a building material - I have a strange soft spot for architecture consisting largely of concrete (e.g. a lot of brutalist architecture). Though it invariably ends up looking dingy and dirty in the UK.

The Pantheon in Rome has the largest unreinforced concrete dome..... in the world! and it was built by the Romans! Now thats cool! 8-)

[aaronjb]

No worries - could be cheaper oop norf, I suppose

I mixed ~3.5t of the stuff to backfill the pit in the garage - that was truly backbreaking! Wish I could have just bought readymix, really 

Sorry to sound stupid here but did you fill the entire hole with concrete ?

I would of filled with hardcore and then put about 4 to 6 inches of concrete on the top.

Sorry I should have said 'backfill around the pit' Sank a fibreglass pit liner into the garage floor, so had to fill the void around the outside of that - only a few inches thick in most places (bit thicker in a couple where too much got dug out of the sides) but a fair area to fill by hand.

[mantahatch]

No worries - could be cheaper oop norf, I suppose

I mixed ~3.5t of the stuff to backfill the pit in the garage - that was truly backbreaking! Wish I could have just bought readymix, really 

Sorry to sound stupid here but did you fill the entire hole with concrete ?

I would of filled with hardcore and then put about 4 to 6 inches of concrete on the top.

Sorry I should have said 'backfill around the pit' Sank a fibreglass pit liner into the garage floor, so had to fill the void around the outside of that - only a few inches thick in most places (bit thicker in a couple where too much got dug out of the sides) but a fair area to fill by hand.

Ahh understood, thought I must have misread it.