Huge wrote:
On 2008-11-20, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Huge wrote:
On 2008-11-18, BigWallop wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
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Thomarse wrote:
I'm re-doing my fronty garden and I need to find a cheap supplier
of gravel/aggregate. Any ideas where might be cheapest?

I need enough to cover approx 17 square metres.. Probably just want
standard golden gravel.
Find a local supplier who will drop you a lorry load on to the site
(assuming that's appropriate for your needs) - it's likely to be a
lot cheaper that way than buying it in those 1-ton jumbo bags,
which is how most builder's merchants provide it.

David

You get your money back on the hire of the bag.
The bags all appear to be non-returnable these days.
I've never seen a returnable one either.

When we laid our gravel drive (actually, gravel over tarmac) about 10 years ago,
the bags (from Gibbs & Dandy) were returnable and had a deposit that made it
worthwhile to do so. When we topped off the gravel (for the first time) a few
weeks ago, and constructed a gravel garden, the bags (from G&D and Buildbase)
were not returnable. They appear to be identical to the returnable ones, so I
guess the H&S excuse is reasonable. Seems like a terrible waste, all the same.


Use it at the Sainsburys check out and you'll get a Nectar point.