Hi,

Just in the advanced planning stage of a landscaping project for the
back garden - using Marshalls Woodstone sleepers and posts.

The posts will be concreted 200mm into holes dug with a petrol
posthole borer I'm hiring for a weekend.

To seat all the posts at the same height I'm planning on using
something like a 14mm to dust aggregate, compacted in the bottom of
the hole this means that if a hole is slightly deeper I can raise it
up to the correct height.

I'm just trying to work out the quantity of aggregate I need I plan on
putting 50mm of chippings in the bottom of each hole.

I've Googled but not found a figure for the volume to weight ratio for
14mm to dust.

Regards

splowe.

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Steve Lowe wrote:
Hi,

Just in the advanced planning stage of a landscaping project for the
back garden - using Marshalls Woodstone sleepers and posts.

The posts will be concreted 200mm into holes dug with a petrol
posthole borer I'm hiring for a weekend.

To seat all the posts at the same height I'm planning on using
something like a 14mm to dust aggregate, compacted in the bottom of
the hole this means that if a hole is slightly deeper I can raise it
up to the correct height.

I'm just trying to work out the quantity of aggregate I need I plan on
putting 50mm of chippings in the bottom of each hole.

I've Googled but not found a figure for the volume to weight ratio for
14mm to dust.



Try www.pavingexpert.com

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:46:03 +0100, Steve Lowe wrote:

Hi,

Just in the advanced planning stage of a landscaping project for the
back garden - using Marshalls Woodstone sleepers and posts.

The posts will be concreted 200mm into holes dug with a petrol
posthole borer I'm hiring for a weekend.

To seat all the posts at the same height I'm planning on using
something like a 14mm to dust aggregate, compacted in the bottom of
the hole this means that if a hole is slightly deeper I can raise it
up to the correct height.

I'm just trying to work out the quantity of aggregate I need I plan on
putting 50mm of chippings in the bottom of each hole.

I've Googled but not found a figure for the volume to weight ratio for
14mm to dust.

Regards

splowe.

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A figure of about 2.5 tons per cu metre springs to mind.
But a supplier should be able to tell you.

Hi - thanks - Cormicks site had been my 1st port of call but couldn't
find it on there.

Found another site that said 12m2 at 50mm per 1 Tonne so have been
able to calculate coverage per 25Kg.

Asked a mate who's a Civil Engineer specializing in roads / highways
but was a bit baffled by his very technical answer.

Regards

Steve.



On 28 Mar 2006 02:54:50 -0800 wrote:


Steve Lowe wrote:
Hi,

Just in the advanced planning stage of a landscaping project for the
back garden - using Marshalls Woodstone sleepers and posts.

The posts will be concreted 200mm into holes dug with a petrol
posthole borer I'm hiring for a weekend.

To seat all the posts at the same height I'm planning on using
something like a 14mm to dust aggregate, compacted in the bottom of
the hole this means that if a hole is slightly deeper I can raise it
up to the correct height.

I'm just trying to work out the quantity of aggregate I need I plan on
putting 50mm of chippings in the bottom of each hole.

I've Googled but not found a figure for the volume to weight ratio for
14mm to dust.



Try www.pavingexpert.com

- Steve Lowe
- E-Mail :
- Before Replying Remove .NO.SPAM
- UK Resident although my e-mail address is usa.net