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from Brookvale Sand
TO MIX .8 CUBIC METRE (1c/1YD) CONCRETE
Concrete Slab
- 1 tonne Blue Metal
- ½ tonne sand
- 10 x 20 kg cement
Construction Footings
- 1.25 tonne Blue Metal
- ½ tonne Sand
- 10 x 20 kg cement
Quantity Calculator
- 1 ¼ tonne sand + 7 bags cement lays 1000 bricks.
- 1 tonne sand + 7 bags cement lays 300 blocks
- 1 tonne sand +8 bags cement renders 45 square metres
- 0.8 cubic metre concrete fills 100 blocks
- 1 tonne top dressing covers 90 square metres (1000 sq.ft.) very lightly
- 1 tonne river gravel covers 15 square metres
- 2.25 tonnes road base = 1 cubic metre compacted
- 1.75 tonnes road base = 1 cubic metre loose
- 1.4 tonnes blue metal = 1 cubic metre
- 1.3 tonnes sand = 1 cubic metre
- 12.5 blocks = 1 square metre
- 50 bricks = 1 square metre
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