6F2 Capping delivered in Basingstoke
6F2 is a coarse recycled capping fill graded 0–125 mm, the most widely used capping material on UK earthworks. It builds a stable working platform over soft formations quickly and cheaply, and is the usual first import onto a site once the muckshift is under way.
Into Basingstoke and across Hampshire we supply it loose by tipper, by grab lorry where a stockpile has to be loaded or reached over a boundary, or in bulk bags for plots a lorry can't discharge into. 24–72 hours on stocked lines across RG21–RG29 postcodes. Artic loads for business-park earthworks, 8-wheel tippers for estate roads, grab and bulk bags for tight plots and landscaping.
Specification
- Grading
- 0–125 mm coarse graded
- Specification
- Clause 613 capping (Class 6F2)
- Material
- Recycled crushed concrete and hardcore
- Typical layer thickness
- Commonly 250–500 mm, per design
- Supply formats
- Loose tipper, artic bulk loads
- Typical load
- 16–20 t tipper, 28–29 t artic
Lead time
Sourced from regional recycling facilities — typically 2–4 working days depending on postcode and depth of stock, with test data supplied on request. On larger schemes we hold production against your programme so call-offs stay on date.
Typical uses on Basingstoke sites
- General capping fill over weak subgrades
- Site haul roads, compounds and crane platforms
- Bulk level-up and fill on earthworks schemes
- Piling mat build-up where design permits
Chalk subgrade is the local factor — arisings often behave differently to the clay further east, and capping choice matters on wet-weather working platforms. Business-park and distribution work runs on artic loads to programme; housing sites take phased plot-level bedding, sand and topsoil.
What shapes 6F2 Capping supply in Basingstoke
Chalk subgrade that behaves differently to the clay further east is exactly why 6F2 Capping moves in volume around Basingstoke — it builds a working platform that takes plant and lorry traffic before any sub-base goes down. Business-park and distribution sites on programme, plus phased housing plots decide whether it arrives by tipper, grab or bulk bag. Where the same site is also producing chalk and clay arisings where wet-weather handling changes the plan, we plan the removal and the delivery together so the lorry is not running one leg empty. The same routes serve Andover, Alton and Newbury.
Questions we get asked
Is 6F2 the same as crusher run or hardcore?
They overlap in practice but are not interchangeable on paper. 6F2 is a specified capping grading under Clause 613 with defined limits, whereas 'hardcore' is a generic term. If your spec names 6F2, order 6F2 and we'll supply the supporting data.
Can 6F2 be used as a sub-base?
No — 6F2 is a capping material. For sub-base use MOT Type 1 to Clause 803, or recycled Type 1 where secondary aggregate is permitted.
Which north Hampshire areas do you cover?
Basingstoke, Andover, Alton, Fleet, Tadley and Whitchurch, plus Newbury and Winchester on the same routes.
Material out as well as in, around Basingstoke
Most deliveries into Basingstoke pair with a removal: the lorry takes your arisings to a licensed facility and comes back loaded, so you pay for one movement rather than two.
Need 6f2 capping in Basingstoke?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.