6F2 Capping delivered in Leicester
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 Leicester and across East Midlands 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. Tipper and grab loads available across Leicestershire within 24–72 hours. Direct quarry haulage from Charnwood and Mountsorrel keeps loads efficient on bulk granite orders, with grab collections timed for two-way running.
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 Leicester 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
Leicestershire's local granite is a defining material — Atlas combines it with civils-grade Type 1, 6F5 capping and drainage bedding for the warehousing, distribution and residential pipeline driving the regional economy.
What shapes 6F2 Capping supply in Leicester
Local granite subgrade and made ground on older plots is exactly why 6F2 Capping moves in volume around Leicester — it builds a working platform that takes plant and lorry traffic before any sub-base goes down. Distribution yards with booked gate slots plus tighter residential streets decide whether it arrives by tipper, grab or bulk bag. Where the same site is also producing arisings from warehousing and residential earthworks, we plan the removal and the delivery together so the lorry is not running one leg empty. The same routes serve Loughborough, Hinckley and Coalville.
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.
Do you cover the Magna Park logistics cluster?
Yes — we supply tier-2 civils contractors across the Lutterworth and Magna Park warehousing corridor with bulk aggregates, capping and muckaway.
Material out as well as in, around Leicester
Most deliveries into Leicester 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 Leicester?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.