6F5 Capping delivered in Swindon
6F5 is a coarse graded capping material to Specification for Highway Works Clause 613, used to build a working platform over weak subgrades before the sub-base goes down. On soft ground it is far more economical than importing extra Type 1, and it spreads and compacts into a stable layer that protects the formation through the wet.
Into Swindon and across Wiltshire 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 SN postcodes. Bulk artic loads for M4-corridor sites, 8-wheel tippers for estate roads, grab and bulk bags where plot access is tight.
Specification
- Grading
- Coarse graded, nominal 0–125 mm
- Specification
- SHW Clause 613 capping (Class 6F5)
- Material
- Primary crushed rock
- Typical layer thickness
- Commonly 300–600 mm, per design
- Supply formats
- Loose tipper, artic bulk loads
- Typical load
- 16–20 t tipper, 28–29 t artic
Lead time
Stocked line — most postcodes in England and Wales are dispatched within 24–72 hours of order confirmation. Scotland and Highland deliveries are typically 3–5 working days. Programmed civils schedules are booked in advance and delivered to your call-off dates.
Typical uses on Swindon sites
- Capping layer over weak or CBR-deficient subgrades
- Temporary haul roads and site working platforms
- Highways and adopted road construction to SHW spec
- Bulk fill and level-up on earthworks schemes
Large flat-site logistics work drives volume Type 1 and capping in artic loads, while the housing releases at Wichelstowe, Tadpole Garden Village and the eastern villages take phased plot-by-plot bedding, sand and topsoil. Clay arisings from the Vale mean classification and muckaway planning matter before earthworks start.
What shapes 6F5 Capping supply in Swindon
Vale clay under most of the flat logistics and housing sites is exactly why 6F5 Capping moves in volume around Swindon — it builds a working platform that takes plant and lorry traffic before any sub-base goes down. Large flat logistics plots taking artic loads, plus phased plot-by-plot housing drops decide whether it arrives by tipper, grab or bulk bag. Where the same site is also producing clay arisings where classification and planning matter before earthworks start, we plan the removal and the delivery together so the lorry is not running one leg empty. The same routes serve Chippenham, Cirencester and Marlborough.
Questions we get asked
What is the difference between 6F5 and 6F2 capping?
Both are capping materials under SHW Clause 613. 6F5 is typically a coarser graded fill used where a thicker, robust platform is needed; 6F2 is the finer of the two gradings and is widely used as general capping fill. Follow your earthworks specification for which class is required.
How thick should a 6F5 capping layer be?
Thickness is a design decision based on subgrade CBR and the loading above — commonly 300–600 mm. Your geotechnical engineer should specify it; we supply the tonnage against the design.
Do you cover north Wiltshire and the Cotswold edge?
Yes — Chippenham, Calne, Cirencester, Marlborough and the surrounding villages run on the same Swindon haulage routes.
Material out as well as in, around Swindon
Most deliveries into Swindon 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 6f5 capping in Swindon?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.