Pipe Bedding 20 mm delivered in Leicester
20 mm single size is a clean, high-void stone used for deep trench surround, soakaways and attenuation layers. With no fines it drains freely and does not slump into voids, so it is the default where the surround also has to store or convey water.
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
- Nominal size
- 20 mm single size
- Grading
- Clean, washed, fines removed
- Material
- Primary crushed rock or washed gravel
- Void ratio
- Typically around 30% — attenuation duty
- Supply formats
- Loose tipper, grab lorry, artic, bulk bag
- 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 Leicester sites
- Deep trench pipe surround
- Soakaway and attenuation stone
- Free-draining backfill behind retaining structures
- Filter layers under geotextile-wrapped drainage
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 Pipe Bedding 20 mm supply in Leicester
Drainage packages on warehousing, distribution and residential schemes around Leicester take Pipe Bedding 20 mm in daily call-offs rather than one bulk drop, so bedding lands as each run is dug rather than sitting in the way. 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
What void ratio should I design a 20 mm stone soakaway to?
Clean 20 mm single size is commonly designed at around 30% void ratio, but your drainage engineer should confirm the figure for the material and compaction assumed in the calculation.
Is 20 mm single size the same as 20 mm ballast?
No. Ballast is an all-in mix of stone and sand for concrete. 20 mm single size is a washed, clean stone with the fines removed and is not a concreting material.
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 pipe bedding 20 mm in Leicester?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.