Pipe Bedding 20 mm delivered in Newcastle
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 Newcastle and across North East England 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 Tyne and Wear within 24–72 hours. Northumberland and County Durham covered on standard lead times, with timed drops for quayside and restricted-access sites.
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 Newcastle sites
- Deep trench pipe surround
- Soakaway and attenuation stone
- Free-draining backfill behind retaining structures
- Filter layers under geotextile-wrapped drainage
Civils and housing groundworks drive most of our North East volumes — Type 1 and 6F5 capping for platforms and haul roads, bedding stone for drainage runs, and grab muckaway for quayside and infill sites with limited storage space.
What shapes Pipe Bedding 20 mm supply in Newcastle
Drainage packages on civils, quayside regeneration and housing groundworks around Newcastle 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. Quayside and infill sites with limited storage space decide whether it arrives by tipper, grab or bulk bag. Where the same site is also producing grab-loaded arisings where there is no room for a machine on standby, we plan the removal and the delivery together so the lorry is not running one leg empty. The same routes serve Gateshead, Sunderland and South Shields.
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 deliver to Sunderland and the Wearside conurbation?
Yes — Sunderland, South Tyneside and Washington are all routinely covered from our Tyneside haulage routes.
Material out as well as in, around Newcastle
Most deliveries into Newcastle 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 Newcastle?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.