Pipe Bedding 20 mm delivered in Nottingham
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 Nottingham 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 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire within 24–72 hours. The East Midlands Airport corridor is served on standard lead times, with timed windows for city-centre sites by arrangement.
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 Nottingham sites
- Deep trench pipe surround
- Soakaway and attenuation stone
- Free-draining backfill behind retaining structures
- Filter layers under geotextile-wrapped drainage
Most Nottingham customers are civils and housing contractors working on city-fringe development and warehousing pads, where 6F5 capping, Type 1 sub-base and grab muckaway do the heavy lifting.
What shapes Pipe Bedding 20 mm supply in Nottingham
Drainage packages on city-fringe development and warehousing pads around Nottingham 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. Warehousing pads and city-fringe development plots decide whether it arrives by tipper, grab or bulk bag. Where the same site is also producing grab muckaway off development and warehousing sites, we plan the removal and the delivery together so the lorry is not running one leg empty. The same routes serve Derby, Mansfield and Long Eaton.
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 East Midlands logistics corridor?
Yes — we supply civils contractors across the M1 corridor between Nottingham, Derby and East Midlands Airport.
Material out as well as in, around Nottingham
Most deliveries into Nottingham 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 Nottingham?
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