Pipe Bedding 4/20 mm delivered in Leeds
4/20 mm graded bedding is the workhorse size for larger-diameter and deeper drainage. The wider grading gives strong interlock and good haunch support under 225 mm and above, and it places quickly in volume — which matters when a trench run is measured in hundreds of metres rather than tens.
Into Leeds and across West Yorkshire 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. Short haulage routes from Yorkshire quarries and recycling facilities keep lead times tight — most stocked lines land within 24–72 hours. Tipper, grab and bulk-bag options across West and South Yorkshire.
Specification
- Nominal size
- 4/20 mm graded
- Typical use class
- Bedding, haunch and surround
- Material
- Primary crushed rock or gravel
- Compaction
- Strong interlock, good haunch support
- 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 Leeds sites
- Bedding and surround to 225 mm and larger drainage
- Deep trench work where haunch support is critical
- High-volume adopted sewer and highway drainage runs
- Attenuation and soakaway fill where void ratio matters
Our Yorkshire customers include groundworkers on South Bank regeneration plots, drainage subcontractors on adoption schemes and developers building out market-town sites who need muck off site before base can go down.
What shapes Pipe Bedding 4/20 mm supply in Leeds
Drainage packages on regeneration plots, adoption drainage and market-town housing around Leeds take Pipe Bedding 4/20 mm in daily call-offs rather than one bulk drop, so bedding lands as each run is dug rather than sitting in the way. Part-built estate roads and city-fringe plots with staged access decide whether it arrives by tipper, grab or bulk bag. Where the same site is also producing muck that has to leave before base can go down, we plan the removal and the delivery together so the lorry is not running one leg empty. The same routes serve Bradford, Wakefield and Huddersfield.
Questions we get asked
Is 4/20 mm suitable for adopted sewers?
It is widely used for adopted drainage bedding and surround, but the size and class must match the adopting authority's detail and your engineer's specification. We can supply grading and test data to support submission.
Can you deliver 4/20 mm in artic loads?
Yes — for bulk civils programmes we deliver 28–29 tonne artic loads direct to site on a booked call-off schedule, which is the lowest cost per tonne where access allows.
How quickly can you get bedding stone to a Leeds site?
Stocked bedding sizes are usually on site within 24–48 hours, and same-day is often possible for orders placed early in the day.
Material out as well as in, around Leeds
Most deliveries into Leeds 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 4/20 mm in Leeds?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.