Pipe Bedding 4/20 mm delivered in Nottingham
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 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
- 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 Nottingham 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
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 4/20 mm supply in Nottingham
Drainage packages on city-fringe development and warehousing pads around Nottingham 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. 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
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.
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 4/20 mm in Nottingham?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.