Ballast
What is Ballast?
It is a mixture of gravel and sand, which is used for a variety of purposes in the construction industry, such as making concrete. Ballast is mostly used in heavy-duty work and is known to be the most coarse aggregate.
main uses:
- Concrete mixes
- Foundations
- Filling voids in hardcore
- Footings
- Sub-Base
- Pathways
It comes in two sizes: 10mm and 20mm
10mm is suitable for garden paths, fence posts and when it is mixed with cement it can be used for retaining walls or shallow footings.
20mm is generally used for mixing concrete for foundations and footings, forming a concrete slabs as a base for conservatories, sheds, garages and extensions. 20mm Ballast is not suitable for drainage due to its high fines content, however, it can be conveniently stored outside without wastage.
Due to the way in which ballast is created, it can sometimes be very wet, making it heavy to work with. Our ballast is left to dry after washing. Of course being a material that can be left outside the weather can play a part in this, but after the initial dry out period when created, the material is often easier to work with.
Ballast is typically delivered via 8×4 or 4×2 Grab Hire or Tipper Hire. Between 5 – 15 tonnes can be delivered via a Grab lorry and 20 tonnes via Tipper.
Ordinarily, we can provide Ballast on a next day basis. We charge per tonne and operate 7 days per week. Night deliveries are also available for utility companies and local authorities. We take great pride in our fleet of lorries and all are maintained and cleaned regularly. Our state of the art tracking system means we can monitor, adapt and communicate with our staff regularly, ensuring we can remain efficient and responsive.
Ashville Aggregates is proud to be the leading Ballast Supplier in London.
Areas We Cover
| NW London
Willesden Wembley St John’s Wood Park Royal Neasden Mill Hill Kingsbury Kilburn Kentish Town Hendon Hampstead Golders Green Cricklewood Colindale Camden Town Brent Cross
EC London St Paul’s Monument Moorgate Fleet Street Farringdon Barbican Aldgate
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North London
Woodside Park Wood Green Winchmore Hill Totteridge Tottenham Southgate Palmers Green Muswell Hill Islington Hornsey Holloway Highgate Highbury Friern Barnet Finsbury Park Finchley Clerkenwell Luton Enfield
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West London
Acton Bond Street Brentford Chiswick Ealing Greenford Hammersmith Hanwell Kensington Kew Maida Vale Marylebone Northolt Notting Hill Oxford Circus Paddington Shepherds Bush Southall West End Hounslow Slough
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WC London
Strand Soho Leicester Square Kings Cross Holborn Covent Garden Charing Cross Bloomsbury Aldwych
SW London Uxbridge Ickenham Heathrow Hayes Harefield Hillingdon Victoria Pimlico Lambeth Fulham Earls Court Chelsea Brompton Battersea Richmond Wimbledon Kingston |
Hertfordshire
Middlesex Harrow Wembley Wealdstone South Harrow Stanmore Ruislip Pinner Northwood Hatch End Edgware
Barnet Radlett Elstree Edgware Cockfosters Borehamwood
Hemel Hempstead Chesham Chalfont St. Giles Berkhampstead Amersham
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Watford
Watford South Oxhey Rickmansworth Croxley Chorleywood Bushey Bricket Wood Aldenham
St. Albans St. Albans Potters Bar City Welwyn Garden Welwyn Harpenden Redbourn Hatfield
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