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how many big bag of ballast do you need to make one meter of concrete
Anonymous user 15 May 2011 - 4.49 PM
it for a covseavatories base 5 meter by 3 meter,at 100 cm
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Trojan Paving
the conversion rate is as follows 1.76 tonnes per cubic metre. hope this helps you out. Darren
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16 May 2011
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ADR Property Maintenance
3 bags of ballast for the size and depth your quoting
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15 May 2011
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Anonymous user
2.5 tons,maybe get it deliverd on small lorry,hard to shovel out of 1 ton bags.
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16 May 2011
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Anonymous user
the answer is 2.7 tonnes of ballast (order 3no. 1 tonne bags) 675kgs of cement (5:1 mix) is 27no. 25kg bags of cement.
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25 May 2011
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Anonymous user
hi you will require 2.5 tons of ballast to concrete your area of 5metres x 3 meters at 100mm thick so that will be 3 one ton bags. regards darren
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