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How many tonnes of ballast would i need to do 25 square meters at 4 inches think
sorry and how many bags of cement roughly? would be help
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Matthews Plumbing & Maintenance
Haywards Heath • Member since 8 Jun 2008 • 78 jobs, 99% positive feedback
You would need 2.7tonne of ballast - get three ton
Cemnet 20 x 25kg bags approx
Hope this helps
Answered 3rd Apr 2012
Crawley • Member since 24 Jan 2012 • 2 jobs, 100% positive feedback
Hi if you google 'concrete calculator' it will tell you
Lmao, so many different answers, some of you may end up with too much or not enough!
Answered 3rd Apr 2012
Blackboys • Member since 2 Nov 2011 • 5 jobs, 100% positive feedback
You would need around 2.5CubicMetres of ballast. Depending on the use if drive or base for a heavy shed would say 25 25kg bags would be plenty. To convert into tonnes u get 0.6CubicMetres in a tonne bag So would say around 4.2Tonnes. Hope that helps :)
Answered 3rd Apr 2012
You would need 6 ton of ballast and i would allow 8 bags of cement per ton of ballast.Hope this is a help
Answered 3rd Apr 2012
M&C Paving and General Landscaping
Stanmore • Member since 28 Jun 2011 • 231 jobs, 100% positive feedback
Eastchurch • Member since 18 Nov 2010 • 68 jobs, 100% positive feedback
Hi, 4 tonnes should be just enough, and 32 x 25 kg of cement, good luck
Answered 3rd Apr 2012
Glasgow • Member since 21 Feb 2011 • 13 jobs, 100% positive feedback
10 bag of cement to each ton and estimate 3to 3.5 ton so 30 to s5 bags of cement
Answered 19th Jun 2012
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