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Concrete base won't be support a building just us standing on it to do some garden potting.
Anonymous user 01/03/2024 - 2.55 PM
I am making a concrete base for my garden potting area. How many bags of bags of ballast and cement will i need. They dry mix. The area is .56m3. I can not have the large bags has I have to carry it through my house so will be looking for the bags I can carry.
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A. Rose, Gardner
Rating: 5 out of 5
Hey Dominic,
Unfortunately a bulk bag of ballast would be your ideal amount. You would need about 35 - 40 standard bags for the same amount of concrete which is unnecessarily expensive. You may be better off bedding in some old concrete slabs (try freecylce etc); if they're the thick-heavy ones, and it's only for potting, you can get away with just levelling them on sharp sand.
Hope this helps
Dan
Answered17 May 2021
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Totally agree with Dan’s summery
Answered25 May 2021
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