how much should i be paying?

[r.p.mcmurphy]

just paid £30 for a bulk bag of building sand, £30 bulk bag of roadstone(mot), £34 bulk bag of 10mm gravel.

is this about right? (does not include price of bags by the way)

Steve

[the q]

Building sand / gravel is about 14-16 pounds a ton if I drive to the quarry

20 miles away to get it.

The Q

[Roger]

The message from "r.p.mcmurphy" contains these words:

I always buy loose and can't find a recent bill anyway but this time last year I was paying about £26 + VAT per tonne or both sharp sand and gravel and I usually buy sufficient quantities to get free delivery.

Quarry waste (40mm down) was a good bit cheaper - £14-21 + VAT.

[chris French]

In message , Roger writes

I've not bought any for little while, but ISTR paying around GBP30 for a 1 tonne bulk bag of sand or gravel etc. This includes the price of the bags, they all seem to use one trip bags now anyway.

[Huge]

Which make tremendous compost "bins", BTW.

[John Rumm]

Sounds about right for the sand and gravel.... If you are ordering a skip, then getting the MOT delivered in it can work out cheaper... think I paid about 14/tonne for it that way.

[Nick Finnigan]

Depends where you are; it's a bit cheaper at

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its about that if you let a 20 tonner drive it (all) to your door as well.