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stt
23-08-10, 10:21 PM
I'm after buying some 100mm dense concrete blocks for my new workshop

I need just over 1000 of them!

cheapest i can find so far is 82p each delivered to somerset
blue_peg_16v
23-08-10, 10:22 PM
shame it isnt bricks lol
stt
23-08-10, 10:25 PM
shame it isnt bricks lol

lol, it was your job post that made me think of asking on here!
djbrowney
23-08-10, 10:25 PM
what newton rating do you ? 3 7 or 10 ?
stt
23-08-10, 10:29 PM
oh yeah - by dense i meant 7nm!
mowgli
23-08-10, 10:41 PM
well, considering there is a nationwide block shortage at the moment...and you are having 100m2 of wall!!! thats a large workshop.... are you double skinning it or something?????

try your local ones & see of the've got any off shades or seconds....

http://www.smorris.co.uk/concrete-masonry-blocks_177.htm

Tarmac‎ (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=18346686566938614352&q=tarmac+building+products+somerset&hl=en&cd=1&cad=src:pplink,view:map&ei=s-pyTI_BMNjMjAe59JW8Dg)http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_uk/mapfiles/transparent.png- more info ยป (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=18346686566938614352&q=tarmac+building+products+somerset&hl=en&cd=1&cad=src:pplink,view:map&ei=s-pyTI_BMNjMjAe59JW8Dg)
Thornfalcon Works, Henlade, Taunton TA3 5DN‎ - 01823 443 246‎

or ask if there are any deals for cash..........
stt
23-08-10, 10:50 PM
its 90ft long, by 20ft wide,

6 15ft bays
Stuart
24-08-10, 09:19 AM
make OSB mold and pour the walls :)
Sloth
24-08-10, 09:54 AM
fibro blocks? go green?
Stuart
24-08-10, 10:04 AM
fibro blocks? go green?

I'm sure hes not gay
stt
24-08-10, 12:42 PM
make OSB mold and pour the walls :)

that would work out a LOT more than doing it in blocks, plus i'd need re-bar etc, and window holes etc....

plus im planning on building in in my spare time so blocks lend themself to the bit by bit approach.
GDN16v
24-08-10, 12:44 PM
fibro blocks? go green?

I'm sure hes not gay
lollollollol
mowgli
24-08-10, 12:48 PM
how do concrete precast panels compare in price??
stt
24-08-10, 01:30 PM
ive not looked into precast panels tbh, wouldnt know where to get them from!
mowgli
24-08-10, 01:31 PM
buy a copy of the farmers guardian or the farmers weekly & see whats in the classifieds.
Sloth
24-08-10, 01:42 PM
4 metal shipping containers, next to each other, lop the inner walls out and weld em up.
stt
24-08-10, 03:25 PM
metal shipping container = a grand

1000 blocks = less than a grand

i already have the roofing materials and perlins etc

so the only other cost will be concrete and steelwork to make the doors (all 6 of them!)

and i wont have height restrictions in a proper shed!