After buzzing around several different suppliers, all across the country, looking for pre-stressed concrete beams and dense concrete blocks (the heavier 20kg ones), we chased down various prices, ranging from the wow high price to a super low price but a heavy delivery charge (eeek!), we have finally settled an agreement with our local builders merchants Jewson, to supply us with ..
- 10 concrete beams
- 650 heavy dense concrete blocks
- A pile of soft sand
- Some bags of cement
- A few large heavy paving slabs
- And a concrete lintel (for our doorway).
- 50 lengths of 89mm CLS timber
We managed to get a very good price for the whole lot, that is a fabulous as we get the benefit of having our material delivered using the standard truck with a crane to help unload the 12.7 tons of stuff! It shows that it pays to spend time shopping around even if you end up back at your local business (but you know what price to negotiate too) Phew!