Volumetric concrete mixed on site in Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks produces uncertain volumes as a matter of course. A pool or plant room base against existing structures, an outbuilding slab on ground that has never been level, void and step make-up across a terraced garden, and landscaping work where the excavation reveals what the survey did not.

Because the plots are large the pours are often larger than they sound, which makes the difference between the calculated and the actual figure a real number rather than a rounding. Most of our approved suppliers work on a pay-for-what-you-use basis, and that is the whole appeal here.

The gate, the drive, and where the vehicle actually stops

The defining Sevenoaks constraint is that the lorry reaches the gate and not the work, and for a volumetric mixer it is sharper than for anything else.

The vehicle carries cement, aggregate, sand and water in separate compartments as well as the plant to combine them, so it is heavy, it needs firm standing, room to position and clearance for the discharge auger, and it needs all of that for a working session rather than a few minutes. A gravel or unmade drive laid to carry cars will rut under it. Gated entrances limit width and turning, and overhanging canopy on the approach lanes limits height before anyone has measured the pour.

The workable shape is the same as the rest of Sevenoaks: position at or near the entrance and move the concrete. A volumetric vehicle discharging into a pump or a dumper keeps both advantages, the uncertain quantity and the undamaged drive, and it is worth asking for that combination rather than choosing between them.

What settles a Sevenoaks volumetric pour

The drive length, surface and gate width, any overhanging trees, what you are pouring, and how firm your estimate is. Your quotation, delivery and payment are agreed directly with the approved supplier appointed to your pour.

Send the detail to hello@kentreadymix.co.uk and an approved supplier will confirm the mix, the volume and the delivery window.