Need a 750mm x 600mm x 50mm slab fitted for a step.
I can't seem to find one locally online to buy. I'm sure there are builders yards who would have these in stock to collect.
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Need a 750mm x 600mm x 50mm slab fitted for a step.
I can't seem to find one locally online to buy. I'm sure there are builders yards who would have these in stock to collect.
A bog standard slab is 600x600. You might need to get a 600x900and cut it down to fit.
600 x 900 will be your closest, then just cut it, even if you do it yourself with a cheapo angle grinder ( £25 in screw fix ), take your time on the cut, plenty of water and take it nice and slow
Travis Perkins sell them but say no stock in this area. And I have found a place in Swansea that say they sell them but they are closed today.
They are out there - This is what I want. https://www.bpsbuildit.co.uk/0001996.html
There must be a builders yard in Cardiff that sell these.
What about making a frame and pouring your own?
YouTube is your friend! There should be lots of videos showing how to shutter, prepare the base, and mix the concrete for a simple step.
If it's a step, then fix a bit of batten on the face of the step, the riser bit, and drop it down to the thickness required. Do the same on the sides if the step has a fall off. Buy a bit of ply, 10mm and cut down strips at required thickness of concrete, and fix to face of batten. Silicone any gaps where the batten and ply meet as water will flow out onto the paving below. Just get on YouTube Mike, it's a piece of piss.
That's quite a heavy duty slab, the public don't really buy those, they're used more for public paving. Try leckwith concrete products, they cast all types of sizes, or Whitchurch building supplies, they have a large stock.
Gryphonn concrete products Blackwell manufacture them give them a ring, they can let you know which of their customers stock them
I've just realised the pavement in my 'cul de sac' has the same slabs.
Either the original builders built the step using the same materials or the previous owners nicked a couple.
My builder has part done the job, putting down the brick base, but he's not come back to do the slab and he's stopped that line of work now.
Sorry, yes it is concrete
Mike, jewson stock 900x600 x50 mm concrete slabs. You would just have to get 150mm cut off it.
£9.50 each plus vat, Tyndall at jewson, 56 in stock. I've got a disc cutter if you want it cut down.
I used to make up custom shaped slabs off site, personally, if the slab is liftable with 2 people, imho its easier
Piece of board ( we used to keep the old melamine kitchen cupboard shelves to use ) timber around the edge the depth you want the slab
paint the inside of the board and timber edge ( so its nice a smooth ) you could just oil it
then pour the concrete into the mold , fill to brim, force into edges, tamp down with a piece of timber, tap the edges to get rid of any air bubbles
the face next to the board would be the top face
though you could smooth the top of the mold ( bring up the " fat " of the concrete ) and that could be the top, you could add colours or sparkle to create a bit of a effect that way
then wait for a week, then tap the mold sides off and slide of board, then lift into place