A freshly rolled layer of crushed buff sandstone sub-base forming a new driveway beside a half-built single-storey house in North West England, a small vibrating roller parked at the end, timber edge boards, clean flat surface catching soft light.

Products · Sub-base and fill

Sub-base and fill

The layer nobody sees and every job depends on. Crushed sandstone sub-base, scalpings and fill for tracks, yards, bases and levels.

A self-build plot with a timber-framed bungalow going up and a compacted sandstone sub-base drive in front, a skip-free tidy site, evening light.

Graded to lock together

Sub-base is crushed stone left with a mix of sizes, from dust up to coarse pieces. Rolled in layers, the small pieces fill the gaps between the big ones and the layer locks together into a firm base.

Close low-angle view of a compacted crushed sandstone sub-base surface, tight and flat, a roller drum edge in frame. — Rolled in layers, sub-base locks into a firm base.

The products

Close-up of crushed buff sandstone sub-base with a full mix of sizes from dust to coarse angular pieces, fines packed between the stones. — Crushed sandstone sub-base · Graded to lock together when rolled.

Crushed sandstone sub-base

Crushed stone graded from dust to coarse, for rolling in layers.

Good forBases for sheds, garages, patios, drives and hardstanding

A tall conical stockpile of crushed sandstone sub-base with a visible mix of sizes from dust to coarse, damp surface, overcast light, wooded bank behind.

Scalpings

The coarse, mixed material taken off before screening.

Good forFarm tracks, yards, gateways and haul roads

A heap of unsorted broken buff sandstone and brown earth on a building plot, a spade stuck in it, hedge behind. — General fill · For making up levels before the base goes on.

General fill

Mixed sandstone for making up levels.

Good forRaising ground, backfilling, bulking out banks

Builders and groundworkers; farmers and estates; self-builders preparing a plot; merchants stocking bulk material.

How it's supplied

Sub-base, scalpings and fill are loaded loose by shovel into tippers, or into bulk bags for smaller jobs. Collection or delivery is arranged when we open.

A plain grey tipper lorry seen from behind and above, its body half-full of crushed sandstone sub-base as the next bucket arrives. — Load · Delivery by tipper is arranged when we open.

Related uses

See it in use

A small ride-on roller compacting a crushed sandstone sub-base layer on the same flat plot.

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Flat straight-on texture of a naturally split sandstone face, gentle relief, warm honey tones.