Concrete & Aircrete Blocks delivered to Maldon

What concrete blocks can we deliver to Maldon?

• Hollow and cellular blocksLighter dense blocks with voids, used for some garden and retaining walls.
• Dense concrete blocksHeavy, strong blocks for loadbearing walls, below ground and good sound separation.
• Aircrete (aerated) blocksVery light, easy to cut and good insulators; check the strength grade for loadbearing work.
• Block paving and edgingsOn request alongside your sub-base and sand.

Concrete & Aircrete Blocks: choosing well

Dense or aircrete?

Dense blocks are strong and good for sound separation but heavy; a 100 mm dense block can weigh around 20 kg. Aircrete blocks are much lighter and insulate better, which helps with energy targets, but need the right fixings.

Thickness

100 mm is the common inner-leaf thickness. Wider blocks (140, 190, 215 mm) are used for separating walls, single-skin garage walls and foundations.

In England, building work is checked against the Approved Documents, for example Part A for structure and Part L for energy efficiency, through your council's building control team or a registered building control approver.

Estimating your concrete blocks

A single-skin block wall in Maldon 4 m long and 2.7 m high is 10.8 m². At 10 blocks per square metre plus 5% you need 114 blocks, with about 0.16 tonnes of building sand and 2 bags of cement for the mortar at 1:4. Try the block calculator

Delivering concrete blocks in Maldon

Blocks are banded on pallets and usually crane-offloaded where the vehicle and access allow; tell us the weight limit of any drive or the ground where pallets will sit. Maldon is inside our standard mainland delivery area.

• Keep cement, plaster and boards dry: have a tarpaulin or a garage space ready before they arrive.
• With roughly 7h 47m of daylight in Maldon around the shortest day, morning deliveries leave more working light for the job.
• Give us the full postcode for the drop point; deliveries around CM9 are priced to the exact address.

Your questions answered

Can I use blocks in the foundations?

Yes, using blocks made for below ground, often trench blocks or dense blocks of the specified strength. Building control will check foundation design.

How soon can concrete blocks be delivered in Maldon?

We confirm the delivery date when we price your order, before you commit. It depends on the product, the quantity and whether it is a stock line or made to order.

Is there a minimum order for delivery to Maldon?

There is no fixed minimum. For very small orders we will tell you honestly if the delivery cost outweighs the materials, so you can decide.

How much mortar for blockwork?

Roughly 0.008 to 0.01 cubic metres of mortar per square metre of 100 mm blockwork, allowing for waste. Use our block calculator for sand and cement quantities.