Description

Our concreting sharp sand is a coarse, washed sand containing particles of 0mm to 4mm. Used for bedding paving and concreting (when mixed with shingle or limestone) screeding floors and general infill.

Benefits and features

• Ideal for bedding in paving
• Mix with our shingle to make concrete 10mm channel gravel, 20mm channel gravel
• Screed floors
• General infill
• 850kg in a bulk bag
• Readily available from our yard
• Fast delivery

Sharp sand, also known as grit sand or river sand and as builders’ sand when medium or coarse grain, is a gritty sand used in concrete and potting soil mixes or to loosen clay soil^[1] as well as for building projects. It is not cleaned or smoothed to the extent recreational play sand is. It is useful for drainage.^[2] It is an angular grained sand.^[3] It was used in the production of brass.^[4] It is now used in the building trade. Sand and gravel ridges known as eskers are a frequently used source

Sharp sand, also known as grit sand or river sand and as builders’ sand when medium or coarse grain, is a gritty sand used in concrete and potting soil mixes or to loosen clay soil^[1] as well as for building projects. It is not cleaned or smoothed to the extent recreational play sand is. It is useful for drainage.^[2] It is an angular grained sand.^[3] It was used in the production of brass.^[4] It is now used in the building trade. Sand and gravel ridges known as eskers are a frequently used source

Further information

• Sharp sand used for screeding generally favours a supply from a marine source
• Land–based sources can cause problems when being pumped as any contamination, mainly large pieces, will or could cause a blockage within the actual pump
• Sometimes referred to as Thames washed, coarse sharp, grit sand, screeding sand or concreting sand

Definition of sharp sand