Aggregates

Here at Direct Mini Mix Ltd we specialise in providing a high range of top-quality aggregates for excellent results at a great price.

Mendip Type 1 Stone

Also known as “Scalps”. It is sized from 40mm down to dust and is normally used as a bulk fill, a material for levelling and as a sub base for paths, drives, patios, sheds and building jobs. It is permeable and therefore helps with drainage. When compacted it turns into an extremely hard and durable base in car parks or tracks. It can be left as a finished surface.

Type 3 Limestone

This is a quarried aggregate. It is an open graded sub-base with a lower content of fines thna Type 1 allowing for better drainage. Often used as a sub-base for permeable paving and tarmac.

Blonde Building Sand (Corfe 1) and Ginger Building Sand (Corfe 4)

Corfe 1 is one of the highest quality building sands suitable for mulitple applications. Blonde Building Sand can create a lighter beige colour of mortar and Ginger Building Sand can create a darker colour of mortar. It is also suitable for bricklaying, pointing applications and rendering and general building usage.

Ideal for aiding drainage when used under block paving . Suitable for bricklaying

New Milton Clean Washed Plastering Sand

This is a fine textured washed sand is used primarily for internal and external rendering applications which provide a smooth finish. Our plastering sand is washed to reduce the risk of salt stains and ensures atmospheric moisture is not absorbed.

10mm/20mm All In Ballast

Our extremely versatlie  ballast is a mixture of sharp sand and shingle. It is used to make concrete for foudations, footings, paths, oversite, shed bases and many other landscaping uses. This can be used to loosen tight clay soils. 

Eco 10mm Super Soil

Ideal for all type of landscaping projects you can also use this soil for turf or planting use. This product is BS certified from the main supplier. The soil is nutrient rich helping to promote growth. This is every landscapers best friend.

2-6mm Limestone (Cat Litter)

Also known as “Aqua Flow”. You can use this product for a subbase for laying under artificial grass or block paving. Also, can be used as a simple garden border covering.

Washed Grit Poole Harbour

This is a primary 0.4 Block Paving Grit and is also known as “Sharp Sand” or “Concrete Sand” It has several uses and it is suitable for concreting, block paving, slabs and screeding”.

Black and white 20mm Limestone chippings

This product is suitable for several projects but mainly as a decrative use. The rugged durability of it ensures long lasting performance, capable of withstanding the elements and heavy foot traffic wihtout compromising on appearance.

Common uses are for walkways, garden borders and driveways. Mulch around trees in outdoor seating areas and even around fence posts. The product can also be used for a range of concreting applications to strengthen the base and foundations.

As Dug Grit

This product is an alternative to the Washed Grit we offer. As the name suggest it is as it is dug from the ground. This is a soft sand ideal for filling areas and for pipe bedding, making it more cost effective among other products.

0-5mm Granite Dust

This product can be used under artificial grass or on op of Type 1 for block paving driveways, path dressing, or for a bedding layer on artifical sports sufaces or mixed into screed or haunching of manhole covers.

Clean Washed Rejects

You can use this product for land drainage soak aways, hardcore and gabion baskets 40mm+ in size.

Black Ice Limestone

A blend of marble and basalt, also known as “Panda Gravel”. It is used as a decorative stone for pathways and borders. Product does look more distinct colour wise when wet.

4-14mm Golden Washed Shingle + 10-20mm Golden Washed Shingle

This product is robust and suitable for high traffic areas. This is commonly used for driveways, footpaths and ground coverings. You can also use it in concrete for a finer/smoother finish. Landscaping applications are suitable with this material.

40-Dust

The larger of the two, durable and strong with many applications. Being a recycled product, it reduces the environmental impact of mining new products.

10-Dust

The smaller of the two. It is an easily maintained aggregate. It has excellent drainage properties when properly compacted.

20-Dust Mendip

This is a great alternative to the Type 1. It is smaller in size but just as good for your projects. Being smaller it is easier to pack down and compress. Typically, it can be used for sub-bases for applications like driveways, footpaths and shed bases etc.

10mm and 20mm Recycled Shingle

Cost effective product ideal for drainage.

Recycled Type 1 (40mm to dust) and Recycled (10mm to Dust)

Both sizes can be used as a subbase for large construction and civil engineering purposes including road and highway construction, pathways, driveways, garden decorations and pipe bedding.

Both Types of crushed concrete offer a cost effective alternative to using other aggregates.

Here at Direct Mini Mix Ltd we specialise in providing a high range of top-quality aggregates for excellent results at a great price.

Also known as “Scalps”. It is sized from 40mm down to dust and is normally used as a bulk fill, a material for levelling and as a sub base for paths, drives, patios, sheds and building jobs. It is permeable and therefore helps with drainage. When compacted it turns into an extremely hard and durable base in car parks or tracks. It can be left as a finished surface.

Corfe 1 is one of the highest quality building sands suitable for mulitple applications. Blonde Building Sand can create a lighter beige colour of mortar and Ginger Building Sand can create a darker colour of mortar. It is also suitable for bricklaying, pointing applications and rendering and general building usage.

Ideal for aiding drainage when used under block paving . Suitable for bricklaying.

Our extremely versatlie ballast is a mixture of sharp sand and shingle. It is used to make concrete for foudations, footings, paths, oversite, shed bases and many other landscaping uses. This can be used to loosen tight clay soils.

Also known as “Aqua Flow”. You can use this product for a subbase for laying under artificial grass or block paving. Also, can be used as a simple garden border covering.

This is a primary 0.4 Block Paving Grit and is also known as “Sharp Sand” or “Concrete Sand” It has several uses and it is suitable for concreting, block paving, slabs and screeding”.

This product can be used under artificial grass or on op of Type 1 for block paving driveways, path dressing, or for a bedding layer on artifical sports sufaces or mixed into screed or haunching of manhole covers.

A blend of marble and basalt, also known as “Panda Gravel”. It is used as a decorative stone for pathways and borders. Product does look more distinct colour wise when wet.

Cost effective product ideal for drainage.

The larger of the two, durable and strong with many applications. Being a recycled product, it reduces the environmental impact of mining new products.

This is a great alternative to the Type 1. It is smaller in size but just as good for your projects. Being smaller it is easier to pack down and compress. Typically, it can be used for sub-bases for applications like driveways, footpaths and shed bases etc.

This is a quarried aggregate. It is an open graded sub-base with a lower content of fines than Type 1 allowing for better drainage. Often used as a sub-base for permeable paving and tarmac.

This is a fine textured washed sand is used primarily for internal and external rendering applications which provide a smooth finish. Our plastering sand is washed to reduce the risk of salt stains and ensures atmospheric moisture is not absorbed.

Ideal for all type of landscaping projects you can also use this soil for turf or planting use. This product is BS certified from the main supplier. The soil is nutrient rich helping to promote growth. This is every landscapers best friend.

This product is suitable for several projects but mainly as a decrative use. The rugged durability of it ensures long lasting performance, capable of withstanding the elements and heavy foot traffic wihtout compromising on appearance.

Common uses are for walkways, garden borders and driveways. Mulch around trees in outdoor seating areas and even around fence posts. The product can also be used for a range of concreting applications to strengthen the base and foundations.

This product is an alternative to the Washed Grit we offer. As the name suggest it is as it is dug from the ground. This is a soft sand ideal for filling areas and for pipe bedding, making it more cost effective among other products.

You can use this product for land drainage soak aways, hardcore and gabion baskets 40mm+ in size.

This product is robust and suitable for high traffic areas. This is commonly used for driveways, footpaths and ground coverings. You can also use it in concrete for a finer/smoother finish. Landscaping applications are suitable with this material.

Both sizes can be used as a subbase for large construction and civil engineering purposes including road and highway construction, pathways, driveways, garden decorations and pipe bedding.

Both Types of crushed concrete offer a cost effective alternative to using other aggregates.

The smaller of the two. It is an easily maintained aggregate. It has excellent drainage properties when properly compacted.

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