We get asked often If you can buy ready mix concrete. Well, the good news is yes you can buy ready mix concrete from us here at Barrowcrete. We will have a look at the pros and cons of using ready mix concrete.
What is ready mix concrete?
Ready mix concrete is produced specifically according to your building specifications and transported to you using transit mixers. This means that instead of you mixing in a cement mixer at your construction site with sand and stone.
Ready mix concrete is available in three different forms which are transit mix, shrink mix and central mix.
What are the advantages of using ready mix concrete?
Well there are lots of advantages to using ready mix concrete and today we will have a look at some of them with you.
- Economical –Using ready mix concrete is known to work out to be much more economical for your building projects and can dramatically reduce costs. By using ready mix concrete, you will not have to purchase or hire machinery to mix the concrete on site. Employment costs will also be down as you will not need any labour to produce the concrete.
- Less time consuming – Using ready mix concrete is clearly less time consuming as its ready to use state means that the construction process is quicker. You will not have to use precious time to mix materials or to churn the materials. Our ready-mix concrete is guaranteed to save you lots of time.
- Better consistency – It has been proven that using ready mix concrete gives a better consistency this is due to the mix not having to be rushed due to time constraints on site or the raw materials being incorrectly measured. We ensure precision for each mix, and you can be guaranteed for a quality, consistent concrete.
Although this all sounds great we do have to say there are a few downsides to using ready mix concrete also.
- Transport issues – Ready mix concrete does need to be transported to your construction site and if the location is far away this can sometimes cause delays. However, our dedicated team will always ensure your ready-mix concrete is delivered to you within the time frame promised.
- Inventory – We must advise that you will need a specialist area dedicated to storing your ready-mix concrete as you may need to store this if you purchase the ready-mix concrete. Saying this we think that ready mix concrete is a game changer when it comes to construction projects.
Contact us a Barrowcrete today if you have a requirement for ready mix concrete or if you have any questions for us.