Grit Sand

Description

Our Grit Sand - also known as sharp sand - is screened to around 10mm and is great for those building and landscaping jobs that need a gritty base.

This sand is also suitable for use in budget paving and flaggings projects. 

We can supply you with 3 sizes of bulk bag:

  • Jumbo Bulk Bag which contains approx 1000kg (one tonne) *BEST BUY*
  • Standard Bulk Bag contains about 750kg (same as most builders merchants)
  • Midi Bulk Bag contains approx 500kg

Small Handy Bags are 25kg and the perfect option if you want a small quantity or if you have access issues and will need to carry through your house or over any walls etc.

Not quite sure? Order a sample here.
£129.00 £178.55
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Delivery and Shipping

Economy Delivery is currently between 3 - 4 working days. You can also select a delivery date that suits you after this.

Express/Next Working Day may be available depending on your location; please select an option at the checkout (this will vary during Christmas and over bank Holidays).

We use a variety of delivery vehicles and haulage firms to complete our deliveries.

If you live in or near Chester, we'll deliver to you ourselves with a HGV crane, if you live elsewhere in the UK we'll use a pallet network who will use a manually operated pallet truck to move the pallet of bag(s) to the kerbside, onto a level, solid surface such as a tarmac (not gravel or grass sorry).

Bulk Bag and Pallet shipping is free to Cheshire, Flintshire, Wrexham, parts of Manchester, parts of Merseyside and Liverpool - outside of this area prices start at £11.95. Parcels, samples and individual small small bags are shipped with Royal Mail and therefore are not free delivery.

If you have any questions or if you have tight or restricted access, just give us a call on 01244 280008 or send images to sales@dandys.com

Quantity Calculations

Topsoil and Sand

Length (m) X Width (m) = m2 

m2 X 1.2 X Depth (inches)... then divide your total by 36 = tonnes required

Bark, Mulch and Compost

Length (m) X Width (m) = m2 

m2 x 0.05 = cubic metres per 2 inch/50mm depth

Garden Lawn Turf

Length (m) X Width (m) = amount of rolls needed.  We advise that you order 10% extra so that you have plenty for offcuts.

Natural Stone Paving

Length (m) X Width (m) = m2 you need.  Our packs are 15.25m2.

Gravel and Slate

Length (m) X Width (m) = m2 

m2 x 0.04 = tonnes per 1 inch/25mm depth

Crusherrun

Use the Gravel Calculator then multiply by 1.25 (= tonnes per inch)

Conversion:

1 tonne = 1000kgs / 1 Jumbo Bag

1 cubic metre = 1000ltrs / 1 Jumbo Bag

Samples

Order Samples here.

Samples are sent with Royal Mail 2nd class service so please allow 3 to 5 working days (please allow extra during Royal Mail Strikes).

Samples are chosen at random and naturally occurring products may vary slightly in shade and particle size, from load to load.

This is a small amount of product that will fit in your hand, approx 100gms per sample.

Product Disclaimer

Weeds

We do not chemically treat our products for weeds. Weeds thrive in warm, wet weather and especially in very fertile soils and composts like our own. Although every care is taken to remove weeds during our screening process we can not guarantee that weed seeds are not present in the soil or compost that you receive. To keep your topsoil organic we suggest pulling up common weeds, when and if they appear, instead of using chemical weed-killers. Or purchase some of our anti-weed prevent membrane and some gravel or mulch, for an easy weed-free garden!

Gravel/Stone Size & Colour

Images are for representation only.  All products that Dandy’s supplies are naturally occurring products and may have slight variations in colour, size and content, individual rocks, stones or cobbles made be broken or misshaped because of this. Sizes of products specified are approximate and can vary.  Naturally occurring products such as slate, natural stone paving or gravel are sourced from quarries and so can often differ in appearance slightly from load to load.

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Why Buy from Dandy's...

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Mike W.

Great service and great product

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C L.
Quick delivery!

I ordered sand, topsoil and bark. All delivered on pallets. Very helpful delivery driver. Will definitely order from Dandys again

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S C.

Grit Sharp Sand

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Gillian W.
sand

just as described

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Catherine T.

Grit Sharp Sand

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P b.B.
Service

Great products and great service with prompt delivery thankyou

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Ken W.W.
Perfect

An efficient process and prompt delivery.

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K H.
Karen hughes holywell flintshire

Excellent turf and excellent service would highly recommend

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Frederick G.g.
Quality

Good quality product delivered on time.

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Michael T.
Diy

Help delivery driver, good products. Will use again.

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Diane B.

Really quick delivery

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Carol W.
order

Excellent service

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Gary P.
Good Quality Product

Great product, mixed with compost as a base for the lawn

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David M.
Great service - excellent delivery. Highly recommended.

Arrived as promised, friendly staff on the phone and on delivery. Reasonably priced and all products were of a good quality.

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Dean S.
Arrived early

Arrived within 4 days of booking even during the pandemic so can’t complain.
The sand was good quality, the other item I ordered wasn’t good but the sand was. Good all round service

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Alexander M.
Great service

Had an issue with lost delivery during COVID-19 , but they sorted everything very quickly. Good quality and value for money, thank you Dandy’s

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Tatiana
Sharp sand

I was very satisfied with the service and the sand, although it was considerably more expensive than other sites. But since it was difficult to get a decent delivery date from the cheaper sites, I had to find a better solution. I am quite happy with the purchase in an overall.

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Hannah W.
Great value and fantastic service

Second time I’ve ordered and same fantastic service from start to finish.

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Amanda D.
Grit sand

Lovely product delivered to driveway. Patio and other projects all completed with some to spare. Family are all fighting over the pallet and the bag is proving v useful too.
Thank you

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HButchart
'True Grit’

Yet another top quality product I’ve bought from Dandy’s. I ended up placing an order with these guys because of lockdown. No other company was able to supply Grit Sand, Landscape Bark and Top soil within my time frame and at a competitive price. I am so impressed that I won't hesitate in ordering from them again after life returns to ‘normal’. Thank you!

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Shirley M.
Great Grit sand for the garden

There were quite a medium sized stones in the bag but otherwise it is of excellent quality

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Charlotte R.
Lovely Quality, great value

Took a little longer than normal but given the circumstances I was fine to wait and Dandy's kept in touch with timescales. Delivery was super efficient and the quality was lovely and very good value for money considering the ridiculous prices received comparatively, and plenty for my flagging job . Overall extremely happy, thanks Dandy,s!

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MARTIN D.
Recommended

During difficult times, these guys came up trumps.

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Paul S.
Quality sharp sand

Quality sharp sand and vegetable compost. Dumpy bags unloaded and left in requested spot by amenable driver

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David J.
grit sand

Good for concrete - 99.9% sand with the odd bit of gravel. Delivered on a pallet down my long drive saved me a pile of work transferring it. Very happy with the experience - I would certainly use Dandy's again.

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Emma S.
Excellent

Fantastic service got all items delivered over 100 miles away when all local suppliers were shut, added to my order midway and original delivery schedule still met. Many thanks from myself and family my kids now have a safe place to play out.

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JOHN M.
Very impressive service for the domestic user

Shortly after ordering this my modest domestic order for gritsand, using the very easy to use website, I realised that I had probably over-estimated the amount I would need. However a quick email asking if I could reduce the size of the bulk bag was instantly responded to and a refund for the price difference was immediately returned to my bank account. The delivery arrived well within the estimated time and I was very impressed with the whole operation and the efficiency and consideration demonstrated by all concerned. I will not hesitated to use Dandy's again.

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Richard
Hardcore & sharp sand

2 tonnes of hardcore and sharp sand. Longer than usual for delivery due to the current conditions, but that suited me fine. Hardcore is a good mixture of stone and dust, with very few stones above 40mm. Sand as expected. Will be ordering again soon.

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Lewis F.

Excellent product and excellent service would definitely use again.

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James A.

Grit Sand

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KJR
Great service despite pandemic

Prompt delivery despite shortages elsewhere during pandemic

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Peter D.
Excellent service

Couldnt ask for easier service, especially during Covid 19. Block paved front now finished

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Simon W.
Good service

Great service - delivered sooner than expected

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