Ready Mix Concrete in Birmingham — Delivered, or Supplied and Laid
Two ways to buy concrete from one local number. Supply only: a volumetric truck batches it on your street and you pay for what leaves the chute, from 0.5m³. Supply and lay: we price the finished job — imprinted or plain concrete driveways, garage and shed bases, footings, patios — from published 2026 rates and arrange a vetted local partner to do the work.
- Prices published — concrete from £99/m³ +VAT
- Driveways, bases and footings laid by vetted local partners
- Mixed on site — pay only for what you pour
- Batch ticket with every load, washout taken away
- Same-day and weekend slots often available
Lines open 7am–5pm, seven days a week. Installed work is carried out by a vetted local partner; you’ll be told who is attending before the job is booked. Sizing a pour yourself? Try the concrete calculator.
Get Your Price
Job, postcode and rough size — priced the same working day, whether you want it delivered or laid.
The Concrete Service That Shows Its Prices
We arrange volumetric ready mix concrete across Birmingham — from half a cubic metre for a shed base in Kings Heath to scheduled commercial pours for groundworkers, with pump hire and floor screed from the same phone number. Every truck is a mobile batching plant: your mix is made fresh at your kerb, metered as it pours, and recorded on a batch ticket.
And if you need it laid rather than just delivered, the same number prices that too. Pattern imprinted concrete driveways at £75–£130 per m² installed, plain concrete drives, garage, shed and garden-room bases, extension footings dug to Building Control depth, patios and paths and driveway repairs — each quoted from published 2026 rates and carried out by a vetted local installation partner, with the drainage rule and the dropped-kerb process sorted before anyone digs.
Birmingham has no shortage of concrete — all five national producers batch inside the city. What it lacks is one number that publishes prices, explains which grade the job actually needs, tells you honestly when the truck won't fit, and makes sure the washout goes away instead of being left behind. That's the service we've built. Start with the calculator, check our rates below, and call for a price you can hold us to.
Driveways, Bases and Footings — Priced and Laid
Most people who ring about concrete want a finished drive, base or footing, not a cubic metre. Tell us the size and postcode and we price the whole job the same working day, then arrange it through a vetted local installation partner.
Imprinted Concrete Driveways
Pattern imprinted concrete from £75–£130/m² installed — one slab, no weeds, no sinking blocks, with the drainage designed in.
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Concrete Driveways
Plain, brushed or tamped concrete drives on a proper sub-base — the cheapest surface that lasts, from about £85/m².
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Garage, Shed & Garden Room Bases
Level, reinforced bases to the building maker’s spec — sectional garages, sheds, garden rooms and home offices.
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Foundations & Footings
Strip and trench-fill footings dug to Building Control depth for extensions, conservatories and garden rooms on Birmingham clay.
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Patios & Paths
Imprinted, brushed or plain concrete patios and paths, laid with the right falls and a 150mm gap below the damp course.
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Driveway Repair & Resealing
Cracks, sunken slabs, faded colour and worn sealer — repaired or resealed rather than replaced where the base is sound.
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Concrete Prices in Birmingham
Supply prices per cubic metre, +VAT, and supply-and-lay prices per square metre installed — guide prices confirmed when you book. No local competitor publishes either; check us against anyone.
| Mix (designed to BS 8500 requirements) | Guide price (+VAT) | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| C8/10 (GEN1-equivalent) | from £99/m³ | Strip & trench-fill foundations, oversite |
| C20 (C16/20) | from £105/m³ | Shed & garage bases, unreinforced floors |
| C25 (C25/30) | from £110/m³ | Reinforced foundations & general structural |
| C30 | from £115/m³ | External slabs; driveways (air-entrained paving mix) |
| C35 | from £120/m³ | Reinforced garage floors, commercial slabs |
| C40 | from £128/m³ | Heavy-duty yards & industrial floors |
Supplied and Laid — 2026 Guide Prices, Installed
| Job | Guide price (installed, 2026) | Typical job |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern imprinted concrete driveway | £75–£130 per m² | 30m² two-car drive £3,000–£4,500 |
| Plain, brushed or tamped concrete driveway | £85–£125 per m² | 30m² drive £2,600–£3,800 |
| Garage or garden-room base | £45–£85 per m² | 3m × 6m single garage £1,150–£1,550 |
| Shed base | £60–£75 per m² | 3m × 4m base £850–£1,000 |
| Extension footings | Strip £95–£115 per metre; trench-fill £130–£160 | Single-storey extension £4,000–£7,000 |
| Concrete patio | £65–£120 per m² | 20m² patio from about £1,300 |
| Resealing an imprinted drive | £4–£8 per m² | 60m² drive £240–£480 every 3–5 years |
Installed ranges are built from the 2026 Checkatrade, MyJobQuote and WhatCost trade guides; the installation partner’s written quote is the price. Full breakdowns are on each page and in the imprinted concrete cost guide.
Minimum load 0.5m³, metered on site — you pay for what's poured, never for empty truck space. Full workings in the 2026 concrete prices guide.
How Much Concrete Do You Need?
Length × width × depth, plus a sensible margin — or skip the maths entirely. Our concrete calculator handles slabs, trenches and circular pads, converts your measurements to cubic metres, and suggests the right mix for the job.
And here's the volumetric advantage: over-estimating costs you nothing, because the truck batches on site and you only pay for what actually goes in the ground.
- 6m × 3m slab at 150mm ≈ 2.7m³
- Shed base 2.4m × 1.8m at 100mm ≈ 0.45m³ — under our minimum, still no penalty
- 1m³ of concrete weighs about 2.4 tonnes
Concrete, Screed & Pumping Supply
Got your own contractor? The same number arranges the mix, the pump and the paperwork through vetted volumetric delivery partners.
Concrete Delivery
Any mix from C8/10 to C40, batched fresh on site and metered as it pours — from £99/m³ +VAT.
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Mini Mix & Small Loads
From 0.5m³ with no part-load penalty — fence posts, footings and bases priced by what you pour.
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Volumetric Concrete
A mobile batching plant at your kerb — change grade mid-visit, no waste, no waiting on a plant schedule.
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Concrete Pump Hire
Line pumps from £300 and boom pumps from £500 — concrete and pump on one schedule, rear gardens no problem.
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Floor Screed
Sand & cement screed mixed on site from ~£130/m³ supply — exact quantities for extensions and renovations.
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Commercial Supply
Scheduled and repeat pours for groundworkers and contractors — batch tickets, designed mixes, lower-carbon options.
See details →The Right Mix for the Job — Not the Dearest One
Concrete grades, translated. If a cheaper grade does the job, we'll say so.
Foundations & Footings
Strip and trench-fill foundations in normal ground want a C8/10 mix in a high-slump trench-fill consistence — not an expensive structural grade.
Foundation concrete →Driveways
The one everyone gets wrong: driveways need an air-entrained paving mix, or frost will scale the surface off a plain C20 in a few winters.
Driveway concrete →Shed & Garage Bases
C16/20 does an unreinforced base perfectly; reinforced garage floors step up. A typical shed base is under 1m³ — our favourite kind of small load.
Base concrete →Reinforced & Structural
Anything with steel in it counts as reinforced — C25/30 upwards, to your engineer's spec where one exists, with the batch ticket to prove what went in.
C25 concrete →Heavy-Duty & Industrial
Yards, wearing surfaces and industrial floors run C35–C40. Most domestic jobs don't need this — don't pay for strength you won't use.
C40 concrete →Not Sure?
Our grades guide decodes GEN, RC, PAV and FND names, the newton numbers, and which one your job actually needs.
Grades explained →From Phone Call to Poured — or Laid
Tell us the job
Postcode, what you need and a rough size — a drive in square metres or a pour in cubic metres, dimensions are fine. Say whether you want it delivered or laid. A photo of the access means the plan survives the day.
Clear price, right mix
Supply: per-m³ rate, delivery and any pump itemised, +VAT, with the grade sense-checked against the job. Laid: a per-m² guide price the same day, then a written, itemised quote from the installation partner after a site survey.
Poured, or laid
Supply: the truck mixes your exact spec on site and meters the pour, batch ticket handed over, washout taken away. Laid: the vetted partner you were told about turns up, builds it to the spec on the quote, and you sign off the finished job.
Why Birmingham Pours With Us
Published prices
Per-m³ rates on every page and a full prices guide — compare us before you pick up the phone. Nobody else local does this.
Pay for what you pour
Metered volumetric delivery from 0.5m³ — no part-load fees, no paying to send half a drum truck home full.
Honest grade advice
C20 where C20 does the job. Air-entrained where frost demands it. An engineer's spec where one exists. Read the grades guide — that's how we quote.
Access solved, not excused
Extension chutes to ~5m, barrow crews planned properly, pumps when the maths says pump — tell us about the awkward bits up front and they stay boring.
Paperwork that stands up
A batch ticket with every load from calibrated metering — mix, consistence, volume, time. Designed mixes to BS 8500 requirements; cube moulds filled on request.
Washout done right
Concrete washwater is pH 11–13 and Birmingham is a city of canals. Our partners contain it and take it away — never your drain, never the cut.
Vetted installation partners
Drives, bases, footings and patios go to local partners whose insurance, references and past work we have checked — and you are told who is attending before anything is booked.
The rules sorted first
The 5m² front-garden drainage rule, Birmingham’s dropped-kerb process and Building Control depths for footings are designed in before a spade goes in, not discovered afterwards.
A spec you can hold them to
Every installed quote states the sub-base depth, slab thickness, mix, reinforcement, joints and sealer. If a line is missing, we ask why — and the installed-work pages show you what each line should say.
Know What You're Buying
The questions every pour and every new drive raise — answered properly, with the sources named. Cost, planning and spec guides for laid work are on the guides hub.
Concrete Calculator
Slabs, trenches and pads converted to cubic metres, with the right mix suggested and contingency built in.
Work it out →2026 Prices Guide
What concrete really costs per m³, what moves the price, and the part-load trap at drum suppliers.
Read the guide →Preparing for Delivery
Access, formwork, barrow maths, the no-water rule and what happens minute by minute on pour day.
Get ready →Concrete Delivered Across the West Midlands
Birmingham-based, with delivery partners pouring across the city, the Black Country and the Staffordshire corridor.
- Sutton Coldfield
- Solihull
- West Bromwich
- Dudley
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton
- Halesowen
- Stourbridge
- Tamworth
- Lichfield
- Bromsgrove
- Redditch
- Coventry
Plus every Birmingham postcode from B1 to B48 — Harborne, Moseley, Kings Heath, Erdington, Northfield, Yardley and the rest — see all areas we cover.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does an imprinted concrete driveway cost in Birmingham?
As a 2026 guide, pattern imprinted concrete is £75–£130 per square metre installed, so a typical two-car 30m² drive comes to £3,000–£4,500 before any old-drive removal or a new dropped kerb. The installation partner’s written quote after a survey is the price; the imprinted concrete cost guide shows what moves it.
Do you lay concrete as well as deliver it?
Yes. Ask for supply only and a delivery partner batches the mix on your street; ask for supply and lay and we price the finished job — imprinted or plain concrete driveways, garage and shed bases, footings, patios and repairs — and arrange a vetted local installation partner to survey it, quote in writing and do the work. You are told who is attending before anything is booked.
How much does ready mix concrete cost in Birmingham?
Our guide prices per m³, +VAT: C8/10 from £99, C20 from £105, C25 from £110, C30 from £115, C35 from £120, C40 from £128 — confirmed when you book. UK market rates typically run £100–£160/m³, so check us against anyone. Full breakdown in the prices guide.
What's your minimum order?
Half a cubic metre — and because the truck batches on site and meters the pour, there's no part-load penalty. Drum suppliers typically impose 2–6m³ minimums or £50–£200 short-load fees; a 0.7m³ job with us is billed as 0.7m³. See mini mix & small loads.
How much concrete do I need?
Length × width × depth in metres (150mm = 0.15m), plus 5–10% contingency. A 6m × 3m slab at 150mm is 2.7m³. The calculator does it for you — and over-estimating costs nothing with metered delivery.
Which concrete grade do I need?
Rule of thumb: C8/10 for strip and trench-fill foundations, C16/20 for shed and garage bases, C25/30 for reinforced work, an air-entrained paving mix for driveways, C35–C40 only where an engineer or heavy use demands it. The grades guide decodes the lot — and we'll tell you when the cheaper grade does the job.
Will the truck fit down my road?
It needs roughly 3m of clear width, 4–4.5m overhead and ground that takes a heavy lorry. Extension chutes reach around 5m, and where the truck can't get close it's barrows (~20 loads per m³) or a pump. Send an access photo with your enquiry and we'll plan it before the day.
Can you deliver same-day?
Often, yes — volumetric trucks carry raw materials rather than a pre-batched load, so short-notice slots are realistic, subject to availability. Out-of-hours pours are often possible too; any surcharge is confirmed when you book.
Do you supply GEN1, PAV1 and the other designated mixes?
Those names legally belong to producers holding third-party certification, so the concrete isn't badged with them — our delivery partners batch designed mixes to the same strength and durability requirements of BS 8500, metered and recorded on your batch ticket. If your spec strictly requires certified designated concrete (some NHBC and highways work does), tell us and we'll advise honestly. Full explanation on the grades page.
What happens to the washout?
The delivery partner contains it and takes it away — nothing goes down your drain or anywhere near a watercourse. Washwater is pH 11–13 and polluting a drain is a criminal offence; some suppliers ask you to build a lined washout box, but our partners handle it themselves.
Pouring or Paving This Week?
Clear prices for the mix or for the finished job, and a partner who only charges what was agreed in writing.
Birmingham Based, West Midlands Wide
Birmingham Ready Mix Concrete
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- info@birminghamreadymixconcrete.co.uk
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