Ready Mix Concrete in Solihull
Solihull is extension country — and extensions live or die on their foundations. The truck batches the exact spec at your address, from 0.5m³, so an over-dug trench never means a wasted load.
Foundation Concrete for Solihull Extensions
Rear extensions, side returns, loft conversions with new padstones and footings — that's the bulk of what pours in Solihull. The mix depends on the design: unreinforced strip foundations in normal ground take a C8/10 GEN1-equivalent at S3 consistence; trench fill takes the same strength at a wetter S4 so it flows and self-levels in the trench; anything with reinforcement steps up to C25/30. Whatever your building inspector or engineer has specified, our delivery partners batch to it — and every load comes with a batch ticket recording the mix, consistence and metered volume. Our concrete for foundations page covers the detail.
Here's the part that saves Solihull customers real money: footings rarely come out at the estimate. Trenches get dug deeper or wider than drawn, and with a drum delivery that means either an anxious under-order or paying for concrete that goes back on the truck. The truck carries extra raw material as standard, batches on site, and you're billed only for what's discharged. Order for the drawing; pay for the trench.
Driveways, Bases and the Commercial Fringe
The other staple here is driveways. We recommend an air-entrained C25/30 — the designed-mix equivalent of the trade's PAV1 — at around 150mm, so the surface shrugs off freeze-thaw instead of scaling. Garden rooms and shed bases take a C16/20 at 100mm. And for Solihull's commercial side — units, yards and larger slabs towards the NEC — our commercial concrete supply covers higher grades and scheduled pours.
One truck can carry materials for all of the above and switch mixes between pours, so a footing and a shed base can share a single visit.
Delivery, Access and Prices Across the Borough
We cover the whole borough, B90 to B94. Guide prices per cubic metre, +VAT, confirmed when you book: GEN1-equivalent from £99, C20 from £105, C25 from £110, C30 from £115. Minimum load 0.5m³, no part-load penalty, ever.
On access, we're straightforward: the truck needs about 3m of clear width and ground that takes a heavy lorry. Shared drives and soft verges aren't a problem if we know about them — tell us, or send a photo. Where the truck can't get close, extension chutes reach around 5m, and beyond that it's barrows or a pump depending on access and volume. Start with the concrete calculator to size the pour, and see concrete delivery for how the day runs.
Also nearby
Across the city we also cover Sutton Coldfield and Halesowen — or browse all areas.
Driveways, Bases and Footings Laid in Solihull
Plenty of Solihull enquiries start as “how much concrete do I need?” and end as “can someone lay it?” They can: we price the finished job the same working day and arrange a vetted installation partner for the borough’s interwar semis, Dorridge and Knowle frontages and the new Blythe Valley estates. That covers imprinted concrete driveways, plain concrete driveways, garage, shed and garden-room bases, footings for extensions, patios and paths and driveway repair and resealing.
Two local rules apply to any new drive in Solihull: the England-wide requirement that more than 5m² of impermeable front-garden surface is drained to a lawn, border or soakaway (or has planning permission), and the vehicle-crossing process run by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, the highway authority here, which needs the drive built and drained before the kerb is dropped. Our driveway rules guide sets out the sequence. Installed work is carried out by a vetted local partner; you'll be told who is attending before the job is booked.
Solihull Concrete FAQs
What concrete do I need for an extension foundation in Solihull?
For unreinforced strip foundations in normal ground, a C8/10 GEN1-equivalent at S3 consistence; for trench fill, the same strength at a wetter S4. If the design includes reinforcement, it steps up to C25/30. Your building inspector or engineer has the final say — tell us what they've asked for and our delivery partners batch to it.
My builder says the footings might take more than estimated — how do I avoid over-ordering?
This is the problem volumetric supply solves. Trenches often take more than the drawing suggests once they're dug. The truck arrives with more raw material than the estimate, batches on site, and you're billed only for the metered volume that goes in the ground — no returned-concrete disposal fees, no paying for a part-empty drum.
Do you cover all of Solihull borough?
Yes — B90 to B94, from the town centre out to the borough's edges, plus the rest of Birmingham and the West Midlands around it. If you're just outside those postcodes, call and ask; the answer is usually yes.
What's the smallest amount of concrete you'll deliver in Solihull?
0.5m³, with no part-load penalty — most batched-plant suppliers set 2–6m³ minimums or add small-load fees. Because the truck batches on site, you pay for metered, discharged volume only.
How much is ready mix concrete in Solihull?
Guide prices per cubic metre, +VAT, confirmed when you book: GEN1-equivalent from £99, C20 from £105, C25 from £110, C30 from £115, C40 from £128. Work out your volume with our concrete calculator, or send dimensions and we'll do the maths.
Pouring an Extension in Solihull?
Send the drawing dimensions or just the trench size — clear per-m³ pricing, confirmed when you book.