Price of NHL3.5 Lime

[mikej460]

I'm checking the pricing for a building job we are having done on our Ironstone cottage only to find that NHL3,5 Lime has gone up from £13 to c. £32 a 25kg bag since the start of the pandemic yet ordinary cement has hardly changed. Does anybody know why lime is now so expensive?

 

[Adam W.]

Sounds like a diddle.

https://www.fieldenfactors.co.uk/products/castle-natural-hydraulic-lime-25kg-bag

 

[Adam W.]

Sounds like a diddle.

https://www.fieldenfactors.co.uk/products/castle-natural-hydraulic-lime-25kg-bag

But then that price is exorbitant too.

 

[mikej460]

https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/cement/blue-circle-natural-hydraulic-lime-3-5-25kg/p/649341
https://www.huwsgray.co.uk/shop/hanson-hydraulic-lime-3-5-25kg

 

[Adam W.]

You're being done.

https://www.mikewye.co.uk/product/natural-hydraulic-lime-secil/

 

[Jones]

Rugby hydraulic lime 3.5 NHL cost me £9.50 a 25kg bag last month. I think you need to shop around. Though looking at the invoice it's shown as hydrated lime so maybe I got a deal.

 

[pgrbff]

When I lived in Ireland I bought it from Masons Mortar in Edinburgh. £13.80 a bag at the moment. ST ASTIER NHL 3.5

 

[elstona]

I paid £16+VAT last week from local builders merchant although I normally get larger quantities from Ty Mawr in Brecon who are a bit cheaper £11.60+ at the mo.