Looking for Bulk Decorative Pebbles (locally)

[banglay]

Hey everyone,

Does anyone know where I can buy a large quantity of decorative pebbles like the ones pictured below ? I'm looking to replace my grass with these to reduce watering and having to cut every few days during the rainy season.

I know I can buy them in smaller bags from most  roadside garden centers, but I'm hoping to find a more affordable bulk option.

Any tips or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

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[chiang mai]

If Pattaya is anything like Chiang Mai in this respect, there will be businesses that sell sand and stone which you'll see piled high in their yards, typically, many will sell pebbles of various sizes in bulk, by the cubic meter. As you're driving around, look for yards containing large piles of sand, soil, gravel, various types of stone and usually cement also....sold by the bag or by the cubic meter. You've probably driven past loads of places without realising. Beware, expect the one inch pebbles to contain much larger stone also, I just bought a cube of one inch and 50% was much much larger.

[ravip]

Hope this is of some help:

 

https://www.thaigardendesign.com/product-category/pebbles-rocks-stones/

 

https://www.stonecontact.com/products-930690/river-pebbles

 

[chiang mai]

In my part of the world, the yards that sell this stuff don't usually advertise anywhere, they are typically small family businesses that sell mostly to property developers and anyone looking for bulk supplies such as construction sand and gravel chips for concrete. I just bought six cubic meters of super hard river bank stone, used to protect river banks from water current erosion. I found it at the type of yard I described earlier.

[jacko45k]

Swimming pool suppliers......

Of course Lazada have them too!

A Google search brings up a building suppliers place on Sukhumvit near Underwater world.

[banglay]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Swimming pool suppliers......

Of course Lazada have them too!

A Google search brings up a building suppliers place on Sukhumvit near Underwater world.

Can you send me the link that you found please  🙂

 

[topt]

4 hours ago, banglay said:

Can you send me the link that you found please  🙂

 

If you find somewhere please post back.

About 8/9 years ago I drove all around Pattaya, Siracha and down to Sattahip trying to find a source.

Ended up having to buy loads of the small bags at 40/50 baht a bag from a place in Ang Sila. Even the person I used to relay the garden used the same supplier.

No-one, that I could find, could offer a bulk alternative back then.

[jacko45k]

20 hours ago, banglay said:

Can you send me the link that you found please  🙂

 

Buggered if I can find it now...how about taking a look at Dohome, North of town. Huge place.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/p4ncBBrxVGDZ9cFC6

 

[ChrisKC]

If you are going to put pebbles direct to the soil, look forward to the weeds being more trouble than the mowing!

[Stevemercer]

I would have thought filling a large area with pebbles will look and feel like a desert on hot days. They'll soon get dusty and need daily washing down. If an angry mob ever has it in for you, they will have an endless supply of stones to chuck at your house!.

[Ludzilla]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15PGpXYyYN/

ask the price per ton

[chiang mai]

36 minutes ago, Ludzilla said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15PGpXYyYN/

ask the price per ton

typically per cubic meter here in Thailand

[Ludzilla]

3 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

typically per cubic meter here in Thailand

i've closed deals with them on the price per ton basis, it's delivered in small bags anyway and probably stored that way.

[jcmj]

Better to just cement and stamp it with a pattern. Easier to walk on, no weeds and easy to keep clean, plus it looks better. I tried a few areas with stones and they just got very dirty and in little piles and dips. Easy to trip over. I’d stick with the grass or go stamped concrete. Good luck 

[chiang mai]

We have a large area laid with pebbles, it's easy enough to maintain as long as you lay them a couple of inches deep.

[newbee2022]

On 12/3/2024 at 8:00 AM, chiang mai said:

If Pattaya is anything like Chiang Mai in this respect, there will be businesses that sell sand and stone which you'll see piled high in their yards, typically, many will sell pebbles of various sizes in bulk, by the cubic meter. As you're driving around, look for yards containing large piles of sand, soil, gravel, various types of stone and usually cement also....sold by the bag or by the cubic meter. You've probably driven past loads of places without realising. Beware, expect the one inch pebbles to contain much larger stone also, I just bought a cube of one inch and 50% was much much larger.

You want to seal your soil??? It's getting hot with pebbles. Don't do. 

[chiang mai]

14 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

You want to seal your soil??? It's getting hot with pebbles. Don't do. 

No, that's not what I've done. I have one area that is laid with pebbles, it works well. It's a walk way/redundant area behind the house that I don't want to lay to grass, stones laid and I can forget about it.

[newbee2022]

1 hour ago, chiang mai said:

No, that's not what I've done. I have one area that is laid with pebbles, it works well. It's a walk way/redundant area behind the house that I don't want to lay to grass, stones laid and I can forget about it.

Perfect👍

[Issanraider]

I I recently cleared an overgrown area in front of our house in Khon Kaen and laid grey gravel on it which was delivered by a small pickup truck from a local sand and aggregate company but first laid a black pvc liner on the soil as if I hadn’t grass and weeds would eventually grow through the gravel.

 Was very happy with the result but not sure if the gravel I used would be suitable for you.

The whole job cost about 4,000 baht plus a couple of days graft by myself!

[chiang mai]

14 minutes ago, Issanraider said:

I I recently cleared an overgrown area in front of our house in Khon Kaen and laid grey gravel on it which was delivered by a small pickup truck from a local sand and aggregate company but first laid a black pvc liner on the soil as if I hadn’t grass and weeds would eventually grow through the gravel.

 Was very happy with the result but not sure if the gravel I used would be suitable for you.

The whole job cost about 4,000 baht plus a couple of days graft by myself!

That's the way to do it.

[Grusa]

20 hours ago, ChrisKC said:

If you are going to put pebbles direct to the soil, look forward to the weeds being more trouble than the mowing!

Before putting down the stones, be sure to lay weed control fabric..... you can buy it on Lazada. Otherwise, as @ChrisKC says, you will have a bigger problem!

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.s5KZe

[thaibeachlovers]

On 12/3/2024 at 1:35 PM, banglay said:

I know I can buy them in smaller bags from most  roadside garden centers, but I'm hoping to find a more affordable bulk option.

You could try asking them where they get theirs from. That generally works in my experience.

OR,

if married to a Thai woman send her to find out. She needs to prove she is worth her keep.

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, jcmj said:

Better to just cement and stamp it with a pattern. Easier to walk on, no weeds and easy to keep clean, plus it looks better. I tried a few areas with stones and they just got very dirty and in little piles and dips. Easy to trip over. I’d stick with the grass or go stamped concrete. Good luck 

Better to use pavers. If have to lay pipes or such under easy with pavers. Need to have a good layer of sand under the pavers

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, Issanraider said:

I I recently cleared an overgrown area in front of our house in Khon Kaen and laid grey gravel on it which was delivered by a small pickup truck from a local sand and aggregate company but first laid a black pvc liner on the soil as if I hadn’t grass and weeds would eventually grow through the gravel.

It looks great..... until the food selling carts move in!

[topt]

On 12/5/2024 at 8:20 AM, Issanraider said:

aid grey gravel on it which was delivered by a small pickup truck from a local sand and aggregate company

That stuff is fairly easily available in bulk but unfortunately is not 

On 12/3/2024 at 7:35 AM, banglay said:

 decorative pebbles like the ones pictured below

that the OP is looking for.

[Issanraider]

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

It looks great..... until the food selling carts move in!

Thankfully we are a bit too rural for that to happen!😂

[Luuk Chaai]

On 12/4/2024 at 11:53 AM, ChrisKC said:

If you are going to put pebbles direct to the soil, look forward to the weeds being more trouble than the mowing!

 

I placed 2 layers of ground fabric before I set 4 inches of stones down ..    they look great  and if you want it's easy to place large pots of plants anywhere you like  ...................  my garden area is approx   12mx30m

and then about 6 months in ..  the weeds pop from nowhere..  and they are not coming from below ..

 it's a f*****g pain in the ass to keep weed free ..   then th wild runner grass starts growing ..   left alone..  the strands will easily grow over meter long   ..   eavry 6 weeks or so I have a husband and wife team come in and pull / hand clean it ... takes them a full day

 so unless you're inyto spraying weed killers ........ a lawn mower is a lot easier

[chiang mai]

The smaller and deeper the stones, the less risk of weed growth, larger stones allow light to reach the soil. Also, if you place pots on the ground, inevitably, soil from them transfers into the stones so best to use a soaking tray under the pot. One of my neighbours has used small granite chips which makes for a very dense layer and is easy to walk on....there are no weeds.