How do you determine the amount of sand or gravel needed for an area?
I have an approximately 200 sq ft area and want 3" of gravel and 2" of sand.
Thanks for your help.
JD

Gravel: 200 sq ft x .25 ft = 50 cubic feet. Divide the cubic feet by 27 to
get cubic yards. (About 2).

Sand: 200 sq ft x .17 ft = 34 cubic feet, or just over 1 cubic yard.


"JD" wrote in message
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How do you determine the amount of sand or gravel needed for an area?
I have an approximately 200 sq ft area and want 3" of gravel and 2" of
sand.
Thanks for your help.
JD

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:56:19 -0400, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote:

Gravel: 200 sq ft x .25 ft = 50 cubic feet. Divide the cubic feet by 27 to
get cubic yards. (About 2).

Sand: 200 sq ft x .17 ft = 34 cubic feet, or just over 1 cubic yard.
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Alo, if the sand or gravel will be compacted, don't forget to add a
fudge factor of +10% or so.

JD writes:

How do you determine the amount of sand or gravel needed for an area?

By graduating from the 8th grade. Or high school diploma, if its from a
public school.

Richard J Kinch wrote in message ...
JD writes:

How do you determine the amount of sand or gravel needed for an area?

By graduating from the 8th grade. Or high school diploma, if its from a
public school.

Schools must be worse than I thought if it takes the 8th grade to be
able to do that. It is basic math and any 4th grader at the latest
would be able to do it in my time.

Harry K

JD wrote:

How do you determine the amount of sand or gravel needed for an area?
I have an approximately 200 sq ft area and want 3" of gravel and 2" of sand.
Thanks for your help.
JD

By multiplying length x width x heighth.

2 yards of gravel and 1 yard of sand. Keep in mind before you start
getting overly scientific or accurate with the calculations, that
after your detailed equation to get the exact number of cubic inches
needed, when you get to the yard to pick it up, the loader will ram
the front end loader into the pile and that will be one yard.....

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

"Robert Allison" wrote in message
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JD wrote:

How do you determine the amount of sand or gravel needed for an area?
I have an approximately 200 sq ft area and want 3" of gravel and 2" of
sand.
Thanks for your help.
JD

By multiplying length x width x heighth.

2 yards of gravel and 1 yard of sand. Keep in mind before you start
getting overly scientific or accurate with the calculations, that
after your detailed equation to get the exact number of cubic inches
needed, when you get to the yard to pick it up, the loader will ram
the front end loader into the pile and that will be one yard.....

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

LOL - how right you are. But I still see geniuses try to get it down to the
cubic centimeter. Good for a chuckle.

"JD" wrote in message
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How do you determine the amount of sand or gravel needed for an area?
I have an approximately 200 sq ft area and want 3" of gravel and 2" of
sand.
Thanks for your help.
JD


Others have given you the method and accurate figures on the cubic yards and
Robert gave you real world expectations. What no one has yet mentioned is
that these items are sold by the ton most places. The amount of pounds to
cubic yard varies a bit with the size of the gravel. This might help you,

http://www.vulcanmaterials.com/vcm.asp?content=cagcalc

Colbyt