How do I calculate how many rocks I need for landscaping?
Take the square footage or meters you calculated earlier when you measured your area, then divide it by the coverage number in the table above for the type of rock you will be using. Square footage of coverage area/coverage per 1 ton of rock = tons of rock needed for your project.
How do you calculate stones for area?
Rectangle
- Measure Length and Width (in feet)
- Length x Width = square feet.
- Determine desired depth of material (see recommended depths and chart below)
- Square feet divided by sq.
- Example: A rectangular area 16 feet long by 10 feet wide and you want 4 inches deep of stone.
- Calculations:
- 16 x 10 = 160 square feet.
How much rock is in a ton?
Coverage Chart
| One Ton of Rock Covers: | One Cubic Yard Covers: | |
|---|---|---|
| 240 square feet | 1” deep | 300 square feet |
| 40 square feet | 6” deep | 25 square feet |
| 20 square feet | 12” deep | |
| Above approximately for rock up to 1 ½” and sand, soils that are weighed. | Above approximately for soil mixes that are sold by the cubic yard. |
How much rock do I need per square foot?
How much landscaping rock do I need?
| Material | Suggested Depth | Coverage Area per 1 ton |
|---|---|---|
| 3”-8” rock | 3”-8” | 60 square feet |
| 1”-3” rock | 1”-3” | 80 square feet |
| 3/4”-1” screened gravel | 2” | 100 square feet |
| 5/8”-1/2” screened gravel | 2” | 120 square feet |
How many bags of rocks do I need?
Divide the cubic yards you need to cover with river rock by the number that one bag of covers. For example, if you need 25 cubic feet of river rock and each bag covers 1/2 cubic foot, buy 50 bags.
How much is a truckload of rocks?
Gravel prices are $10 to $50 per ton, $15 to $75 per yard, $1 to $3 per square foot, or $1,350 per truckload, depending on the type, volume, and travel distance.
How much DG do I need?
How much decomposed granite do you need? Multiply the length of the area to be covered, in feet, by the width, in feet, which gives you the area’s square feet. Then multiply the square feet by 0.25 feet (representing a minimum depth of 3 inches, converted to feet), which gives you cubic feet.
How many square feet does a yard of rock cover?
100 square feet
How Much Does A Yard Cover? A cubic yard of material can be spread to cover 100 square feet (10×10 foot area) at 3 inches of depth.
How do you calculate cubic yards of rock?
Divide the number of cubic feet by 27 to determine the number of cubic yards you need for your landscape rock; there are 27 cubic feet in each cubic yard. In the example, 3.4729/27 = 0.1286 cubic yards.
How much river rock do I Need?
The best way to determine how much landscape river rock will be needed is to use an online calculator, but a general rule of thumb is that 1.3 tons of river stone is sufficient when covering a single cubic yard of ground.
How do you calculate gravel?
Estimation of the space area by applying the area formula (width*length)
How do you calculate tons of stone?
Divide the total amount of tons by the weight of each stone to determine how many stones you need. Convert the weight of each stone into tonnage before dividing: 50 pounds / 1 ton (2,000 pounds) = .025 tons 5.334 tons / .025 tons = roughly 214 stones.