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One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, and most jobs here call for 1 to 2 inches depending on whether you're setting paver joints or building a bedding layer. For a typical 300 square foot patio project, plan on roughly 1 cubic yard at 1 inch, and closer to 2 yards if you're going 2 inches deep. Measure your square footage first, then decide on depth based on what you're building.
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Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, and most jobs here call for 1 to 2 inches depending on whether you're setting paver joints or building a bedding layer. For a typical 300 square foot patio project, plan on roughly 1 cubic yard at 1 inch, and closer to 2 yards if you're going 2 inches deep. Measure your square footage first, then decide on depth based on what you're building.
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Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all co...
Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
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Most Aurora customers pairing sand with a hardscape project also order crushed base rock for the compacted foundation layer underneath, since sand alone won't stabilize a patio in clay loam soil. If you're mixing mortar for a retaining wall or fire pit, you'll also want cement and aggregate on hand before the sand arrives. For pool installations, a geotextile fabric laid before the sand base helps keep the clay soil from migrating up into it over time.
Mason sand and concrete sand are not interchangeable even though they look similar in a pile. Mason sand is finer and more uniformly graded, which is what makes mortar workable enough to spread and tool before it sets. If you use it under pavers expecting concrete sand's coarser drainage behavior, you'll get more settling over time, especially in Aurora's clay loam where drainage is already sluggish. Ask for it by name when ordering, and don't substitute based on price alone.
A common mistake we see on paver jobs here is skipping the base rock and going straight to a thick sand bed on native clay loam soil. Sand alone doesn't resist the freeze thaw heaving that Aurora's soil goes through every winter, and by the second season the patio starts rocking underfoot. Compact a proper base course first, then use sand only as the thin final bedding and joint fill layer, not as the structural foundation of the project.
If you're building anything with pavers this year, ask about chip stone before defaulting to sand for the joints. Fine chip stone locks paver joints without pumping out over time the way sand can under freeze thaw cycling, which is increasingly common in this region for that reason. Sand still makes sense for mortar mixing and pool base work where its fine, uniform grading is actually the point, so match the material to the job rather than using one bag of sand for everything.
Aurora sits at 5471 feet with clay loam soil that holds moisture and shifts with freeze thaw cycles, which is exactly the kind of ground movement that telegraphs through a paver patio if the base isn't right. Around Aurora Reservoir and the newer subdivisions pushing east, we see a lot of paver patios, walkways, and pool decks going in during the short building season between May and October. This sand is used under and between pavers and in mortar mixes for retaining walls and outdoor kitchens, not as fill for the whole base. With frost reaching down through clay loam by early October, timing your hardscape work before the ground locks up matters more here than in milder climates.
Masonry sand is washed and finely screened, the right choice for mortar work, paver joints, and sandboxes. Fill sand is coarser and less processed, better suited to leveling, bedding pipe, and filling low spots.
For pavers, screed a 1 inch sand bed over a compacted base rather than using sand to fix deep grade problems. A thin, even bed locks pavers in place. A thick one shifts underfoot.
Slightly damp sand spreads, screeds, and compacts far more easily than bone dry sand, which just flows back into your screed lines. Lightly wetting the pile before you work it saves real effort.
