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Sand - Mulch Mound
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Washed and finely screened masonry sand for mortar, paver joints, and pool bases. Consistent grain, ready to screed.
Jana Ozanich
Jana Ozanich
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One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my orde...

One cubic yard of mason sand covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, and most paver joint or mortar work only needs 1 to 2 inches. For a typical patio or walkway job, figure your square footage, decide on 1 or 2 inches of depth, and divide by 324 to get a rough yard count. Round up slightly since compaction and joint filling eat into your working depth.

A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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Chapel Hill Sand Delivery

Chapel Hill Sand Delivery

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The best local sand, without the guesswork.

We hand-pick and partner with the best yards in your region, keep only the ones our buyers rate well, and back each load with our guarantee.

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About this sand

Washed and finely screened masonry sand for mortar, paver joints, and pool bases. Consistent grain, ready to screed.
Jana Ozanich
Jana Ozanich
Google Review

One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my orde...

One cubic yard of mason sand covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, and most paver joint or mortar work only needs 1 to 2 inches. For a typical patio or walkway job, figure your square footage, decide on 1 or 2 inches of depth, and divide by 324 to get a rough yard count. Round up slightly since compaction and joint filling eat into your working depth.

A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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How It Works

Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps

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Choose your quantity

Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.

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Select your delivery date

Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home

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Sit back and wait

Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.

From The Mouths of Chapel Hill Folks

4.7
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Jana Ozanich
Jana Ozanich

One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked ...

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One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my order in for the next day online and they came right at 9 AM. The employee who dropped off the mulch did a great job, putting it right on the tarp I laid out, she even made sure none of it got on the yard and double checked the truck bed to make sure it all came out. The mulch was exactly what I needed and arrived right on time.

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Michelle Cooper
Michelle Cooper

We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...

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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!

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Complete Your Outdoor Project

Mason sand pairs naturally with pavers, brick, and any stone that needs a joint fill or a bedding layer. Many Chapel Hill jobs also pull in a base layer of crushed stone underneath before the sand goes down, since the clay subsoil here needs that structural layer to keep everything from settling unevenly. If you are mixing mortar on site, you will also want your masonry cement on hand before the load arrives.

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Mulch Mound Pro Tip

Mason sand is finer and more uniform than concrete sand, which is exactly what makes it workable for mortar, but that same fineness means it compacts less predictably as a paver base in wet clay conditions. If you are setting pavers over Chapel Hill's red clay, many installers are shifting to clean chip stone under the pavers themselves and reserving mason sand strictly for joint sweeping and mortar mixing.

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Sand shifts and settles after its first hard rain, so do not judge a finished joint or bed as done until it has weathered one full storm cycle. Around here that usually means waiting a week or two in spring before topping off joints a second time. Skipping that step is the most common reason DIY paver jobs end up needing a redo within the first season.

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Order mason sand and any base stone in the same delivery when you can, since a single scheduled drop saves a second truck trip to the site. If your project spans both a mortar phase and a paver joint phase, order slightly more than the calculator suggests, since leftover sand stores fine in a covered pile for the next phase or a future repair.

Working With Sand in Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill sits on red clay that drains slowly and holds moisture, which is exactly why builders reach for mason sand when they need a bed that will not shift or pump water back up through pavers. In a zone 8a climate with a real freeze window between late March and early November, water sitting under a paver base is what heaves it over a winter. This sand's fine, uniform grading resists that migration better than coarser fill. It is also the standard choice for mortar mixes on brick and stone work common around the older Chapel Hill neighborhoods.

Masonry vs Fill Sand

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.

Bedding and Leveling

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.

Working With Moisture

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is mason sand the same thing as regular sand from the hardware store?

Not quite. Mason sand is washed and screened to a finer, more uniform grain than typical bagged sand, which is what makes it workable for mortar and tight paver joints. Bagged sand varies more in consistency and often contains more silt or debris, which matters less for a sandbox but can affect mortar strength and joint stability.

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How much mason sand do I need for a 200 square foot patio?

At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers about 324 square feet, so 200 square feet needs a bit under one yard. Most people round up to a full yard to account for compaction and joint filling, especially if any part of the patio needs a 2 inch bed instead of 1 inch.

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What time of year is best to install pavers with mason sand in Chapel Hill?

Spring through fall is when most hardscape work happens here, mainly because the ground is workable and rain patterns are more predictable between the March and November frost dates. Installing right before a hard freeze risks the joint sand shifting as the ground heaves, so aim to finish major paver work a few weeks before that first November frost.

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Can the delivery truck get sand close to my backyard patio project?

The truck delivers to a driveway, curb, or other accessible spot you specify at checkout, and from there the material needs to be moved by wheelbarrow to the actual work area. Let us know at scheduling if your access is tight, like a narrow side yard, so the drop location works for your site.

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Should I use mason sand or chip stone under my pavers?

For actual paver bedding, many installers now prefer clean chip stone since it does not pump or wash out the way sand can, especially over Chapel Hill's slow draining clay. Mason sand is still the right call for mortar mixing and for sweeping into paver joints after the base is set, so most projects end up using both materials for different steps.

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