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At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers about 324 square feet, and at the typical 1 to 2 inch install depth for sand, plan on roughly 160 to 320 square feet per yard depending on how deep you go. Mortar mixing and small paver joint work use far less, often a fraction of a yard, while a pool base or a full patio bed will eat through a yard or more. Measure your area in square feet first, then match it against the depth you actually need.
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Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers about 324 square feet, and at the typical 1 to 2 inch install depth for sand, plan on roughly 160 to 320 square feet per yard depending on how deep you go. Mortar mixing and small paver joint work use far less, often a fraction of a yard, while a pool base or a full patio bed will eat through a yard or more. Measure your area in square feet first, then match it against the depth you actually need.
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Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of cautio...
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
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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 ...
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.
Sand pairs with paver base stone or gravel underneath, and with the actual pavers or brick on top for patio and walkway jobs. For pool installs it often goes down alongside a vapor barrier, and for masonry work it pairs with bagged cement or lime for anyone mixing mortar on site. If you are doing a paver bed, ask about clean chip stone too, since more installers in this region are moving that direction for its drainage.
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Mason sand for mortar needs to stay dry and clean until you mix it, so if you are working through Charleston's wetter spring months, tarp the pile between pours. Damp sand throws off your mortar's water ratio and weakens the bond. If you're doing brick repair on an older home near downtown, test a small batch first since older mortar joints often need a slightly different mix ratio than new construction work.
A common mistake on clay lots here is skipping compaction under the sand layer before laying pavers. Charleston's clay shifts with moisture, and if the base under your sand isn't compacted, you'll see settling and uneven pavers within a season or two, especially after freeze thaw cycles between October and April. Compact your base material first, then screed the sand layer level right before setting pavers.
If your project only needs sand for mortar mixing or small joint filling, order conservatively since leftover sand hardens into unusable clumps if it gets wet and dries out. For larger paver or pool base jobs, consider whether chip stone might serve you better since it drains cleaner through wet Charleston seasons and doesn't pump or shift the way sand can under repeated moisture cycles.
Charleston sits on heavy clay that drains slow, so any project touching moisture, mortar, pool decking, or paver base wants a clean layer of sand between the clay and the finished surface. With freeze thaw cycles running from late October through late April here in zone 6b, water trapped against clay can heave brick and stone if there is no sand buffer to move it away. Masons around town use mason sand specifically because clay contaminated sand will not mix into workable mortar. It is also why finer sand still gets specified for pool bases even as some paver jobs shift toward chip stone.
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.
