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Washed and finely screened masonry sand for mortar, paver joints, and pool bases. Consistent grain, ready to screed.
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How Much Sand Do I Need?
How Much Sand Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, so a typical paver joint job or small mortar batch rarely needs more than a fraction of a yard. For pool base work or thicker beds at 2 inches, plan on roughly half that coverage per yard. Because it is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, measure your square footage first and work backward from there before you order.
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Erie Sand Delivery
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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.
Highest compliments. Great driver.
Website is easy to navigate. Just a seamless process. 5 stars!!
How Much Sand Do I Need?
How Much Sand Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, so a typical paver joint job or small mortar batch rarely needs more than a fraction of a yard. For pool base work or thicker beds at 2 inches, plan on roughly half that coverage per yard. Because it is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, measure your square footage first and work backward from there before you order.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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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 a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most paver jobs around Erie pair this sand with a crushed stone base course, since clay soil underneath needs a solid compacted foundation before any sand goes down. If you are mixing mortar for stonework, you will also want portland cement on hand. For paver bedding specifically, some contractors are moving to chip stone instead, since it does not pump up through joints the way sand can under freeze thaw cycles.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Erie's freeze thaw cycles are hard on sand joints over time, since repeated freezing pushes moisture through the joint and can cause pumping, where sand works its way up and out. If you are setting pavers for the long haul here, consider polymeric sand for the joints instead of plain washed sand, or ask about chip stone, which resists that pumping action a lot better through our winters.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not mix mortar sand and concrete sand interchangeably, even though they look similar in the yard. This washed sand is finer and more uniform, which is exactly what makes mortar workable under a trowel. Concrete sand has larger particles meant for structural strength, not workability, so using the wrong one leads to mortar that either crumbles or will not spread evenly against brick or block.
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If you are doing a pool base or joint fill job, order slightly less than you think and keep the leftover dry under a tarp rather than ordering short. Sand does not degrade sitting covered, and having a half yard on hand for touch ups after Erie's spring thaw settles paver joints is more efficient than a second delivery for a small top off.
Working With Sand in Erie
Erie sits on heavy clay soil, which means drainage is already working against you before the sand ever gets involved. This sand is not a drainage fix, it is a bedding and mixing material, so it is used on top of prepared bases rather than dug into the clay itself. With a growing season that runs roughly May to October in zone 6a, most hardscape and mortar work here happens in that window before the ground starts to freeze in mid October. Homeowners near the lakefront also use it for pool base leveling since Erie's sandy shoreline gives people the idea, though this washed sand is a finer, cleaner product than what you would find at Presque Isle.
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.