We had a great experience with mulch mound! Our mulch arrived when we requested. The delivery fee was so reasonable. We’ll use them again for sure!
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Washed and finely screened masonry sand for mortar, paver joints, and pool bases. Consistent grain, ready to screed.
We had a great experience with mulch mound! Our mulch arrived when we requested. The delivery fee was so reasonable. We’ll use them again for sure!
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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, and most mortar or paver joint work only calls for that 1 to 2 inch range, so a single yard goes further than people expect. For a small patio or a mortar batch for a wall project, half a yard to a yard usually covers it. Pool base jobs and larger paver patios will run higher, so measure the square footage first and work backward from the 324 square foot figure.
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La Crosse Sand Delivery
La Crosse 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.
We had a great experience with mulch mound! Our mulch arrived when we requested. The delivery fee was so reasonable. We’ll use them again for sure!
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, and most mortar or paver joint work only calls for that 1 to 2 inch range, so a single yard goes further than people expect. For a small patio or a mortar batch for a wall project, half a yard to a yard usually covers it. Pool base jobs and larger paver patios will run higher, so measure the square footage first and work backward from the 324 square foot figure.
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 and wait
Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
First time going with this company for mulch and it was an efficient process from start to finish. Website was easy—I told them exactly where I wan...
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First time going with this company for mulch and it was an efficient process from start to finish. Website was easy—I told them exactly where I wanted the mulch put on my driveway, and it was delivered perfectly when I got home from work the next day. Best deal around when I compared it to competitors and I will definitely be becoming back.
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most sand orders around La Crosse go out alongside pavers or wall block, since the sand sets the bed before the hardscape goes down. If you are doing joint work, a load of paver base gravel underneath and the sand on top is the standard pairing. Some crews are shifting to clean chip stone instead of sand for paver bedding since it does not pump the way sand can under freeze thaw cycles, worth asking about if that is your project.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you are mixing mortar for block or brick work here, do not substitute concrete sand even though it is cheaper and sits next to it at most yards. Concrete sand has coarser, less uniform grains that make mortar stiff and hard to tool into clean joints. True mason sand, which is what this is, gives you the smooth workability you need for consistent joint lines, especially on retaining wall repairs common around the bluff areas.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake on paver jobs is laying sand bedding too thick, hoping it will smooth out an uneven base. It will not, and over a freeze thaw winter like ours, thick sand beds are exactly what lets pavers pump and shift. Keep the bedding layer at 1 inch, screeded flat, and fix base grading issues before you ever get to the sand layer.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project is paver joints specifically, ask about clean chip stone before you commit to sand. It has been replacing sand in a lot of joint applications because it locks in place and does not migrate or pump the way sand can, which matters more here given how many freeze thaw cycles this region sees between October and May.
Working With Sand in La Crosse
La Crosse sits on silt loam that drains fine on its own, but that is not really the point with sand, this is a project material more than a soil amendment here. Between the bluffs and the river valley, most sand orders we deliver are going under patios, into mortar boxes for retaining wall work, or as base prep for pools before the ground freezes in October. With a growing zone of 5a and a first frost that can show up by Oct 5, hardscape jobs get planned tight around a spring to fall window, so sand tends to move fast once the weather turns.
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.