I needed 3 yards of top soil and that's what I got! Right on time and right where I asked it to be placed (Order# 2041).
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Washed and finely screened masonry sand for mortar, paver joints, and pool bases. Consistent grain, ready to screed.
I needed 3 yards of top soil and that's what I got! Right on time and right where I asked it to be placed (Order# 2041).
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How Much Sand Do I Need?
How Much Sand Do I Need?
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard of mason sand covers about 324 square feet, so a small paver patio or a mortar mixing job for a stone wall usually needs less than a full yard. Most install depths for this sand run 1 to 2 inches, so cut that coverage number roughly in half if you're going deeper. Sold strictly by the cubic yard, so measure your joint area or mixing needs before you order.
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Lynchburg 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.
I needed 3 yards of top soil and that's what I got! Right on time and right where I asked it to be placed (Order# 2041).
How Much Sand Do I Need?
How Much Sand Do I Need?
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard of mason sand covers about 324 square feet, so a small paver patio or a mortar mixing job for a stone wall usually needs less than a full yard. Most install depths for this sand run 1 to 2 inches, so cut that coverage number roughly in half if you're going deeper. Sold strictly by the cubic yard, so measure your joint area or mixing needs 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
Mason sand pairs with paver base gravel on most patio and walkway jobs, and with portland cement for anyone mixing mortar on-site for stone or brick work. If you're building a retaining wall into one of Lynchburg's slopes, order crushed stone for backfill alongside the sand to keep water moving away from the clay behind the wall.
Service area
Areas we deliver sand in Lynchburg, Virginia
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Mason sand's fine, uniform grain is what makes mortar spread and hold a joint line without gritty texture from oversized particles. If you're bedding pavers instead of mixing mortar, know that a lot of hardscapers have moved to clean chip stone for that job because it doesn't pump water and shift under pavers the way sand can after heavy rain, which we get plenty of here.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake on Lynchburg's clay-heavy lots is laying mason sand straight over unamended clay for a paver base and expecting it to drain. Clay holds water, and sand on top of it just sits wet after storms. Excavate to a proper base depth with gravel underneath before the sand layer, especially on any patio built downhill from the house.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Buying mason sand by the full cubic yard instead of bagged material makes sense for anything beyond a small mortar batch, since bags add up fast in cost and trips to the store. If you're doing a multi-phase project, walls this season and a patio next, order slightly more than the calculation and store it covered, sand doesn't degrade sitting in a driveway pile through a Virginia winter.
Working With Sand in Lynchburg
Lynchburg sits on clay soil, which means sand rarely gets used as a soil amendment here, it is almost always a construction material. With Hill City's slopes and the retaining walls and terraced patios that come with them, mason sand shows up constantly for bedding joints and mixing mortar on stacked stone work. The clay underneath also means good drainage prep matters, so this sand often gets paired with a proper base rather than laid straight over native soil. Spring through fall, when hardscape crews are busiest, is when we deliver the most of it.
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.