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?
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers about 324 square feet, and most paver or mortar work only needs that 1 to 2 inch range, so a single yard often handles a modest patio or walkway base. For a two car paver driveway or a larger pool base, plan on multiple yards and measure the actual square footage first rather than guessing. Since it is sold by the cubic yard, round up slightly rather than short yourself mid project.
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Mercer Sand Delivery
Mercer 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?
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers about 324 square feet, and most paver or mortar work only needs that 1 to 2 inch range, so a single yard often handles a modest patio or walkway base. For a two car paver driveway or a larger pool base, plan on multiple yards and measure the actual square footage first rather than guessing. Since it is sold by the cubic yard, round up slightly rather than short yourself mid project.
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What is a Yard?
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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.
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.
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Most paver jobs pair this sand with a compacted base layer of crushed stone underneath and polymeric sand or chip stone for the joints on top. Pool installers often order it alongside a gravel base layer for drainage under the liner. If you are mixing mortar for a courthouse era brick repair, you will just need the sand and your cement, nothing else.
Service area
Areas we deliver sand in Mercer, Pennsylvania
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
For mortar mixing in Mercer's cooler shoulder seasons, keep your sand dry and covered before use, since silt loam ground holds ambient moisture and a tarp left loose will let dampness creep into the pile overnight. Damp sand throws off your mortar ratio more than people expect, especially on smaller batch mixes where a quarter cup of extra water matters.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake with paver bedding sand is screeding it too deep, past the 1 to 2 inch range, which leaves pavers wobbling under foot traffic. Many installers now use clean chip stone under pavers instead of sand precisely because sand can pump and shift over freeze thaw cycles, something Mercer sees plenty of with frost arriving by October.
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If your project needs both bedding material and mortar sand, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to make one grade do both jobs. Mason sand's fine, uniform grain is what makes mortar workable, but that same fineness means it compacts differently than coarser bedding material, so mixing purposes with one pile usually shortchanges one of the two tasks.
Working With Sand in Mercer
Mercer sits on silt loam, which already holds moisture well, so most of the sand work we see here is not soil amendment, it is hardscape. Folks building patios near the courthouse square or setting pavers on a home lot are using it for bedding and joint fill more than anything else. With a 6a growing zone and frost coming back by mid October, the real work window here runs spring through fall, and jobs that stall into late fall need to get sand down before the ground starts working against you. It is also the sand of choice for mortar mixing on brick and block projects, since the finer, uniform grain makes the mix workable.
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.