Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
Thanks! We received your request.
Something went wrong. Please try again.
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers roughly 324 square feet, so a paver joint job or a small pool base might only need a fraction of a yard while a mortar mixing operation on a full patio rebuild can run through two or three yards fast. Depth matters more than area here since sand is usually spread thin, 1 to 2 inches, rather than piled deep like a mulch bed. Measure your square footage first, then match it against the depth you actually need for the job.
Couldn't load pickup availability
We hand-pick and partner with the best yards in your region, keep only the ones our buyers rate well, and back each load with our guarantee.
If your sand isn't the quantity or quality you ordered, we'll make it right.
Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers roughly 324 square feet, so a paver joint job or a small pool base might only need a fraction of a yard while a mortar mixing operation on a full patio rebuild can run through two or three yards fast. Depth matters more than area here since sand is usually spread thin, 1 to 2 inches, rather than piled deep like a mulch bed. Measure your square footage first, then match it against the depth you actually need for the job.
Thanks! We received your request.
Something went wrong. Please try again.
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all co...
Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
I have ordered twice now, a pleasure to deal with, easy and fast delivery, beautiful mulch!
Highest compliments. Great driver.
Website is easy to navigate. Just a seamless process. 5 stars!!
Most sand orders in Quincy show up alongside pavers or brick for the actual surface work, plus a base layer of crushed stone underneath for drainage through that silt loam subsoil. If you are doing pool prep, a geotextile fabric under the sand keeps it from migrating into the native soil over time. None of it is required, but it is what most crews here actually bring to the job.
Mason sand for mortar mixing needs to stay dry until you are ready to use it, especially with Quincy's humid summers pushing moisture into an uncovered pile overnight. Tarp it if rain is forecast within a day or two of your pour. Wet sand throws off your mortar ratio and makes the mix harder to work, which matters more on a hot afternoon when the mortar is already setting up fast in your wheelbarrow.
A common mistake is using mason sand as paver bedding out of habit. It compacts less predictably than clean chip stone, which is why most crews around here have shifted to chip stone for bedding and kept mason sand strictly for the joints and the mortar work. Mixing up the two on a paver job is the single biggest reason patios shift or pump water after a few freeze thaw cycles.
If you are running a job that needs both mortar sand and a bedding material, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to stretch one pile to do both jobs. It is a small logistics step that saves you from re-ordering mid-project when the chip stone runs short and the mason sand is the wrong material to fill the gap.
Quincy sits on silt loam that holds water and turns soft after spring rain, which is exactly why masons here rely on clean, uniform sand instead of whatever is left over from a concrete job. With the Mississippi humidity and freeze thaw cycles down to zone 6a winters, mortar joints need sand that packs consistently or they crack out by the following spring. A lot of the older brick work near Villa Kathrine and downtown Quincy was built and repaired with this same fine sand for that reason. It is also the standard base layer for pool installs on the bluffs where the native soil alone will not settle evenly.
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.
