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One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, which is the typical install depth for this sand at 1 to 2 inches. For mortar mixing, figure your yardage off batch volume rather than area, since you are blending it with cement rather than spreading it flat. Most paver joint and pool base jobs in the city run a fraction of a yard, so measure your actual project footprint before rounding up.
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Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, which is the typical install depth for this sand at 1 to 2 inches. For mortar mixing, figure your yardage off batch volume rather than area, since you are blending it with cement rather than spreading it flat. Most paver joint and pool base jobs in the city run a fraction of a yard, so measure your actual project footprint before rounding up.
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Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of cautio...
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
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One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my order in for the next day online and they came right at 9 AM. The employee who dropped off the mulch did a great job, putting it right on the tarp I laid out, she even made sure none of it got on the yard and double checked the truck bed to make sure it all came out. The mulch was exactly what I needed and arrived right on time.
Pair this sand with paver base gravel underneath for load bearing, and polymeric jointing sand on top if you want the joints to lock instead of wash out in winter rain. If you are pouring a pool deck or mortar bed, order Portland cement separately since we do not stock it.
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Mason sand is finer and more uniform than concrete sand, which is exactly why it works for mortar but not for structural fill. If you are bedding pavers, know that clean chip stone has replaced sand in a lot of modern installs around the city because chip stone does not pump moisture up through the joints the way sand can after heavy bay area rain.
A common mistake on paver joint work here is sweeping sand in dry and calling it done, then watching it wash out after the first winter storm off the bay. Compact the joints with a plate compactor after the first sweep, then do a second pass, this locks the grains together far better than one pass ever does.
If your project is mortar for a retaining wall or garden wall near a sloped lot, which is common on San Francisco's hillier blocks, order slightly more than your calculated volume. Mortar batches waste more material than people expect once you account for mixing spillage and the stiffer mix ratios walls need compared to flatwork.
San Francisco sits on clay loam with a lot of variability block to block, some lots are sandy fill near the bay, others are dense clay that holds water. That means drainage behavior under pavers and slabs is not consistent across the city, and a proper mason sand bedding or mortar mix helps standardize what the soil underneath cannot. In zone 10b there is no real frost heave to worry about, so joint stability comes down more to compaction and grain uniformity than freeze thaw cycling. This sand is suited to mortar work, paver joints, and pool base leveling rather than as a structural fill.
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.
