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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.
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Website is easy to navigate. Just a seamless process. 5 stars!!
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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 roughly 324 square feet, so a small patio or paver joint job might only need a fraction of a yard. Mortar mixing and pool base work typically call for a 1 to 2 inch install depth, so figure your square footage and divide accordingly before you order. Since it is sold by the cubic yard, round up slightly rather than short yourself mid project.
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Somerset 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.
Highest compliments. Great driver.
Website is easy to navigate. Just a seamless process. 5 stars!!
How Much Sand Do I Need?
How Much Sand Do I Need?
At a 1 inch depth, one cubic yard covers roughly 324 square feet, so a small patio or paver joint job might only need a fraction of a yard. Mortar mixing and pool base work typically call for a 1 to 2 inch install depth, so figure your square footage and divide accordingly before you order. Since it is sold by the cubic yard, round up slightly rather than short yourself mid project.
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 naturally with paver base stone or crushed stone underneath it, especially if you are building up a patio or walkway from scratch. If your project includes mortar work, order it alongside brick or block so the whole job arrives in one delivery instead of two separate trips.
Service area
Areas we deliver sand in Somerset, Kentucky
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Mason sand is finer and more uniform than concrete sand, which is exactly what makes it workable for mortar, but that same fineness means it holds water longer after Somerset's spring rains. If you are mixing mortar, let a fresh delivery sit under cover for a day before use so you are not fighting excess moisture that throws off your ratio.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake on paver jobs here is using mason sand as the bedding layer under the pavers themselves. It is fine for joint fill, but as a bedding material it can pump up through joints during freeze thaw cycles common in zone 7a winters. Clean chip stone bedding underneath, with mason sand only in the joints, holds up better over a Somerset winter.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project needs both mortar sand and paver base material, order them together rather than in separate deliveries, it saves a truck trip and gets everything on site before you start. Keep the sand pile covered with a tarp between work sessions, uncovered piles pick up leaves and silt loam runoff fast during a wet Kentucky spring.
Working With Sand in Somerset
Somerset sits on silt loam, which drains fine on its own but gives you nothing to work with when you need a stable, uniform base under pavers or a patio near Lake Cumberland. Mason sand fills that gap, it is finer and more consistent than concrete sand, which is exactly why masons prefer it for workable mortar. With zone 7a winters and a frost line that shows up by late October, sand jobs here run best in the spring through fall build season before the ground locks up. If you are setting pavers, know that many crews are shifting to clean chip stone for bedding since it will not pump the way sand can under freeze thaw cycles.
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.