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Materials
Calculator |
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below to estimate how much material your project requires. Simply
choose the project's shape and enter the required dimensions
(rounded to the nearest foot).
The dimensions that are required are illustrated
below, or you can manually calculate the area for your project using
the formulas provided. |
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| As a
guide, these are the average depths used: |
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Product Size |
Min. Depth |
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¾” Rock |
1 ½” |
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1 ¼” Rock |
2” |
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2” Rock |
3” |
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Mulch & Bark |
3” |
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Square/rectangle
length x width |
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Hexagon
Diameter squared x .866 |
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Circle
Circle's
radius
(½ of the diameter) x 3.1416,
squared |
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Octagon
Diameter squared x .828 |
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Triangle
Base x height ÷ 2 |
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Irregular
Draw project on graph paper (¼"=1
foot) - count the number of squares (count
part squares as one). |
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