[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

If that is true every square foot of your yard has 13.392 inches of stone coverage.

It doesn't.

I have found that it is extremely common for landscaper to greatly inflate the amount of stone used to impress the customer or justify a higher price, knowing full well most do not know how to calculate the volume of one cubic yard.

1 cubic yard has 27 cu ft. Assuming a depth of 3” gives you 108 sq ft of coverage per cu yd (4x27). 3000/108=27 cu yds.

Where did I go wrong?

[JohnN]

If ARC approves it (a big IF these days), then it'll be a few grand - but well worth it.
I couldn't do it myself, but I did trade in my lawn mower to the landscaper! Good luck.

[PoolBrews]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

If that is true every square foot of your yard has 13.392 inches of stone coverage.

It doesn't.

I have found that it is extremely common for landscaper to greatly inflate the amount of stone used to impress the customer or justify a higher price, knowing full well most do not know how to calculate the volume of one cubic yard.

I'm not sure where you're getting your calculations from, but every resource I've checked shows that a cubic yard of rock is approximately 2600 lbs, and will cover about 100 square feet at 3" deep. Thus to get 3" deep on 3000 sq ft, it would take 30 yards. I got 31. I know, because I ordered the rock and had it delivered and paid for it. That way, I knew what I was getting, and only paid the landscaper for the labor to install.

[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by lrvalley

I'm not sure where you're getting your calculations from, but every resource I've checked shows that a cubic yard of rock is approximately 2600 lbs, and will cover about 100 square feet at 3" deep. Thus to get 3" deep on 3000 sq ft, it would take 30 yards. I got 31. I know, because I ordered the rock and had it delivered and paid for it. That way, I knew what I was getting, and only paid the landscaper for the labor to install.

Must be the new math.