Quantity Estimating

QUANTITY ESTIMATING

Surface Course:

50mm pavers

Bedding Course:

20mm of compacted coarse washed sand

Base Course:

100mm of A-Grade 20mm fine crushed rock

PAVERS

38 pavers per m². Allow 40 pavers per m² for any cutting necessary on site at the time of ordering.

SAND

25mm uncompacted sand per m² = 1m³ of sand for every 40m² of paving OR
.025m³ of sand per m² of paving.

BEDDING

100mm of compacted rock per m² = 1m³ of roadbase for every 10m² of paving OR
.1m³ of roadbase per m² of paving.

(Note: 2 ton of loose roadbase is approximately equal to 1 compacted cubic metre).

Example: A 60m² driveway

Pavers

60m² x 40 pavers per m²

2400 pavers

Sand

60m² x .025 sand per m³

1.5m³ bedding sand

Roadbase

60m² x .1 compacted rock

6m³ rock (12 loose tons)