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Sand is used as a leveling bed under pavers, as sandbox fill, and as general fill. Enter your area and depth and this calculator returns cubic yards, an approximate weight in tons for bulk orders, and a 0.5 cubic foot bag count.
A paver bedding layer is typically 1 inch of sand over a compacted gravel base. Do not use bedding sand as your structural base, that job belongs to crushed paver base, which compacts and locks in place.
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