| Brick / Flagging Coverages
4" (x) 7 5/8" - Granell
Rectangular Paver = approximately 4.75 pavers per square foot
3 3/4" (x) 7.5" Glen Garry Brick
= approximately 5.1 bricks per square foot
1" thick bluestone or other flagging
- approximately 130 square feet of coverage per ton
With pavers or brick assume 5% for waster
or breakage |
Volumes
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 15 ml = .5
fl. oz.
1 fl. oz. = 29.6 ml. -2 tablespoons
1 cup = 8 fl. oz. - 16 tablespoons
1 pint = 2 cups = 16 fl. oz.
1 quart = 2 pints = 4 cups = 32 fl. oz.
1 gallon = 4 quarts = 16 cups = 8 pints =
128 fl. oz. |
| Wallstone Coverages
Drywall Stone (including fieldstone) 1 ton
of stone can make a wall 1 foot tall (x) 12 - 15 feet long
Boulders for retaining walls - 1 ton of
boulders can make a wall 1 foot tall (x) 4.5 feet long
Most wallstone pallets weigh a minimum of
1.5 tons
Boulders average 175 to 200 pounds per
cubic foot
Lava rock averages 35 to 50 pounds per
cubic foot |
Approximate Weights
Dry soil - 2,052 lb/yard cubed - 76 lb/ft
cubed
Wet, Packed Soil - 3,105 lb/yard cubed -
115 lb/ft cubed
Dry Gravel - Between 2,430 and 3,402
lb/yard cubed and 90 - 126 lb/ft cubed
Dry Sand 2,700 lb/yard cubed - 100 lb/ft
cubed
Portland Cement - 2,538 lb/yard cubed - 94
lb/ft cubed
Concrete - Between 2,322 and 2,997 lb/yard
cubed, and 86-111 lb/ft cubed
Wood Chips 486 lb/yard cubed - 18 lb/ft
cubed |
Groundcover Spacing Guide
| Space Between Plants
4"
6"
8"
10"
12"
15"
18"
24" |
Sq ft Area Covered By
Plants
100 sq. ft
250 sq. ft.
440 sq. ft.
700 sq. ft.
1,000 sq. ft.
1560 sq. ft.
2,250 sq. ft.
4,000 sq. ft |
Plants per Square Foot
9
4
2.25
1.45
1
1 per 1.56 sq ft.
1 per 2.25 sq. ft.
1 per 4. sq ft. |
|
Standard Formulas/Conversions
Area of a circle: 3.14 x radius squared or
.785 x diameter squared
Circumference of a circle 3.14 x diameter
Area of a triangle - Base (x) height / 2
1 acre = 43,560 sq. ft.
1 acre = 4,840 sq yards
1 square mile = 640 acres
1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet
1 cubic yard will fill 190 1 gallon cans |