jil_stevens
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Okay, so I am trying to calculate how much rock/mulch we need to landscape our yard. Our landlord is paying for everything and we are doing the labor, so I really don't want to order more than we need, kwim?
Anyway, our front yard is xeroscaped, and the backyard was formerly garden around the edges, and we are xeroscaping that part. We love on a standard corner-lot sized area. By my calculations, we need nearly 40 tons of rock, ten tons of mulch, and another 2 tons of an accent rock. Doesn't this seem like a LOT of rock? I was really surprised by the 40 tons!!! Isn't that like a semi-full? Anyone familiar with this?
I measured with the kids, and they hollered everything off in inches...I divided each measurement by 12 to get feet, and then did basic L x W and then added each total together for the various areas. Did I do the calculations correctly?
Also, the BULK of that is to re-rock the front yard...our side yard and back yard are the only areas where there isn't already rock, but in places out front it is down to the dirt. So I am wondering if, for the front yard, their 2-3 inches depth to get the 100 sq feet per ton is over what we are going to need.
Quite honestly, I figured this would be easy, but it just seems like I came up with way too much material!! I mean, our house is 1800 sq feet on each floor, and we could set our house twice in the front yard, but then there is a huge shrubbery row with boulders underneath, and another area with bushes and rock; we are just doing the in-between areas that were red rocked.
If it helps visualize...our house faces one street and the driveway is off the side street. it is rock from the driveway forward to the street, and the front yard looks similar to a half-circle drive. You could drive straight through it, with the hedges on the outside of the circle and the inside of the circle.
So, do my estimates seem off? I have pics, but not with me...I don't think. Iwill have to check.
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jil_stevens
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Found the pics...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27768305@N05/?saved=1
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cincsu
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just take the total of your yard and subtract 1800 sq ft if that is the footage of one floor in your house. don't know about weights...40 tons sounds like a lot, but rocks weigh a lot, too.
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LeAnne
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Won't the rock company send someone out to do some measuring? If this helps at all, one of those little dump trucks, that most lanscapers use to haul their stuff will hold legally about 3 ton of rock. It is really not that much when you spread it out.
When I mulched around our waterfall approx. 10 ft by 90ft. It took about 20 truckloads or scoops to cover that.
If you get the guy with the smaller dump truck, he should be able to back in and spread alot of it by just dumping his truck slowly and driving.
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jil_stevens
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We're going to have to spread by hand...we have some low trees that would prevent a truck from coming in. :(
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LeAnne
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You can come over and use the hot tub afterwords. I have an ice cold one for you too.
Might want to make the guy dump the rock on some sheets of plywood, will make it easier to get under the rock to shovel.
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jil_stevens
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Oh, good idea!!
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