Paver patio or walkway calculator
Pavers, gravel base, bedding sand, polymeric sand and edge restraint for a patio or walkway, with the dig, from its area.
An estimate of the materials a job takes, worked out in your browser: check it against the job, and against your local code where it matters. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Put in the job's numbers and choices, and the list below follows them.
What it takes
Worked out for Area 300 sq ft, Edge 70 ft, Base depth 6 in, Pattern: Running bond or stack.
Pavers
- Concrete pavers 315 sq ft Area 300 sq ft × (1 + (5 (Running bond or stack) ÷ 100)): 315 sq ft.
- Polymeric sand, 50 lb bag 5 bag Area 300 sq ft, one per 60: 5 bag.
Base
- Crushed gravel base 7 cu yd Area 300 sq ft at Base depth 6 in in deep, in cubic yards: 5.56 cu yd; plus 10% waste: 6.12; rounded up to whole cu yd: 7.
- Bedding sand 2 cu yd Area 300 sq ft at 1 in deep, in cubic yards: 0.93 cu yd; plus 10% waste: 1.02; rounded up to whole cu yd: 2.
- Paver edge restraint, 8 ft 10 each Edge 70 ft at 8 a piece: 8.75 each; plus 5% waste: 9.19; rounded up to whole each: 10.
- Edge restraint spike 70 each Edge 70 ft: 70 each.
Labor
- Excavation and haul-off 9 cu yd (Area 300 sq ft × (Base depth 6 in + 3.5)) ÷ 324: 8.8 cu yd; rounded up to whole cu yd: 9. The base, an inch of sand and the paver, dug out.
- Paver installation 300 sq ft Area 300 sq ft: 300 sq ft.
What it leaves out
- Locating utilities
- Drainage
- Steps and walls
The same calculator in SMG Tools
In SMG Tools this calculator fills its numbers from the client's site measurements, prices every line from your own Price Book, checks the margin against your target, and carries the lines onto the proposal, the job's plan and the purchase order. It is one of the ready-made calculators SMG Tools sets up for concrete and hardscape, and calculators are on every plan.