Sod calculator
Sod, topsoil and starter fertilizer for a new lawn, and taking the old one up, from the lawn's 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 Lawn area 2,500 sq ft, Soil: The existing soil, graded, Take up the old lawn: No.
Materials
- Sod 2,625 sq ft Lawn area 2,500 sq ft: 2,500 sq ft; plus 5% waste: 2,625.
- Starter fertilizer, 5,000 sq ft bag 1 bag Lawn area 2,500 sq ft, one per 5000: 0.5 bag; rounded up to whole bag: 1.
Left out: Screened topsoil (It works out to nothing).
Labor
- Sod installation 2,500 sq ft Lawn area 2,500 sq ft: 2,500 sq ft.
Left out: Sod cutting and removal (only when Take up the old lawn is Yes).
What it leaves out
- Irrigation
- Grading beyond raking smooth
- Watering after installation
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 landscaping, and calculators are on every plan.