How much material do I need?

Material calculators

Quantities and weights for the material you are bringing to site. Volume is exact geometry. Weight and price come from your supplier — the tools ask for them and never assume them.

6 calculators

Start from the job

The same hole can want three different materials. Pick the row that sounds like your job; the tool it points to asks the rest.

Raising a grade, backfilling or filling a hole
Fill dirt if it will be compacted in place; dirt for a loose spread.
Fill Dirt Dirt
A driveway, path, parking pad or drainage layer
Gravel, by area and depth, with tons from the density on your quote.
Gravel
A slab, footing, wall or pier
Concrete in cubic yards, with a bag count from the yield on the bag.
Concrete
Beds, lawns and planting
Soil to root depth for new beds; topsoil for a dressing over what is there.
Soil Topsoil
Just the volume, for any material
Cubic yards from feet and inches. Every tool here is built on it.
Cubic Yard

Every material tool

One volume kernel underneath the loose materials — the difference is the depth each is laid at, and what you do with the yards afterwards. Concrete adds the bag arithmetic.

01Gravel CalculatorHow much gravel a driveway, path or pad takes — in cubic yards, cubic feet or cubic metres.02Dirt CalculatorHow much dirt you need to bring in to fill, level or raise an area.03Soil CalculatorHow much soil a bed, planter or border needs, at the depth your plants want.04Fill Dirt CalculatorFill volume in place, and how much loose material to order once compaction is allowed for.05Topsoil CalculatorHow much topsoil a lawn, seedbed or turfing job needs at a given dressing depth.06Concrete CalculatorCubic yards and cubic feet for slabs, footings, walls and round piers — with a bag count from the yield on your bag, not a guessed constant.