The Garden Stone for Polygon Area calculator compute the cubic feet and number of bags of garden stone needed for a polygon shape area (e.g., pentagon, octagon).
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units and enter the following:
Number of Bags of Stone (nB): The calculator returns the number of bags of stone and the volume of stone in cubic feet.
A regular polygon has all the same lengths for each side and all the same angles between the side. The calculator compute the volume of garden stone to cover the area at the desired depth (d). It then computes the number of bags needed.
Garden stone is available in most DIY stores such as Home Depot, Menards and Lowes. Because stone is heavy, these garden stone products often comes in relatively small bag of differing volumes such as:
The size of the stones usually range from pea sized to river stones that are about the size of grapefruits.
Garden Stone Product | Bag Size | Coverage |
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Mastercraft Pea Gravel (1/4" - 3/8") | 50 lb | 0.5 ft3 |
Mastercraft Multi-Purpose Gravel (3/4" - 1/2") | 42 lb | 0.5 ft3 |
Nordic Stone | 47 lb | 0.5 ft3 |
North Rock River Pebble (1/2" to 3/4") | 48 lb | 0.5 ft3 |
North Rock Mountain Blend (1" to 1-1/2") | 47 lb | 0.5 ft3 |
North Rock Western Sunset | 47 lb | 0.5 ft3 |
North Rock Red Lava Rock | 40 lb | 1.0 ft3 |
North Rock White Marble (3/4" to 1") | 39 lb | 0.4 ft3 |
PLEASE RECOMMEND OTHERS! | TBD | TBD |