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Raising ground with earth and pebbles

  • 26-04-2014 11:37am
    #1
    allycavs
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭


    Hi Guys

    I have dug up, turned over and leveled by back yard.now I want to raise the level by so much. Ideally using pebbles but if having earth underneath is cheaper then ill do a mixture

    Is there a rule of thumb that say a tonne of earth or pebbles would raise an area of say 50 square meters by so many centimetres? i need to gauge how much i need with out getting too much or too little

    Thanks
    Alan


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  • #2
    Norfolk Enchants_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭Norfolk Enchants_


    allycavs wrote: »
    Hi Guys

    I have dug up, turned over and leveled by back yard.now I want to raise the level by so much. Ideally using pebbles but if having earth underneath is cheaper then ill do a mixture

    Is there a rule of thumb that say a tonne of earth or pebbles would raise an area of say 50 square meters by so many centimetres? i need to gauge how much i need with out getting too much or too little

    Thanks
    Alan
    Yes it's called volume and there is a formulae, you multiply the lenght x width x depth, so say you want to increase the overall height by 50mm(2 inches) then using your example of 50m2 you multiply the 50x.05= 2.5m3 or 2.5 cubic metres if you prefer.


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