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How much will 20 tons of gravel cover

How much will 20 tons of gravel cover | how many square feet does 20 tons of gravel cover

Gravel is one of the most important building material collected from river basin, mountains, rocks, small rocks, pebbles, loose and dry sand, aggregate and pea gravel. Pea gravel is chosen best for walkway because it is round in shape of small size which make it most comfortable to work on.

How much will 20 tons of gravel cover
How much will 20 tons of gravel cover

How much area does 20 tons of gravel cover? It will depends on the size of the stone, the amount of dust content and the thickness of the layer and the how level the surface is to be covered.

Gravel is made of rock is to build roads, path, driveway, Patio, pedestrian, pavement, pathways, roadways, landscaping, and etc.

Gravel is categorised according to their size, size more than 5mm put in the category of gravel, it is formed of igneous rocks. It is categorised as fine gravel (4 – 8 mm), medium gravel (8 – 16 mm), coarse gravel (16 – 32 mm), pebbles (32 – 64 mm), cobbles (64 – 256 mm) and Boulder more than 256mm.

You are looking to buying gravel and crushed stone for your construction work, if you want to apply them in normal depth 50 mm for your driveway and 35 mm depth normally in pedestrian pathway, you need to know how much area will cover by 20 tons of gravel and you should purchase and you can load in your vehicle.

Weight of gravel depends on the rocks type, loose and dense condition, compact, moisture content, dry and wet condition, others inorganic mixed in the gravel. For estimating purpose, contractor’s and Builder’s would take weight of gravel as 3000 lb per yard or 1.5 short tons per yard and 110 lb per cubic feet.

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How much will 20 tons of gravel cover

A ton of gravel can cover from 20 square feet to 240 square feet. It depends on the size of the gravel and the depth of coverage. Using 2 inches for the depth, 1/4 to 1/2 inch size of gravel will cover 100 square feet per ton; 1/2 to 1 inch gravel, 90 square feet per ton; and 1 1/2 to 2 inches gravel, 80 square feet per ton.

On average, for the depth of 2 inches, 20 tons of 1/4 to 1/2 inch size of gravel will cover approximately 2000 square feet (225 square yards, or 185 square meters), 1/2 to 1 inch gravel will cover 1800 square feet for 20 tons, and 1 1/2 to 2 inches gravel will cover 1600 square feet for 20 tons.

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Conclusions:-
On average, for the depth of 2 inches, 20 tons of 1/4 to 1/2 inch size of gravel will cover approximately 2000 square feet.

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