Universal project calculator
General Soil Calculator
Combine rectangles, circles, triangles or known square-foot areas into one project total. Each area can use its own depth.
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Plan your project before you order.
Calculate soil, mulch, lawn materials, compost, bags, truckloads and project quantities without doing the math yourself.
No math required.Measure each area, choose a depth and let the shared calculator total the project.
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New beds or refresh projects
Bark & Mulch Calculator
Calculate a new mulch layer or subtract existing depth from the desired finished depth. Each area can use its own depth.
For refresh projects, desired depth minus existing depth becomes the additional depth calculated for every area.
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Lawn calculators
Choose the lawn work you are doing.
New-lawn soil and topdressing use very different depths, so they stay separate.
Lawn calculator 1
New Lawn / Installation
Plan soil for one lawn area or combine front, back and side lawn sections. Each area can use its own depth.
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Lawn Topdressing
Use shallow, editable depths for leveling, overseeding and turf renovation planning. Each area can use its own depth.
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Raised beds and soil improvement.
These tools use the same 27-cubic-feet-per-yard engine and half-yard ordering increment.
Raised beds
Raised Bed Calculator
Add different bed sizes, depths and quantities to one project.
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Compost / Soil Improvement
Estimate a compost application across multiple garden, lawn or landscape areas without making agronomic assumptions. Each area can use its own depth.
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Useful conversions
Translate the result into practical quantities.
Bag counts and load counts are planning estimates. Product packaging and safe truck weight can change the final quantity.
Bagged vs bulk
Bagged vs Bulk Calculator
Compare a required cubic-yard volume with a real bag size.
Delivery planning
Truckload Planner
Uses Specialty Soils’ current approximate planning capacities.
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Pots & Containers
A lower-priority volume estimate for identical containers.
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Planning a Larger Project?
Combine material phases, total each material class and estimate planning truckloads.
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Quantity is only half the plan.
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Helpful calculator guides
Understand the numbers before ordering.
Natural answers to common quantity and delivery questions.
How is a cubic yard measured?
One cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. Multiply the project’s square feet by its depth in feet, then divide the cubic-foot total by 27.
Why does the suggested order round up?
Bulk material is commonly planned in practical increments. The tool rounds to the next half yard and only adds a settling allowance when you choose that option.
How deep should soil be for a new lawn?
The calculator offers editable planning depths rather than prescribing one depth for every site. Existing grade, specifications and the work being performed should determine the input.
How much topdressing does a lawn need?
Topdressing uses shallow fractions of an inch. Measure the lawn area and choose the actual planned application depth; 4,000 square feet at one-quarter inch is about 3.1 cubic yards.
Should I buy bagged or bulk soil?
Use the Bagged vs Bulk tool with the product’s actual bag size. For larger volumes, bulk can reduce the number of individual units, but availability, handling and delivery still matter.
How many truckloads will I need?
Use the truckload planner for an estimate. Soil is planned at about 20 yards per full truck, compost/bark/mulch at about 25 yards, gravel at about 10–12 yards, and the small truck at up to about 8 yards.