Mounda: Pile Volume & Weight

Mounda tells you how much sand, gravel, crushed stone, soil, rubble, mulch or firewood is in a pile, and how much to buy for a new layer. Photograph a pile, mark its width and height, and get the volume, the weight and the number of truckloads. MEASURE FROM A PHOTO • Put a sheet of paper, a pallet or a brick next to the pile to give the photo a scale • Mark the width and the height; choose a cone, a ridge, a flat-top heap or a stack • Get cubic metres (or cubic yards), tonnes (or tons) and truckloads HOW MUCH TO BUY FOR A LAYER • A driveway base, a path, a bed of sand: enter the area (or measure it from a photo) and the thickness • Compaction and spare are included; add a price to see the cost YOUR MATERIALS, YOUR NUMBERS • Sand, gravel, crushed stone, soil, rubble, mulch and firewood, with density, compaction and price you can change • Add your own materials. Ready-made local materials…