Top soil: How on earth so you work out how much you need?!?

Hello there,

I have just removed all the old turf off my lawn and I now need to level it. I am going to need some top soil to do this but was just wondering, does anyone know how you work out how much you need?!?! I have no idea!

I'm also looking for a good deal so any advice on where to buy it would be great.

Thanks very much in advance. x

 

You can get top soil from garden centres or DIY places that sell paving and bricks, they usually sell it by the ton and its cheaper than the garden centres. We have a place called Corfe here that sell it. If you buy too much it will do for your borders.

 

Thanks very much for your advice.

 

The density of soil is about 1.3 grams/cc. So a cubic meter will weigh 1.3 tonnes. You can calculate the volume you require - as the area in square meters times height in meters. Then multiply this by 1.3 to get the weight in tonnes.