How to Figure square yards of Concrete

From driveways to roads, concrete is used in a variety of home improvement projects.
You can figure square yards of concrete needed for your project easily.
Concrete can be stained in a variety of colors and can be stamped or polished.
New home construction with durable, stained and polished concrete floors are easy to maintain.
Whether your home improvement project is a driveway, patio, walkway or parking pad, you can figure square yards of concrete needed with a few simple steps.
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Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape
• Paper
• Pen
• Calculator

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Decide if your concrete home improvement will be stamped and or stained
     Choose stamp pattern
     Choose stain color
     Measure the width X length to get square footage

   • 2

     Figure square yards of concrete 4 inches deep
     Divide the square footage by 80
     This will cover 80 square foot, 4 inches thick
     This formula gives yards of concrete needed
     For 4 inch thickness of concrete will cover 80 square feet
     Example: Patio is 24 by 40 feet
     40X24=960÷80= 12 yards.
     This will cover 960 square feet with 4 inches of concrete.

   • 3

     Figure square yards of concrete 6 inches deep
     Use 54 to divide square footage for 6 inch deep concrete
     Example:
     Patio is 24 by 40 feet
     4024=960÷54=17.78 yards of concrete
     This will cover 960 square feet with 6 inches of concrete.

   • 4

     Figure sqare yards of concrete 12 inches deep
     Use 27 to divide square footage for 6 inch deep concrete
     Example:
     Patio is 24 by 40 feet
     4024=960÷27=35.56 yards of concrete
     This will cover 960 square feet with 12 inches of concrete.