Building sand

[Aqua]

Can anyone tell me what a cubic meter of soft/yellow sand weighs ?

I know if it is wet or dry it will be different but as a general rule from the merchant what would it be.

 

[chessspy]

I seem to recall that a m2 of sand weighs 2.2ton, but I should check with a few building suppliers to be sure, as it's been a long time since I was a trowel warrior and the old brain in getting a bit spongy..

 

[Aqua]

I thought it was a cubic meter of C35 concrete that weighed 2.2 ton

 

[noseall]

I thought it was a cubic meter of C35 concrete that weighed 2.2 ton

me too.

i would imagine a cube of sand is much lighter.

 

[Aqua]

Damn it noseall, i thought you would come to my rescue here.

Been away from the forum for a while (shame ) but back again now, hope you are keeping well

The project we are doing calls for an amount of sand to be layed down for a butyl liner to sit on, however, the manufacturer specs the sand in cubes not in weight or bags which is a pain.

I was wondering if a bit of old fashioned guessing might do the job, ie a big bag of sand weighs between 0.85 and 0.95 ton, how near to a cubic meter is a big bag (load it with a fork lift type bag i mean)

 

[Aqua]

Found this on the net, interested to know how accurate it might be.

Sand, wet - 1.92 tonne/cubic meter
Sand, wet, packed - 2.08 tonne/cubic meter
Sand, dry - 1.60 tonne/cubic meter
Sand, loose - 1.44 tonne/cubic meter
Sand, rammed - 1.68 tonne/cubic meter
Quartz sand - 1.2 tonne/cubic meter

cubic meters * x = tonne
tonne / x = cubic meters

Where x is one of the values from above.

 

[chessspy]

OK, 1 ton sand = 1m2
So not so far out then.
And sand lasts forever so uless you never intend to do any more work
(~~)

 

[chessspy]

sorry meant to say 1m2 sand =2ton

 

[Aqua]

sorry meant to say 1m2 sand =2ton

I think that might be a bit heavy for dry soft sand.

I cubic meter of water is exactly 1 metric ton.

Therefore, if a 1 litre container of water is 1 kilo, the same container of dry sand would be ?