How Do You Calculate Materials Needed For A Concrete Pad?
Concrete is delivered to the job site by the cubic yard. The do-it-yourself contractor can use information contained in architectural plans calculate the number of cubic yards of concrete required to pour a concrete pad, ensuring that he doesn’t run out of concrete during a pour–or have a lot of wasted concrete to contend with. Open a set of architectural plans to the foundation plan. Break down the foundation plan into rectangles, which will make figuring out the entire area and the calculations easier. Match the correct scale on the triangle of the architectural scale to the title blocks scale when you measure. Write down the length and width of each of the rectangles on a sheet of paper. Round all the measurements up to the next foot. Calculate the cubic yards of concrete that you will need for each of the areas. For each rectangle, multiply the length in feet by the width in feet by the thickness in inches of the concrete pad. Divide by 12 to calculate the cubic feet of concrete t
