Outdoor project workflow
Plan a Paver Patio
Move from the same measured patio footprint to excavation, pavement layers, landscape tie-ins, and a sellable job price. Each step exposes a different rounding or site assumption that a one-number patio estimate usually misses.
Before you calculate
- Locate utilities and confirm property, drainage, and permit constraints.
- Sketch the finished outline and measure each rectangle, circle, or irregular section.
- Choose the actual paver system before locking base, bedding, joint, and edge details.
Use in order
Connected calculator workflow
- 1
Plan excavation and spoil hauling
Convert footprint and excavation depth into bank yards, loose yards, estimated tons, and truck loads.
Checkpoint: Verify soil, swell factor, legal payload, disposal acceptance, safe excavation, and underground utilities.Open Excavation & Fill Calculator → - 2
Build the complete pavement order
Size pavers, pallet rounding, compacted base, bedding and joint sand, edge restraint, spikes, fabric, weight, and cost.
Checkpoint: Replace every default with the chosen system's coverage, layer design, density, and package label.Open Pavers Calculator → - 3
Finish beds and disturbed edges
Estimate topsoil, mulch, gravel, sand, edging, fabric, bags, bulk yards, tons, and delivery for adjacent areas.
Checkpoint: Keep landscape sections separate when material or depth changes.Open Landscape Materials Calculator → - 4
Turn the takeoff into a project price
Combine materials, crew burden, equipment, hauling, overhead, contingency, margin, tax, and deposit.
Checkpoint: Use supplier quotes and your actual labor productivity; do not treat example prices as a bid.Open Contractor Job Pricing Calculator →
Supporting calculators for this project
Use these focused tools when the project scope includes the matching material or decision. They supplement the ordered workflow rather than replacing its checkpoints.