Material Calculator

Construction Materials Calculator

Enter your dimensions to calculate the volume needed in cubic yards.

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CALCULATE YOUR MATERIAL NEEDS

Use our handy calculator to determine a rough estimate of the material quantities for your project. Materials from Menzel Lake Gravel are loaded and sold by weight (per ton) and scaled out on our truck scale.

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function calculateVolume() { // Get values from the HTML input fields let length = parseFloat(document.getElementById("length").value); let width = parseFloat(document.getElementById("width").value); let depthInches = parseFloat(document.getElementById("depth").value); // Check if the inputs are valid numbers if (isNaN(length) || isNaN(width) || isNaN(depthInches) || length <= 0 || width <= 0 || depthInches <= 0) { document.getElementById("vol").value = "Invalid Input"; return; } // Convert depth from inches to feet (1 foot = 12 inches) let depthFeet = depthInches / 12; // Calculate volume in cubic feet let volumeCubicFeet = length * width * depthFeet; // Convert volume to cubic yards (1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet) let volumeCubicYards = volumeCubicFeet / 27; // Display the result, rounded to two decimal places document.getElementById("vol").value = volumeCubicYards.toFixed(2) + " cu yd"; }