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Conversion Table

This document provides conversion tables for various units of measurement related to length, area, volume, weight, and liquids. It includes conversions between metric and imperial units for volumes of cubic metres, feet, yards, litres and gallons. It also lists weights in tonnes, pounds, and kilograms for common building and landscaping materials like sand, gravel, stone, and concrete. Minimum depths for buried utility lines are also specified in metric units.

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Conversion Table

This document provides conversion tables for various units of measurement related to length, area, volume, weight, and liquids. It includes conversions between metric and imperial units for volumes of cubic metres, feet, yards, litres and gallons. It also lists weights in tonnes, pounds, and kilograms for common building and landscaping materials like sand, gravel, stone, and concrete. Minimum depths for buried utility lines are also specified in metric units.

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Conversion Tables

Length Weights of materials


1 inch = 25.40mm Dry sand fine - 1.28 tonnes per cubic metre
1 foot = 304.8mm Dry sand coarse - 1.6 tonnes per cubic metre
1 yard = 914.4mm Topsoil (some moisture) - 1.44 tonnes per cubic metre
1 yard = 3 feet Ballast - 1.76 tonnes per cubic metre
1 metre = 1.0936 yards Gravel - 1.92 tonnes per cubic metre
1 yard = 0.9144 metres Shingle - 1.62 tonnes per cubic metre
1 metre = 3.281 feet Cement - 25 kg bags
Stiff clay - 1.6 tonnes per cubic metre
Volume Loam - 1.28 tonnes per cubic metre
1 cubic metre = 35.315 cubic feet Peat (wet) - 0.96 tonnes per cubic metre
1 cubic metre = 1.3079 cubic yards Peat (dry) - 0.8 tonnes per cubic metre
1 cubic foot = 0.0283 cubic metre Lump chalk - 1.2 tonnes per cubic metre
1 cubic yard = 0.7646 cubic metre Sandstone - 2.32 tonnes per cubic metre
Lias - 2.48 tonnes per cubic metre
Weight Granite - 2.72 tonnes per cubic metre
1 tonne (metric) = 2205 lbs Slate - 2.8 tonnes per cubic metre
1 ton imperial = 2240 lbs Flint - 2.3 tonnes per cubic metre
1000 grams = 1 kilogram Yorkstone - 2.5 tonnes per cubic metre
1000 kilograms = 1 tonne Brick rubble - 1.8--2.2 tonnes per cubic metre
1 kilogram = 2.20462 lbs.
1 kilogram = 0.0197 cwt Coverage of stone for 1 tonne weight
1 cwt = 112 lbs Sets (100mm x 100mm x 100mm) = 3.9 sq.m.
1 cwt = 50.8 kg Cobbles 50/70mm on end = 6.5 sq.m.
1 lb = 0.4536 kg Pebbles 25/45mm loose@50mm = 10 sq.m.
1 lb = 16 oz Gravel 25mm rolled = 30 sq.m.
1 oz = 28.3 grams Tarmac 12mm deep = 13 sq.m.
Yorkstone paving 50mm = 7.5 sq.m.
Liquid Volume Slate 25mm deep = 12 sq.m.
1 litre = 0.035 cubic feet
1 cubic ft. = 28.32 litres Minimum depth of services
1 gallon = 4.5461 litres Water main - 900mm
1 cubic ft. = 6.23 gallons Gas - 600mm
1 cubic yd = 168.21 gallons TV/Telephone - 350mm
1 cubic mt = 1000 litres Sewers under grass - 900mm
Sewers under hard surface - 1200mm
Liquid Conversion Electric over 22kv - 750mm
1000 millilitres(ml) = 1 litre Electric under 22kv - 600mm
1 litre = 1.76 pints
1 ml = 1cc = 0.0017 pints Foundation concrete
1ml or cc = 0.035 fluid ounce(oz) 1 cubic metre = 6 x 50kg bags cement
1 litre = 0.22 gallons 1.76 tonnes ballast
1 fl.oz. = 28.413 ml or cc
1 pint = 568 ml or cc General purpose concrete
1 pint = 0.568 litres 1 cubic metre = 7 x 50kg bags cement
1.6 tonnes ballast
Area
1 square mm = 0.00155 sq. inches
1 square metre = 10.764 sq. feet
1 square metre = 1.196 sq. yards
1 square inch = 645.20 sq. mm
1 square foot = 0.0929 sq. metres
1 square yard = 0.8361 sq. metres

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