converting cubic metres to metric tonnes

ethandron | 15:03 Wed 18th Jul 2007 | Home & Garden

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we're filling in a pond and can't quite work out how much topsoil we need to fill it. the volume of the pond is one and a half cubic metres. could anyone help please?

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This site estimates typical top soil (with some moisture) as weighing 1.44 tonnes per cubic metre:
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/tips/tipsconversio ns.htm

So, based on that, you'll need 1.5 x 1.44 tonnes = 2.16 tonnes

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that's great chris, thanks very much.

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