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Measure the area you are laying. This converts it into rolls and pallets, the two units sod farms actually sell in. It is a free Sod Calculator, it runs in your browser, and it does not ask for an email.
Your numbers
Result
Pallets needed
5
pallets
- Rolls
- 238rolls
- Order area
- 2,376sq ft
- Net lawn area
- 2,200sq ft
- Gross area
- 2,400sq ft
- One pallet covers
- 500sq ft
- Topsoil for 1 in bed
- 6.79cubic yards
How this is calculated
- Net area = gross area − everything you are not sodding.
- Order area = net × (1 + waste). Cuts around curves and beds are where sod is lost.
- Rolls = order area ÷ coverage per roll. Pallets = rolls ÷ rolls per pallet, rounded up.
Before you order
- Sod is perishable. It should go down within 24 hours of being cut, and in summer heat that window is shorter — schedule delivery for the day you lay it, not before.
- Order a little long. Running one pallet short on the last strip means a second delivery fee for a handful of rolls.
- Prepare and level the soil first. Sod laid on lumpy ground stays lumpy forever.