How many pavers for a 10x10 patio?
A 10x10 patio takes 473 standard 4 × 8 brick pavers in running bond, cuts included. Counts for every paver size, and the stone and sand that go underneath.
A 10' × 10' patio takes 473 pavers of 4 × 8 brick, laid in running bond with 5% for cuts.
450 cover the floor exactly, at 4.5 a square foot. Under them go 2.5 tons of crushed stone at 6" deep and 17 bags of bedding sand, held in by 40 ft of edge restraint.
How that is worked out
- A 4 × 8 paver is sized so it lays at 4" × 8" with its joint — 32 sq in each, so 144 ÷ 32 = 4.5 to the square foot.
- 100 sq ft × 4.5 = 450 pavers, and 5% more for the cuts along the edges is 473.
- The pattern sets the waste: running bond cuts only at the border, while a 90° herringbone cuts in two directions at every edge, so the same patio in herringbone is 495.
Pavers by patio size and paver, running bond with 5% waste
| Patio | 4 × 8 brick | 6 × 9 | 12 × 12 | 16 × 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8' × 8' | 303 | 180 | 68 | 38 |
| 10' × 10' | 473 | 280 | 105 | 60 |
| 10' × 12' | 567 | 336 | 126 | 71 |
| 12' × 12' | 681 | 404 | 152 | 86 |
| 12' × 16' | 908 | 538 | 202 | 114 |
| 16' × 20' | 1512 | 896 | 336 | 189 |
Worth knowing
- Sizes are nominal: most pavers are made a joint's width under the size on the label so they lay at it. If your pallet gives the actual size, add the joint in the calculator — counting a nominal size with a joint on top undercounts.
- The base does the work. ICPI's guidance for a pedestrian patio on well-drained soil is 4–6" of compacted crushed stone under 1" of screeded concrete sand. Clay, wet ground or anything a car will park on wants more.
- Waste allowances by pattern are a rule of thumb, not a published figure — running bond 5%, basket weave 5%, herringbone 90° 10%, 45° / diagonal 15%. Keep a few spares from the same batch; a replacement from a different run rarely matches in colour.
Work out your own numbers
- Paver patio
Pavers to buy with waste for the pattern, tons of base gravel, bedding sand and feet of edge restraint for a patio.
- Gravel and mulch
Cubic yards, tons and bags of gravel, crushed stone, sand, topsoil or mulch for a rectangle, circle or triangle at a depth.
Related questions
- How many pavers are in a square foot?
- 4.5 of the standard 4 × 8 brick paver. For other sizes divide 144 by the paver's nominal face in square inches — a 12 × 12 is 1 per square foot, a 16 × 16 about 0.56.
- How much base and sand for a 10x10 paver patio?
- At 6" of base, 1.85 cubic yards of crushed stone — about 2.5 tons — and 8.3 cu ft of bedding sand, which is 17 bags of 0.5 cu ft.
- Does herringbone take more pavers?
- Not more pavers on the ground — the same 450 cover a 10x10 — but more cuts, so more waste. With 10% for herringbone against 5% for running bond, the order goes from 473 to 495.