Sod Takeoff (Slabs and Pallets)

The sod order from a lawn area: ordered area with a cut/edge waste allowance (in ft^2 and square yards), then slabs (sold by the piece) and pallets (sold by the skid). Slab and pallet coverage vary by farm (defaults ~10 / ~450 ft^2, editable); a material takeoff, not a site-prep or establishment plan.

order_ft2 = lawn_ft2 x (1 + waste_pct/100); order_syd = order_ft2 / 9; slabs = ceil(order_ft2 / slab_ft2); pallets = ceil(order_ft2 / pallet_ft2).

First-principles area-plus-waste takeoff relation with turfgrass producer / landscape estimating references (by name); no edition cycle.

The area-plus-waste takeoff is public estimating practice. The slab and pallet coverage are the supplier's published piece and skid sizes.

Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.

Field names used by the API: lawn_ft2, waste_pct, slab_ft2, pallet_ft2, order_ft2, order_syd, slabs, pallets

• Ordered area lawn area x (1 + waste/100), restated in square yards (/9)first principles
• Slab and pallet coverage default ~10 ft^2 per slab and ~450 ft^2 per pallet, both editable and regionalturfgrass producer references
• Waste allowance the waste percent covers the cuts and edges of a curvy lawnlandscape estimating