About this fill dirt
Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
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How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 10 foot low spot needs roughly two cubic yards to get to grade. For deeper fills, figure your total depth in feet, multiply by your square footage, then divide by 27 to get cubic yards. Order in cubic yard increments since that's how it's sold and delivered.
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Aurora Fill Dirt Delivery
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About this fill dirt
Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 10 foot low spot needs roughly two cubic yards to get to grade. For deeper fills, figure your total depth in feet, multiply by your square footage, then divide by 27 to get cubic yards. Order in cubic yard increments since that's how it's sold and delivered.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
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Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill jobs in Aurora finish with a few inches of topsoil capping the fill dirt once it's compacted, since fill dirt itself won't support grass or plants. If you're building up before a patio or shed pad, a layer of gravel on top of the compacted fill gives you a stable base. Mulch or stone can follow once the grading and topsoil are settled.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Aurora, Illinois
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is a structural material, not something to dump in all at once. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, or you'll be watching the ground settle for years, especially in Aurora's silt loam which holds moisture and shifts more than sandy soil does. A plate compactor rented for a day handles most residential jobs fine.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is people trying to plant directly into fill dirt. It's subsoil, stripped of the organic matter that makes topsoil workable, so grass and plants will struggle or fail. Always cap fill dirt with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil once your grading and compaction are done, especially before Aurora's growing season gets going in mid spring.
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If you're filling a large area, order slightly more than your calculated volume rather than less, since a follow up delivery for half a yard often costs more per yard than getting it right the first time. Pairing fill dirt with a topsoil cap in the same order can also simplify scheduling if you know both are coming.
Grading and Filling in Aurora
Aurora sits on silt loam that compacts unevenly when it's wet, which is exactly why low spots and soggy corners show up around foundations and pools here. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to correct that grading before anything else goes on top. With a last frost around May 15 and first frost around October 1, you have a solid window from late spring through early fall to place and compact lifts before the ground freezes. Homes near Phillips Park and older parts of the city with mature grading often need this kind of buildup more than new construction does.
What Clean Fill Is
Clean fill is screened subsoil free of debris, roots, and contaminants. It is made for volume and grade, and it compacts predictably, which is exactly what you want under slabs, in trenches, and behind walls.
Fill Dirt vs Topsoil
Fill dirt builds the shape of the ground, topsoil grows things on top of it. Bring the grade up with fill, then cap it with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil anywhere grass or plants are going in.
Compact in Lifts
Place fill in layers of 4 to 6 inches and compact each one before adding the next. Dumping the full depth at once leaves voids that settle later, and settling is the one problem fill is supposed to solve.