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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, and most jobs around foundations, pools, or low spots run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade needs correcting. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything more than a couple inches of correction, it is worth breaking the total into lifts rather than one thick layer.
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Bangor 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.
Highest compliments. Great driver.
Website is easy to navigate. Just a seamless process. 5 stars!!
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, and most jobs around foundations, pools, or low spots run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade needs correcting. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything more than a couple inches of correction, it is worth breaking the total into lifts rather than one thick layer.
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What is a Yard?
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Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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Choose your quantity
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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Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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Complete Your Outdoor Project
Fill dirt is a base material, not a finish, so most jobs pair it with topsoil to cap the surface once grade is set, especially anywhere grass or plantings are going in. If the finished area needs to shed water properly, a layer of gravel underneath drainage-sensitive spots can help before the fill even goes down. Mulch or stone comes later, once the ground beneath it has actually stopped moving.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Bangor, Maine
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not dump fill dirt in one thick layer and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, otherwise you'll be watching that spot sink for years as it settles unevenly under its own weight. This matters even more on Bangor's silt loam, which already holds moisture and shifts more than sandier soils when it's compacted poorly from the start.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant directly into it. It's subsoil, stripped of the organic matter that plants need, and it compacts hard by design. Once your grade is set and settled, cap it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting anything, or you'll be fighting poor drainage and stunted growth all season.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're raising a large area, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top few inches where roots actually live. This keeps the higher cost material where it matters and uses fill for what it's built for, structural bulk. It also means fewer total deliveries if you plan both materials together rather than ordering as you go.
Grading and Filling in Bangor
Bangor's silt loam holds water and compacts unevenly, which is exactly why so many yards here end up with low corners and soggy patches near foundations. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to correct that grade before topsoil or sod ever goes down. With frost reaching deep into the ground by winter and a last frost that can push into early May, getting fill compacted and settled during the short building season matters more here than in milder climates. This is subsoil for building up, not a growing medium, so plan on capping it once the grade is where you want it.
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.