Easy to order, great service, and great product. We enjoy the final look of a very neglected beds we inherited!
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.
Easy to order, great service, and great product. We enjoy the final look of a very neglected beds we inherited!
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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 structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and that gives you a rough yardage number before you order. For anything going under a slab, deck, or pool, it is worth rounding up rather than down since a shortfall mid-job means a second delivery.
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Charlottesville Fill Dirt Delivery
Charlottesville 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.
Easy to order, great service, and great product. We enjoy the final look of a very neglected beds we inherited!
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 structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and that gives you a rough yardage number before you order. For anything going under a slab, deck, or pool, it is worth rounding up rather than down since a shortfall mid-job means a second delivery.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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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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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 structural, so most jobs cap it with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is where it needs to be, especially if grass or beds are going in over it. If you are backfilling near a foundation or pool wall, some crews layer in crushed stone at the base for drainage before the fill goes in. Either pairing is easy to schedule as a second delivery once you see how the fill settles.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Charlottesville, Virginia
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pour and walk away. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer before adding the next, whether that is with a plate compactor or just heavy foot and equipment traffic over several days. Skip this step and Charlottesville's clay-heavy ground will settle unevenly over the next year or two, showing up as a dip right where you least want it, like against a foundation or under a walkway.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake is treating fill dirt as a growing medium because it looks like soil. It is subsoil, low in organic matter and not meant to support grass or plants directly. Once your grade is built up and compacted, cap it with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before seeding or planting. Skipping the cap layer is why some regraded yards end up with patchy grass no matter how much fertilizer goes down.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you are backfilling near a foundation or pool wall in this area, pair fill dirt with a base layer of crushed stone for drainage before backfilling, since Charlottesville's clay subsoil already sheds water slowly and standing moisture against a wall is asking for trouble. It costs a bit more upfront but saves you from cracking or heaving issues down the road, especially with our freeze thaw cycles between the October and April frost dates.
Grading and Filling in Charlottesville
Charlottesville sits on clay soil that already holds water longer than most builders want, so when a lot has a low spot it tends to stay wet and soft rather than draining out. Fill dirt gives you a way to raise that grade with a stable base before anything else goes on top. With an elevation around 480 feet and a decent number of hillside and sloped lots near town, people here use it as much for leveling building pads and pool decks as for simple yard grading. It is not something you plant into directly, it is what goes underneath the layer that 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.