Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
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.
Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
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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 here call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area sits. For a backfill or grade raise, measure the square footage of the low spot and figure your yardage off that depth range rather than guessing. Since it runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard, larger orders add up fast, so get the footprint measured before you order.
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Elizabeth City Fill Dirt Delivery
Elizabeth City 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.
Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
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 here call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area sits. For a backfill or grade raise, measure the square footage of the low spot and figure your yardage off that depth range rather than guessing. Since it runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard, larger orders add up fast, so get the footprint measured before you order.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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How It Works
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 your delivery date
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back and wait
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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From the time I placed the order to the delivery it was quick and professional. I will highly recommend and will use them from now on.
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a layer of topsoil on top wherever grass, beds, or anything else needs to root, since fill dirt itself is not a growing medium. If the finished grade needs a defined edge or better drainage at the surface, a run of gravel or crushed stone along the low edge helps keep water moving instead of pooling again.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Place fill dirt in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer before adding the next, especially in Elizabeth City's flat, low lying yards where water tends to sit. Skipping compaction means the ground keeps settling for a year or more after you think the job is done, and you'll see dips reappear right where you filled. A hand tamper works for small areas, but rent a plate compactor for anything bigger than a patio sized fix.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is people trying to plant directly into fill dirt because it looks like regular soil. It is subsoil, screened but stripped of the organic matter that lets grass or shrubs establish, so anything green needs a topsoil cap of at least 4 to 6 inches on top once the fill is graded and compacted.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you are raising a large low area, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and finish with a thinner topsoil layer rather than filling the whole depth with topsoil, since topsoil costs more and does not compact the same way. This two layer approach is standard for backfill around pools and foundations here, where the structural fill needs to stay put and the topsoil just needs to grow grass.
Grading and Filling in Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City sits at about 12 feet of elevation with sandy loam soil that drains fine on its own but does little to stop water from pooling in the low spots that dot a lot of yards near the harbor. Fill dirt is the fix for that, not topsoil, because its job is structural, raising ground and backfilling, not feeding plants. A lot of the pool and foundation backfill work we deliver for here is tied to that same low, flat terrain. Once the grade is right, a cap of topsoil handles anything that needs to grow.
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.