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, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how low the ground sits. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, then order in cubic yards accounting for compaction, since loose fill settles once you tamp it down. For a foundation backfill or a low yard near Wolf Lake, it is common to need more than the flat math suggests once compaction is factored in.
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Hammond 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, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how low the ground sits. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, then order in cubic yards accounting for compaction, since loose fill settles once you tamp it down. For a foundation backfill or a low yard near Wolf Lake, it is common to need more than the flat math suggests once compaction is factored in.
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 finish with a cap of screened topsoil once the fill is compacted, since fill dirt is not meant to grow anything on its own. If the finished grade will see grass or beds, plan on topsoil and maybe compost on top. For drainage-sensitive spots near the lake flats, some crews add a gravel layer under the fill for a firmer base.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Hammond, Indiana
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Because Hammond's native soil is heavy clay, do not just dump fill dirt on top of wet clay and walk away. Build it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate tamper before adding the next, or you will get uneven settling for years, especially near the water table around Wolf Lake. Skipping this step is the single most common reason a filled yard develops dips again within a season or two.
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Time fill work for a dry stretch if you can. Hammond's clay holds water long after a rain, and compacting wet fill just squeezes water around instead of tamping the soil tight. Wait a few dry days after the last frost thaw in spring, usually after April 25, so the ground underneath is not still frozen or saturated when your load goes down.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is not a growing medium, it is structural, so do not pay for extra yards just to skip a topsoil cap. Order enough fill to reach 2 to 3 inches below your finished grade, compact it properly, then cap with a thinner topsoil layer. That combination costs less overall than over-ordering fill and gives you a better surface for grass or beds anyway.
Grading and Filling in Hammond
Hammond sits low at 585 feet with heavy clay underneath, and that clay does not absorb water fast, so yards near Wolf Lake and the Calumet lowlands tend to pond after a hard rain. Fill dirt is how you get ahead of that, building pads and grades up before anything else goes in. Because the native soil here is already dense clay, adding more clay based fill and compacting it properly gives you a stable base that will not shift or wash out over the season. This is structural work, not planting work, so it comes before your topsoil, not instead of 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.