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, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two while a full backfill around a foundation or pool wall can run considerably more. Measure the area you're bringing up to grade, decide how many inches you're adding, and work backward from the 54 square feet per yard figure at 6 inches. Since it's sold by the cubic yard, round up rather than down, running short mid job means a second delivery and a delay in compacting your lifts.
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Huntington Fill Dirt Delivery
Huntington 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, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two while a full backfill around a foundation or pool wall can run considerably more. Measure the area you're bringing up to grade, decide how many inches you're adding, and work backward from the 54 square feet per yard figure at 6 inches. Since it's sold by the cubic yard, round up rather than down, running short mid job means a second delivery and a delay in compacting your lifts.
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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Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill dirt jobs around Huntington finish with a cap of screened topsoil once the fill is compacted, especially if lawn or beds are going back on top. If you're backfilling near a foundation or pool, a layer of gravel underneath for drainage is worth considering before the fill goes in. Mulch or additional topsoil delivered on a separate trip rounds out the job once grading is done.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Huntington, West Virginia
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Huntington's silt loam holds moisture and compacts unevenly if it's disturbed and left loose, so don't dump a full fill depth in one pass. Place fill dirt in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skipping this step is the single most common reason fill jobs here sink and crack a year or two later, especially near foundations where the ground gets disturbed during digging.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is not soil for planting, it's structural material, so cap it with a few inches of real topsoil before seeding grass or putting in beds. A common mistake is grading fill flush to final height and expecting grass to grow directly on it, which usually fails because fill dirt lacks organic matter and drains oddly compared to the native silt loam around it.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're filling a large low area, it's often more efficient to order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and finish with a thinner topsoil cap rather than filling the whole area with topsoil, which costs more and isn't needed structurally. This pairing works well for anything from pool backfills to yard grading projects around Ritter Park style lots where drainage toward the street matters.
Grading and Filling in Huntington
Huntington sits at 564 feet with a lot of silt loam that holds water and settles unevenly once it's disturbed, which is exactly why fill dirt jobs here go wrong if you dump and walk away. People use it to bring low yards up to grade, backfill around new foundations and retaining walls, and build a stable base before topsoil goes down for lawn or beds. Because the native soil compacts slowly on its own, this material needs to be placed in lifts and compacted mechanically or you'll be watching your yard sink for a couple of years. It's not a growing medium, it's structure, so plan on capping it with topsoil wherever grass or plants need to take.
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.