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About this fill dirt
Inorganic subsoil for filling holes, raising low ground, and backfill. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix, this is structural material and not a growing medium. Do not use it to level a lawn surface or fill flower beds, put topsoil over it for anything you want to plant. 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, so a 10 by 20 foot low spot needs roughly 2 to 2.5 cubic yards if you're filling to 6 inches, more if you're going deeper. Since install depth typically runs 6 to 12 inches, double your yardage estimate for a full 12 inch build up. Order by the cubic yard and round up slightly, since compaction will eat into your finished depth.
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Idaho Falls Fill Dirt Delivery
Idaho Falls Fill Dirt Delivery
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About this fill dirt
Inorganic subsoil for filling holes, raising low ground, and backfill. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix, this is structural material and not a growing medium. Do not use it to level a lawn surface or fill flower beds, put topsoil over it for anything you want to plant. Place it in lifts and compact as you go.
Ordered Dirt. Received Dirt. Would Buy Again.
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 10 by 20 foot low spot needs roughly 2 to 2.5 cubic yards if you're filling to 6 inches, more if you're going deeper. Since install depth typically runs 6 to 12 inches, double your yardage estimate for a full 12 inch build up. Order by the cubic yard and round up slightly, since compaction will eat into your finished depth.
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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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
Most fill jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the fill is compacted, especially if grass, beds, or anything else needs to grow on top. If you're building up a patio base or shed pad, a layer of gravel or road base over the fill gives you a firmer, better draining surface. Mulch or bark comes later, once the grading and growing layer are settled.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Idaho Falls, Idaho
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Idaho Falls' silt loam holds moisture longer than sandy soils, so if you're filling a low spot right after a wet spring, let the native ground dry out some before you start dumping fill on top. Wet subsoil under wet fill just creates a mud lens that never fully compacts, and you'll see it as a soft spot or sunken patch a year later, usually right where you didn't expect it.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Don't dump fill dirt in one deep pour and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skipping this is the single most common mistake we see, and it's why driveways, patios, and shed pads settle unevenly two or three years down the road, right after everyone's forgotten the fill went in unpacked.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project needs both structural fill and a growing layer on top, order them as two separate deliveries rather than trying to blend them. Fill dirt is subsoil, not designed to grow anything, so capping it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil gives grass or beds a fighting chance while keeping your base solid underneath where it actually needs to hold weight.
Grading and Filling in Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls sits at 4,705 feet on silt loam that compacts unevenly if it's not built up in controlled lifts, which matters if you're leveling ground near the Greenbelt or backfilling a new build in one of the newer subdivisions. With frost arriving by early October and the ground not fully workable again until after the May 8 last frost, most fill projects here happen in a tight window and need to be planned rather than rushed. Because fill dirt is structural, not topsoil, it holds up under patios, sheds, and driveway approaches better than native soil that hasn't been screened. Get the base right now and you won't be fighting settling cracks two winters from now.
What Fill Dirt Is
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. 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.