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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?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard spread at 6 inches deep covers about 54 square feet. For a typical backfill or low spot job you are usually looking at a 6 to 12 inch install depth, so figure roughly 27 to 54 square feet per yard depending on how deep you're going. Measure the low area or trench first, then decide on depth based on whether you're just leveling or building structural grade.
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Lafayette Fill Dirt Delivery
Lafayette 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.
Ordered Dirt. Received Dirt. Would Buy Again.
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard spread at 6 inches deep covers about 54 square feet. For a typical backfill or low spot job you are usually looking at a 6 to 12 inch install depth, so figure roughly 27 to 54 square feet per yard depending on how deep you're going. Measure the low area or trench first, then decide on depth based on whether you're just leveling or building structural grade.
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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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Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capped on top, since fill dirt itself is subsoil and won't support turf or plantings well. If you're leveling a yard for sod afterward, a topsoil order right after the fill settles is the usual next step. Some Lafayette customers also pair fill with gravel for a base layer under patios or sheds before the fill even goes in.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Lafayette, Indiana
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Lafayette's silt loam holds moisture longer than sandy soil, which means fill dirt placed on top of wet ground won't compact properly, it'll just squish. Before you start backfilling, check that the base isn't saturated from recent rain. If it is, wait a day or two. Compacting fill over soft, wet native soil is the single most common reason people see settling and cracking a year or two down the road, especially around pool decks and foundations.
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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 step is the classic mistake, the surface looks fine at first but keeps settling for years as the uncompacted material slowly consolidates under its own weight and rain infiltration.
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If your project needs both structural fill and a growing layer on top, order them separately rather than trying to make one material do both jobs. Fill dirt is cheaper by volume than topsoil, so using it only where structure is needed and capping with topsoil where grass or plants go in keeps costs down without sacrificing a good lawn. This is especially worth doing on larger regrading jobs.
Grading and Filling in Lafayette
Lafayette sits on silt loam, which holds water well but compacts unevenly if it is disturbed and not brought back properly. That matters on foundation backfill and pool projects where uneven settling shows up as a dip in the yard two years later. With a last frost around April 25 and first frost around October 10, most fill projects here happen in that window when the ground is workable and not frozen or saturated. Purdue's ag research fields nearby are a reminder that this soil grows things fine on top, but as a base it needs to be compacted in lifts, not just dumped and left.
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.