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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.
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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 10 foot low spot needs roughly two yards to bring it up to grade. For deeper builds, like an 8 to 12 inch lift around a foundation or pool wall, plan on closer to one yard per 45 to 65 square feet depending on how deep you go. Measure the area and the depth you need before ordering, since fill is heavy and running short means a second delivery.
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Mankato Fill Dirt Delivery
Mankato 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?
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 10 foot low spot needs roughly two yards to bring it up to grade. For deeper builds, like an 8 to 12 inch lift around a foundation or pool wall, plan on closer to one yard per 45 to 65 square feet depending on how deep you go. Measure the area and the depth you need before ordering, since fill is heavy and running short means a second delivery.
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 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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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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 cautio...
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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
Fill dirt does the structural work, but it is not a growing medium, so most jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capped on top wherever grass, beds, or plantings are going in. If you are backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, a layer of coarse sand or gravel at the base can help with drainage before the fill goes in. Mulch or a top layer of topsoil finishes off any area that needs to look finished rather than just be structurally sound.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt should go down in lifts of 6 to 8 inches, each one compacted before the next goes on, or you will get settling for years afterward. This matters more in Mankato than in sandier regions because our clay loam base already drains slowly, so an uncompacted fill layer traps water and slumps unevenly once frost works into it. A hand tamper works for small areas, but anything over a few yards is worth renting a plate compactor for.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see locally is people filling right up to finish grade and planting into it directly. Fill dirt is subsoil, stripped of the organic material that makes topsoil workable, so anything planted straight into it struggles. Always cap with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil where grass or beds are going, and save the fill for what is underneath.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you are backfilling a large low area, order fill and topsoil together in one delivery window rather than as two separate trips. It saves on repeated delivery scheduling and lets you compact the fill and cap it with topsoil the same weekend, which matters here since our frost season limits how many good working months you get for outdoor grading work each year.
Grading and Filling in Mankato
Mankato sits on silty clay loam that drains slowly and holds water in low spots after spring melt and summer storms. Fill dirt is what fixes that, raising grade around foundations and low corners of the yard so water moves away from the house instead of sitting on it. With frost heaving common here through the winter, especially with a first frost around October 3 and frozen ground lasting into May, compacted fill matters more than in warmer climates because poorly settled fill will shift as it freezes and thaws. Most of the fill work we deliver for goes toward foundation backfill, pool removals, and building up low yards before a topsoil cap.
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.