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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?
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of a typical fill job, and less coverage as you go deeper toward 12 inches. Measure the low area's length and width, decide how many inches you need to raise it, then work backward from there, since fill dirt is sold and delivered by the cubic yard. For bigger foundation or pool backfill jobs, it helps to break the area into sections and total them separately, since depth often varies across the site.
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Memphis Fill Dirt Delivery
Memphis 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 covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of a typical fill job, and less coverage as you go deeper toward 12 inches. Measure the low area's length and width, decide how many inches you need to raise it, then work backward from there, since fill dirt is sold and delivered by the cubic yard. For bigger foundation or pool backfill jobs, it helps to break the area into sections and total them separately, since depth often varies across the site.
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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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 jobs around Memphis get capped with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or landscaping is going back on top. If the finished area will drain toward a low spot again, some crushed stone underneath or along the edge helps keep water from just pooling back into your new fill. It is worth planning both in the same delivery if you already know the site needs them.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Memphis, Tennessee
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not dump fill dirt in one thick layer and walk away. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one with a plate compactor or by hand tamping before adding the next layer. Memphis clay subsoil already compacts slowly when wet, so skipping this step means the ground keeps settling for a year or more, cracking any patio, walkway, or slab you pour on top later. It is slower up front but it is the only way the grade holds.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake is treating fill dirt as a growing medium and seeding grass straight into it. It has no organic matter and compacts too tight for roots to establish. Cap the finished, compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before planting anything, whether that is sod, seed, or a garden bed. Skip this step and you will be reseeding a bare patch every spring.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project needs both fill and topsoil, order them together and have the fill placed first with room left for the topsoil cap, so you are not paying for two separate deliveries and truck trips to the same spot. It also keeps your grading plan straightforward, since you know exactly how many inches of each material go where before the truck even arrives.
Grading and Filling in Memphis
Memphis sits on that thick loess and clay layer, and once clay gets wet it holds water and stays soft for days, which is exactly why so many jobs here involve raising ground rather than digging it out. Fill dirt is the tool for building up low areas around a foundation, filling in after a pool removal, or leveling a yard before topsoil goes down. It is not meant to grow anything on its own, it is the structural base underneath. With Memphis winters staying mild enough to work through, most fill projects here are not stalled by hard freezes the way they would be further north.
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.