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, which is the shallow end of the typical 6 to 12 inch install range. For a low spot or backfill area, measure the square footage and multiply by the depth you need in feet, then convert to cubic yards, or just tell us the dimensions and we can help you land on a number. Because it is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, ordering in bulk means one drop instead of a dozen truck bed trips.
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Murray Fill Dirt Delivery
Murray 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.
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, which is the shallow end of the typical 6 to 12 inch install range. For a low spot or backfill area, measure the square footage and multiply by the depth you need in feet, then convert to cubic yards, or just tell us the dimensions and we can help you land on a number. Because it is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, ordering in bulk means one drop instead of a dozen truck bed trips.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
FAQs
FAQs
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How It Works
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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 around Murray finish with a layer of topsoil on top once the grade is set, especially if grass or beds are going in over it. Compactable base gravel is worth adding underneath if the fill is supporting a patio, shed pad, or driveway extension. If you are backfilling near a foundation, a bit of extra fill on hand for settling touch ups later saves a second order.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Silt loam in Murray compacts differently when wet versus dry, so aim to place and tamp your fill lifts a day or two after rain rather than during it. Working wet fill causes it to smear rather than compact, which leaves soft spots that show up as dips a year later. Build in 6 to 8 inch lifts, compacting each one with a plate tamper before adding the next, especially near foundations or pool decks where settling matters most.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is people skipping compaction entirely and just dumping fill to grade in one pass. It looks fine the day it goes in, then settles unevenly over the following winter as frost and rain work through the loose material. If you are filling more than a few inches, plan on renting a tamper for the day, it is a small cost against redoing the grading work next spring.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project needs both fill and topsoil, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend them, since fill dirt is meant to be compacted structural base while topsoil stays loose on top for planting. Ordering both in the same bulk delivery trip when your schedule allows it can save a second trip charge, so plan your grading and planting steps together before you call.
Grading and Filling in Murray
Murray sits on silt loam that holds water and settles unevenly once it gets saturated, which is exactly why so many yards here end up with low spots near foundations and along fence lines after a wet spring. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to correct that grading before anything else goes on top. With a last frost around April 10 and first frost around October 28, most fill projects here run through the warmer months when the ground is workable and lifts can be compacted properly. It is not a growing medium, so plan to cap it with topsoil once the grade is where you want it.
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.