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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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a small backyard low spot might only need a yard or two, while backfilling around a foundation or pool on a typical New York lot can run into double digits. Because fill dirt is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, measure the length and width of the area you are filling and the depth you need, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure at 6 inches to land on a number.
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New York 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 small backyard low spot might only need a yard or two, while backfilling around a foundation or pool on a typical New York lot can run into double digits. Because fill dirt is sold and delivered by the cubic yard, measure the length and width of the area you are filling and the depth you need, then work backward from the 54 square foot figure at 6 inches to land on a number.
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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Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where it needs to be, since fill dirt itself will not support planting or turf. If the project involves a walkway or patio base nearby, a load of crushed stone alongside the fill dirt covers both the structural and drainage needs in one delivery.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt needs to go down in 6 to 8 inch lifts, each one compacted before the next goes on top. Skipping this on a New York lot, where soil is already sitting on decades of old fill, is how you end up with a section of yard or driveway apron that sinks two inches after the first spring thaw. A plate compactor rental for a weekend costs far less than redoing the grading a year later.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not confuse fill dirt with topsoil and expect anything to grow in it. It is subsoil, screened of major debris but not amended, and it will not hold nutrients or drain the way a growing medium does. Cap any area that needs lawn, beds, or planting with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil once the fill has settled and compacted.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you are backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, order a bit more than your calculated volume, figure 10 percent extra, since compaction reduces the final volume and running short mid job means a second delivery. It is also worth checking whether your block has any weight or access restrictions for delivery trucks common in denser New York neighborhoods, so the load can be placed close to where you will actually use it.
Grading and Filling in New York
Most lots in New York are sitting on generations of urban fill, not native subsoil, so when you dig a foundation trench or open up a low spot in the yard, you are often working with a mix of old construction debris and compacted earth already. Clean fill dirt lets you build back up with material that compacts predictably, which matters on rowhouse lots and small backyards where drainage around a foundation has to be right. With frost reaching into the ground by mid November and staying through early April, any fill work done in fall needs to be compacted before freeze or it will heave and settle unevenly come spring.
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.