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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 sized by the job, not the season. One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most projects here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much the ground needs to come up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there rather than guessing.
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Newark Fill Dirt Delivery
Newark 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 sized by the job, not the season. One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most projects here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much the ground needs to come up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there rather than guessing.
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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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
Most fill dirt orders in Newark get capped with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if lawn or planting beds go on top. If the project involves a retaining wall or a pool deck, some crews also bring in crushed stone for drainage under the fill. None of this is required, it just depends on what's going on top of the finished grade.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is not something you dump and walk away from. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer with a plate compactor before adding the next. Skip this on a Newark lot with gravelly loam underneath and you'll see the fill settle unevenly over the next year or two, especially after freeze thaw cycles between November and March pull moisture through the layers.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake is treating fill dirt as a growing medium. It's subsoil, screened of debris, but it has none of the organic content or structure that plants need. Always cap finished fill with several inches of real topsoil if grass, shrubs, or a garden bed is going on top. Skipping that step means whatever you plant will struggle no matter how much fertilizer you add later.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're filling a large low area, order slightly more than your calculated total rather than ordering twice. Fill dirt compacts down after placement, so a yard that looks sufficient loose will read shorter once it's tamped. It's more efficient to have a bit extra on site than to schedule a second delivery for a small shortfall a week later.
Grading and Filling in Newark
Newark's native gravelly loam drains fast but it is not consistent lot to lot, especially in older neighborhoods near Branch Brook Park where fill has been added and removed over a century of construction. Low spots and settled yards are common here, and fill dirt is what people actually use to bring that grade back level before anything else goes in. Because the ground already has some structure to it, added fill needs to be compacted in the same way or it will settle unevenly against the older soil around it. This is a structural material, so plan on it going down before topsoil, not instead of 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.