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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 runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard, and one yard spread 6 inches deep covers roughly 54 square feet. For a typical backfill or grade raise you're usually looking at 6 to 12 inches of depth, so double that coverage figure if you're going the full foot. Measure your low area in square feet first, then work backward from the depth you actually need.
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Odessa 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.
Highest compliments. Great driver.
Website is easy to navigate. Just a seamless process. 5 stars!!
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard, and one yard spread 6 inches deep covers roughly 54 square feet. For a typical backfill or grade raise you're usually looking at 6 to 12 inches of depth, so double that coverage figure if you're going the full foot. Measure your low area in square feet first, then work backward from the depth you actually need.
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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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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 get capped with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or beds are going in on top. If you're backfilling near a foundation or pool, a layer of crushed base or road base under the fill can help with drainage before you build up. None of that is required, but it's what most crews around here reach for once the fill is compacted.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Never dump fill dirt in one deep pour and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skip this step and you'll be watching that spot sink for two or three years as it settles under its own weight and the first hard rain. This matters even more in Odessa's sandy loam, which compacts well but only if you do it in stages.
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Fill dirt is not a growing medium and won't hold nutrients or structure for plants. If you're building up a bed or lawn area, cap the compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before planting anything. Skipping the topsoil layer is the most common mistake we see, people plant straight into subsoil and wonder why nothing takes root.
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If your project needs both structural fill and finish topsoil, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend them on site. It's cheaper to compact clean fill dirt in lifts first and then cap with topsoil than to sort through a mixed pile trying to separate the two. Keeping them as distinct materials also makes compaction more predictable, since topsoil compacts differently than screened subsoil.
Grading and Filling in Odessa
Odessa sits on sandy loam over caliche in a lot of areas, and that combination drains fast but also shifts and settles if you build on it without compacting. Fill dirt is the tool for correcting low areas around foundations and pools before that native soil ever comes back into play. With flat terrain around 2900 feet elevation and long dry stretches between rain, this is more about controlled drainage and structural grade than moisture management. People here use it to build pads up ahead of construction or to stop water from pooling against a slab.
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.