Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
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One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill goes down 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. For a typical backfill or low spot job, measure the area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're raising a larger section of yard before a build, it adds up fast, so it helps to break the area into rough sections first.
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Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill goes down 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. For a typical backfill or low spot job, measure the area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're raising a larger section of yard before a build, it adds up fast, so it helps to break the area into rough sections first.
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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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Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all co...
Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.
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Fill dirt is structural, so most jobs finish with a cap of screened topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or beds are going in over it. Some Ogden customers also order a base layer of crushed gravel first if drainage near a foundation is a concern before the fill goes down. Both pair naturally with a fill delivery on the same job.
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Don't dump fill dirt in one deep pour. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, especially over Ogden's clay loam base which already holds water and shifts as it dries. Skipping compaction is the single biggest reason people see settling cracks or sunken patches a year or two later. A hand tamper works for small areas, but rent a plate compactor for anything larger than a patio-sized backfill.
Fill dirt is not a growing medium, it's subsoil with the organic material removed on purpose so it doesn't decompose and sink later. If you're grading before a lawn or garden bed, always cap the fill with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before planting anything. Skipping this step is the most common mistake we see, people plant directly into fill and wonder why nothing establishes.
If your project also needs drainage correction, like backfilling near a foundation on a slope, put down a gravel base layer before the fill dirt rather than relying on the fill alone to move water. It costs one extra delivery but saves you from redoing the grading work after the first heavy spring runoff soaks into that clay loam base and doesn't go anywhere.
Ogden sits at 4,280 feet with a clay loam base that already drains slowly, so low spots on a property tend to stay low and wet through spring runoff. Fill dirt is how you correct that, building the grade up before topsoil or sod ever goes down. Around here it shows up most on pool backfills, foundation work near older homes by Union Station, and lots being leveled for sheds or patios. Because the native soil is heavy already, compaction matters even more, loose fill on top of clay loam just sits there and shifts.
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 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.
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.
