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, so a 300 square foot low spot at 6 inches runs a little under 6 yards, and at 12 inches you'd roughly double that. Measure the area you're raising and decide your target depth first, fill dirt is sold and priced by the cubic yard so getting that number close matters more than with bagged material.
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Peoria Fill Dirt Delivery
Peoria 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, so a 300 square foot low spot at 6 inches runs a little under 6 yards, and at 12 inches you'd roughly double that. Measure the area you're raising and decide your target depth first, fill dirt is sold and priced by the cubic yard so getting that number close matters more than with bagged material.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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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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Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill jobs in Peoria finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, since fill dirt itself won't support grass or plantings. If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool, a load of gravel underneath for drainage before the fill goes in can save you problems later. Pair fill dirt with topsoil delivery if the finished area needs to grow anything at all.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Peoria, Illinois
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Peoria's silt loam holds moisture longer than sandier soils, so fill dirt placed in wet spring conditions can trap water under a lift if you compact it too fast. Place fill in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and let each one firm up before adding the next, especially if you're filling near the river bottoms where the water table sits higher. Rushing this step is the number one reason yards resettle a season later.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to seed or plant straight into it. It's subsoil, screened of debris but not amended, and it has almost nothing in it for roots to use. Always cap finished fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding, sodding, or planting anything, even if the fill layer looks dark and rich.
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If your project needs both structural fill and a growing layer on top, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend one load. Fill dirt is priced and handled differently than topsoil, and keeping the layers distinct on-site makes compaction easier to manage. This also lets you compact and let the fill settle for a few days before the topsoil goes down, which gives a more stable finished grade.
Grading and Filling in Peoria
Peoria sits on silt loam that holds water and compacts unevenly if you build on it without prep, which is exactly why fill dirt gets used to raise and level ground before anything else goes on top. With an elevation of 470 feet and low spots near the river tending to stay soft into spring, a lot of Peoria lots need buildup around foundations and low corners of the yard before drainage will actually work. This material is not for growing anything, it is the structural base other people cap with topsoil once the grade is right. Expect to compact it in stages, silt loam subsoil settles if you dump and walk away.
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.