I have ordered twice now, a pleasure to deal with, easy and fast delivery, beautiful mulch!
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?
Fill dirt runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard, and one yard covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill goes down 6 to 12 inches, so a small foundation backfill might need 3 to 5 yards while a low spot the size of a two car driveway can run 15 yards or more. Measure the area you are raising and the depth you need before ordering, then order by the yard rather than guessing.
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Reno Fill Dirt Delivery
Reno 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.
I have ordered twice now, a pleasure to deal with, easy and fast delivery, beautiful mulch!
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 covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most structural fill goes down 6 to 12 inches, so a small foundation backfill might need 3 to 5 yards while a low spot the size of a two car driveway can run 15 yards or more. Measure the area you are raising and the depth you need before ordering, then order by the yard rather than guessing.
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What is a Yard?
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Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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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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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 dirt jobs in Reno finish with a layer of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or beds go in afterward. If you are backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, some customers also order a load of gravel for drainage at the base before the fill goes in. Think about what the finished surface needs to do before you order just fill.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Reno, Nevada
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Place fill dirt in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one before adding the next, especially before winter sets in. Reno's freeze thaw cycle at this elevation will find any loose pocket in uncompacted fill and turn it into a low spot by spring. A plate compactor rented for an afternoon is worth it on anything more than a small backfill job, and it costs far less than redoing the grade next year.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is trying to plant directly into fill dirt. It is subsoil, stripped of the organic matter that makes topsoil support root growth, so grass and plants struggle or fail in it. Always cap fill with several inches of topsoil once your grade is set, especially in Reno's already lean clay loam, which does not have much natural fertility to spare.
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If your project only needs fill in some areas and topsoil in others, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend one material for both jobs. Fill dirt is priced and used for volume and structure, topsoil for what grows in it, and keeping them separate on site makes it easier to place each one at the right depth without overthinking the mix.
Grading and Filling in Reno
Reno sits on clay loam that already drains slowly and compacts hard once it is wet, so fill dirt behaves differently here than it would in sandy ground. Builders use it to correct grade around foundations before the freeze thaw cycle at 4505 feet can heave a slab, and to build up low areas that pond during spring runoff. Because this is subsoil and not topsoil, it will not support planting on its own, so most jobs around town cap it with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set. Compaction matters more here than in milder climates, since Reno winters freeze and thaw repeatedly and loose fill will settle unevenly by 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.