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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?
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and that gives you the yardage to order. For anything over a few yards, delivered bulk is far more practical than bags.
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Richmond Fill Dirt Delivery
Richmond 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?
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches deep depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and that gives you the yardage to order. For anything over a few yards, delivered bulk is far more practical than bags.
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 your delivery date
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
3
Sit back and wait
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 finish with a topsoil cap, usually 4 to 6 inches, especially if grass or plants are going in over the filled area. If drainage was the original problem, some crushed stone or gravel at the base of the fill can help move water away from foundations before the dirt goes on top.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Richmond, Virginia
- Bellwood, Virginia
- Bon Air, Virginia
- Brandermill, Virginia
- Chester, Virginia
- Colonial Heights, Virginia
- East Highland Park, Virginia
- Glen Allen, Virginia
- Highland Springs, Virginia
- Hopewell, Virginia
- Lakeside, Virginia
- Laurel, Virginia
- Manchester, Virginia
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Richmond clay does not compact the same way sandy fill does, so when you are backfilling near a foundation, place it in lifts no deeper than 6 to 8 inches and compact each one with a plate compactor before adding more. Skipping this step is the number one reason people see sinking or cracked pavers a year or two later, especially with the freeze thaw cycles we get between our October and April frost dates.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake is trying to plant directly into fill dirt because it looks like soil. It is not, it is subsoil with no organic matter or nutrients, so anything planted straight into it will struggle. Always cap fill with a few inches of real topsoil before seeding grass or putting in beds, even if it adds a step to the project.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project is close to the James River lowlands or any area with a high water table, consider a thin gravel layer under the fill dirt near foundations to help water move away instead of sitting against the structure. Pairing fill with a bit of gravel and a topsoil cap costs less in the long run than redoing a soggy yard twice.
Grading and Filling in Richmond
Richmond sits on heavy clay, and a lot of older neighborhoods have low, poorly draining yards that pool water after a storm off the James. Fill dirt is what people use to raise that grade before anything else goes in, since clay alone will not settle predictably. It is also common around here for backfilling foundation work near the older brick homes downtown and closer to the Capitol, where houses have settled over decades. This is structural material, meant to build elevation and stability, not to grow anything directly in.
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.