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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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For deeper fills, plan on building it in stages rather than dumping the full depth at once.
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Rockford Fill Dirt Delivery
Rockford 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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For deeper fills, plan on building it in stages rather than dumping the full depth at once.
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 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 jobs around Rockford finish with a few inches of topsoil capped on top before seeding or sod, since fill dirt itself won't support root growth well. If you're leveling a low spot that stays wet given the area's silt loam, a layer of screened gravel underneath the fill can help with drainage before you build up. Mulch or bark on top of finished beds is a common last step once grading is done.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Rockford, Illinois
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is structural, not decorative, so treat it that way. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, whether with a plate compactor or by hand tamping smaller areas. Skipping this step is the number one reason people end up with a sunken patio or a cracked walkway a year or two later, especially in silt loam soils like Rockford's that hold moisture and shift as they dry.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake is planting directly into fill dirt expecting it to grow like topsoil. It won't, because it's subsoil with the organic material screened out. Cap any area you plan to seed, sod, or plant with at least 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil once your fill has settled and compacted properly. Skipping the cap usually means struggling grass and disappointed gardeners by midsummer.
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If you're filling a large area, it's more efficient to order the full estimated volume in one delivery rather than several smaller ones, since compaction and lift work goes faster when you're not waiting on material. Pair your fill order with a topsoil delivery scheduled for after your fill has settled for a week or two, rather than trying to do both in the same weekend.
Grading and Filling in Rockford
Rockford's silt loam holds water and compacts unevenly, which is part of why so many yards here develop low spots and soggy corners over time. Fill dirt is the fix for that structural problem, whether it's building up ground before a patio, backfilling around a new foundation, or leveling a low area near Anderson Japanese Gardens style plantings before topsoil goes down. With a last frost around May 20 and first frost by October 1, most fill and grading work in this area happens in that window while the ground is workable. This isn't a growing medium, so plan on capping it with topsoil for anything you intend to plant.
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.