I needed 3 yards of top soil and that's what I got! Right on time and right where I asked it to be placed (Order# 2041).
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 needed 3 yards of top soil and that's what I got! Right on time and right where I asked it to be placed (Order# 2041).
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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 here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area, decide how many inches you need to bring it up, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're filling a larger low spot near the river bottom soils, round up rather than short yourself on a second delivery.
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Salina 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 needed 3 yards of top soil and that's what I got! Right on time and right where I asked it to be placed (Order# 2041).
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 here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area, decide how many inches you need to bring it up, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're filling a larger low spot near the river bottom soils, round up rather than short yourself on a second delivery.
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
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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 jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or beds are going in on top. Some customers also order crushed rock for a base layer under patios or sheds before backfilling the sides with dirt. If you're working around a pool or foundation, plan the fill lifts first and order topsoil separately for the finish layer.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Salina's silty clay loam compacts unevenly if you dump fill in one deep pile and walk away. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next, especially near foundations or pool walls. Skipping this step is the number one reason people end up with a sunken patch two years later that needs another truckload just to fix what should have been done right the first time.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is not a growing medium, and clay based subsoil especially will not support turf or plant roots well on its own. Always cap the final grade with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or sodding. Skipping the cap is the most common mistake we see, grass struggles for a season and then the whole area gets redone.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If your project needs both fill and topsoil, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend them on site, since they serve different jobs and mixing them defeats the purpose of the structural fill underneath. Ordering fill by the cubic yard rather than bagged material also cuts down on the number of trips needed for anything larger than a small garden bed.
Grading and Filling in Salina
Salina sits low along the Smoky Hill River corridor, and that silty clay loam soil doesn't drain fast, so yards near the river or in older parts of town tend to hold puddles after a heavy spring rain. Fill dirt is how you fix that, by raising the grade in the low spots before anything else goes on top. It's not a growing medium, it's structural, so it works for building up ground around a new patio slab, leveling a low corner of a lot, or backfilling after foundation work. Cap it with topsoil once the grade is set if you want grass or beds on top.
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.