Online ordering was really simple and I liked the transparent pricing.
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.
Online ordering was really simple and I liked the transparent pricing.
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How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, less if you're going deeper. Most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches, so a 10 by 10 foot low spot at 8 inches deep needs a little over 2 yards. Measure the area you're raising and the depth you actually need before ordering, since guessing low means a second delivery.
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Worcester Fill Dirt Delivery
Worcester 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.
Online ordering was really simple and I liked the transparent pricing.
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, less if you're going deeper. Most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches, so a 10 by 10 foot low spot at 8 inches deep needs a little over 2 yards. Measure the area you're raising and the depth you actually need before ordering, since guessing low means 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 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 finish with a cap of topsoil once the fill is compacted, since fill dirt itself is not meant to grow anything. If the project is a low spot in a lawn or a bed, ordering topsoil alongside the fill means you're not scheduling a second delivery once grading is done.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Worcester, Massachusetts
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is a structural material, not something to dump and walk away from. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, especially around foundations or pools where uneven settling later can crack concrete or pull a patio out of level. Skipping compaction is the single biggest reason people end up redoing fill work two or three years later in Worcester's freeze thaw cycle.
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A common mistake is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant directly into it. It has no organic structure and compacts too hard for roots to push through. Always cap finished, compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil if grass, shrubs, or a garden bed is going on top of it.
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If you're both raising grade and finishing the surface, order fill dirt and topsoil together rather than in two separate deliveries. It saves a delivery fee and lets you sequence the work in one continuous session, compacting the fill one day and capping it the next, rather than waiting on a second truck mid project.
Grading and Filling in Worcester
Worcester sits at 480 feet with a lot of older neighborhoods built on uneven ground, and the native silty loam does not drain fast, so low areas near foundations and driveways tend to hold water through the wet stretches of spring. Fill dirt is what people here use to raise that grade before the frost and thaw cycle works on it again. With a first frost around October 10 and last frost near April 30, there's a solid seven month window to compact fill properly before winter freezes it in place. Around Union Station and the older parts of the city, a lot of backfill work is tied to foundation repair on century old construction, where the original grading has settled unevenly over decades.
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.