4 Ways to Use Fill Dirt in Your Next Landscaping Project
Fill dirt is great for filling holes in your yard to prevent rainwater from collecting and causing a muddy landscape. Fill dirt can also keep your yard level, making it safer for you and your family to work and play outside.
It might not seem like much at first glance, but fill dirt has many excellent uses in landscaping—both practical and visual. We’ve curated a few of our favorite uses that might benefit your next landscape project.
1. Filling Gaps Around Your Foundation
Excess moisture can cause a ton of problems for your home’s foundation. You’ll want to have ample drainage to avoid any damage or decay to the most vulnerable parts of your home’s infrastructure. Fill dirt is a great organic material option to fill the area around your foundation. It can be used as a buffer and protector against drainage issues.
2. Creating a New Landscape Feature
Fill dirt can build a base for any large landscaping project, such as creating a beautiful raised garden. You can quickly build on this early material and layer your garden soil on top, giving your plants protection by raising them to higher ground. And because fill dirt has rock and clay in it, the plants placed on top will have a very stable foundation.
3. Preparing a Space for Pavement
Without a solid base, constructing your next patio or pavement space won’t go as planned. With fill dirt, you can level out any holes in the area to ensure that you’ll have a smooth surface when you lay down the pavement.
The composite parts of fill dirt prevent anything from shifting or moving over time. So you can work on any construction projects on top of the fill dirt with no issues.
4. Septic Tanks
While not as glamorous as a new garden or patio space, ensuring that your septic tank has a steady foundation to set on is arguably one of the best uses for fill dirt.
If you use organic matter that can break down, your septic tank might start to move. The last thing you need to chase down is a runaway septic tank, and using fill dirt to secure it will help you avoid this problem altogether.
Looking for Fill Dirt?
Are you interested in purchasing fill dirt for your next landscaping project? Reach out to the team at Tigard Sand & Gravel to learn more about what we can provide for you!