Earth
Sod prep, planting beds, lawn grading and top-dressing.
Screened dark soil with the rock and root pulled out. The cheapest material on this list by the yard, and the one most often under-ordered, because a quarter-inch top-dress across a lawn adds up faster than people expect.
For new sod, plan on two to three inches over a graded base. For filling low spots in an existing lawn, a half-inch at a time lets the grass grow through instead of smothering it.
Specification
Common uses
How much to order
One cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. How far that goes depends entirely on how deep you are laying it.
| Depth | 1 cu yd covers | Yards per 500 sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 2 in | 162 sq ft | 3.1 cu yd |
| 3 in | 108 sq ft | 4.6 cu yd |
| 4 in | 81 sq ft | 6.2 cu yd |
| 6 in | 54 sq ft | 9.3 cu yd |
| 12 in | 27 sq ft | 18.6 cu yd |
The arithmetic: length times width times depth, all in feet, divided by 27. A 40 by 20 ft area at 4 inches deep is 40 × 20 × 0.333 ÷ 27, which is about 9.9 cubic yards, so you order 10. Round up rather than down — coming up two yards short on a Friday costs a whole extra delivery.
Top Soil — common questions
Screened dark soil with the rock and root pulled out. The cheapest material on this list by the yard, and the one most often under-ordered, because a quarter-inch top-dress across a lawn adds up faster than people expect.
Sod prep, planting beds, lawn grading and top-dressing. For new sod, plan on two to three inches over a graded base. For filling low spots in an existing lawn, a half-inch at a time lets the grass grow through instead of smothering it.
Multiply length by width by depth, all in feet, and divide by 27 to get cubic yards. One cubic yard covers 162 sq ft at 2 inches, 108 sq ft at 3 inches, 81 sq ft at 4 inches or 54 sq ft at 6 inches. The calculator does it for you and converts to tons and truckloads.
No. Top Soil is placed loose rather than compacted, so what you order is what you end up with. Order your plan volume, rounded up to the next whole cubic yard.
$12.50 per cubic yard, plus a flat $200 delivery per order across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade. Minimum order is one cubic yard.
About 1.15 tons per cubic yard. A tri-axle carries roughly 18 cubic yards or 22 tons, whichever it reaches first, so a full load of Top Soil is about 18 cubic yards.
We deliver anywhere from West Palm Beach to Miami — Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. See the service area for lead times by county.
Where we deliver Top Soil
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Pick your material, enter how many cubic yards and see the delivered number before you talk to anyone.