Leveling a pad

[aswob_5]

Planning a shop and the property has a natural slope to it. I've shot it and will need 6-8" of material to level the bottom side of it. Would you recommend regular fill dirt or 3/4" crushed to bring it to grade? Or any other options

 

[The Cobbler]

usually you excavate and fill with stone for base I think .

 

[racecougar]

Agreed. "Crusher run" or the like, and it needs to be compacted properly (not just driven over with a skid steer).

 

[Scotto]

It depends on your location and soil type. I brought in 8 trix-axle dump truck loads of fill for my garage. Rented a Remote Control Sheepsfoot Roller for $200 and compacted it in 3-4" lifts. Then added a few inches of crusher run and compacted that. Garage has been up for almost 4 years and not one crack in the concrete.

 

[dcg9381]

It depends on your location and soil type.

This. Here we use "road base" for fill/level in most foundations. Apparently it's Caliche or crushed concrete.. Likely because it's the least expensive and available here locally. It gets compacted.

 

[GutWrench]

Yep it just depends on the conditions and location.

I just did one. I dug out 18". it was a topsoil with sand underneath it with a lot of water in the sand. Mucked all that out filled it with lime/dirt mixture. then bult up the base level and 6" above grade with 60/40 clay. One the building was complete then an additional partial load of 60/40 was used to bring it to finish grade for concrete slab.