Tommy Mac Discussions › Forums › Fix-it Forum: Home Improvement & Do It Yourself Repair Forum › backfill sand or dirt for proper grading? › Backfill material with high water table
December 22, 2005 at 10:59 pm
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LazySOB
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Advantages of sand:
Compacts quickly
Doesn’t hold water
Drains well (another way of saying the same thing…)
Advantages of dirt:
better for growing things, since it retains water
looks better
Not knowing more about your particular situation, most likely sand was the more appropriate backfill.